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Acronym
Definition
743
A&T
acquisition and technology
561
AA
Auswaertiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office)
562
AABRAR
Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation and Recreation
563
AAF
Albanian Armed Forces
1232
AAM
Adopt-A-Minefield
744
AAR
Association for Aid and Relief (Japan)
1059
AAR
Association to Aid Refugees
1071
AB
anti-boat
564
ABC
airway, breathing and circulation
1191
ACA
Amputee Coalition of America
1198
ACADICA
Association for the Collaboration and Development of Cambodia
565
ACBL
Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines
1254
ACBL
Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines
745
ACDA
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
566
ACEM
aimed controlled effect mine
1072
ACH
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities
1420
ACP
African, Caribbean and Pacific
567
ACS
Advanced Countermine System
568
ACT
Action by Churches Together
569
AD
anti-disturbance
258
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
570
ADAM
area denial artillery munition
571
ADD
Action on Disability and Development
572
ADDI
anti disturbance double impulse
593
ADEMO
Association for the Mozambican Disabled
573
ADF
Allied Democratic Forces
574
ADF
Australian Defense Force
575
ADI
Austrailian Defense Industries
1253
ADIAR
Association Design of Invalids of Azerbaijan Republic
576
ADP
Accelerated Demining Program (aka PAD; formerly UNADP)
577
ADRA
Adventist Development Relief Agency
578
ADSM
artillery delivery scatterable mine
594
ADWS
area denial weapon system
579
AE
aeromedical evacuation
580
AES
aeromedical evacuation squadron
746
AETF
Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund
1268
AF
armed forces
581
AFD
Agence Française pour le Développement (French Development Agency)
582
AFSC
American Friends Service Committee
1185
AHA
African Humanitarian Action
584
AHD
anti-handling device
1336
AIA
Afghan Interim Authority
1290
AICMA
Comprehensive Action against Anti-personnel Mines (OAS Program)
1199
AIFO
Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau [Italian Association Raoul Follereau's Friends]
1313
AIS
Agropedology Institute of Sarajevo
1289
AiTR
aided target recognition
1196
ALS
Asian Landmine Solutions
585
ALS
advanced life support
1200
ALWS
Australian Lutheran World Service
748
AMAA
Afghan Mine Awareness Agency
595
AMAC
Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities
1236
AMAC
Albanian Mine Action Center
586
AMAC
Abkhaz Mines Action Center
1288
AMACT
Area Mine Action Coordination Team
1063
AMAE
Albanian Mine Action Executive
1066
AMC
Anti-Mine Committee
587
AMDA
Association for Medical Development in Asia
1
AMDDC
Afghan Mine Dog Detection Center
596
AMREF
African Medical and Research Foundation
1186
AMWC
Air Mobility Warfare Center
2
ANAD
Azerbaijan National Agency for Demining
1201
ANAMA
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action
583
ANC
African National Congress
3
ANFO
ammonium nitrate and fuel oil
749
AO
area of operation
1323
AOL
area of interest
4
AOR
area of responsibility
1193
AOT
Applied Ordnance Technology, Inc.
588
AP
anti-personnel mine
750
APB
anti-personnel blast
592
APII
Amended Protocol II
6
APL
anti-personnel landmine
751
APL-A
anti-personnel landmine agency
1352
AP-LM
anti-personnel low-metallic
5
APM
anti-personnel mine
1073
APOPO
AntiPersoonsmijn- en OntmijningsProductOntwikkeling
7
AQAP
Allied Quality Assurance Publication
1194
ARA
Applied Research Associates
1403
ARBiH
Bosnian Government Army
1188
ARC
American Refugee Committee
1064
ARC
Albanian Red Cross
752
ARCS
Afghan Red Crescent Society
753
ARDEC
Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (U.S. Army)
8
AREA
Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation in Afghanistan
9
ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum
1379
ARGENG
Argentenian Engineering
1337
ARI
Ansar Relief Institute
10
ARIS
Action for Research and Information Support in Civilian Demining
1356
ARO
Army Research Office
11
ARRA
Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Areas
597
ARSOF
Army Special Operations Forces
754
ARSOTF
Army Special Operations Task Force
1197
ARTID
Association de Recherche de Techniques Innovantes en Déminage Humanitaire [Association for Research of Innovative Technique in Humanitarian Mine Clearance]
12
ASA
ammunition storage area
1195
ASCATED
Asociación de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Educación y Discapacidad [Association for Training and Technical Assistance on Education and Disability]
741
ASD
Assistant Secretary of Defense
13
ASDIT
Ammunition Storage and Disposal Implementation Team
14
ASDSO/LIC
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
15
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
598
ASM
Advance Survey Mission
16
ASTAMIDS
Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System
589
AT
anti-tank
18
ATC
Afghan Technical Consultants
19
ATCDU
Anti-Terrorist Commando Dog Unit
20
ATD
advanced technology demonstration
1187
ATK
Alliant Techsystems
1351
ATLM
anti-tank, low metallic
17
ATM
anti-tank mine
21
ATO
Ammunition Technical Officer
22
ATR
automatic target recognition
599
AusAID
Australian Agency for International Development
23
AV
anti-vehicle
24
AWAMA
African Women's Alliance for Mobilizing Action
1373
AXO
abandoned explosive ordnance
600
B/C
benefit/cost
1303
B5SW1
5th Corps of the Bosnian army
1314
BAAM
by all available means
25
BAC
battle area clearance
755
BASIC
Body armor system, individual, countermine
1074
BB
Wellco® Blast Boot
1404
BBC/AEP
British Broadcasting Corporation/Afghan Education Program
756
BBF
Brother's Brother Foundation
26
BDI
Bomb Disposal, Inc.
27
BHCD
Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission on Demining
28
BHMAC
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center
948
BiH
Bosnia-Herzegovina
29
BIP
blow-in-place
30
BITS
Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security
31
BL
boundary lane
1331
BLU
bomb live unit
32
BM
benchmark
1204
BMJ
British Medical Journal
1205
BMVg
Bundesministerium der Verteidigung [German Federal Ministry of Defense]
33
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
34
BPA
berm processing assembly
1367
BPST
British Peace Support Team
35
BRAC
base realignment and closure
757
BRAVA
Blast Resuscitation and Victim Assistance
758
BRDEC
Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center
36
BRDF
Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Function
37
BT
booby trap
1397
BTC
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
1202
BUAAF
Barr United Amputee Assistance Fund
39
CA
chemical agent
601
CA
community awareness
38
CA
civil action
759
CA
civil affairs
40
CAD
Council for Action on Disability
41
CADMOS
Committee of Advisors: Detection of Mines Based on Operational Standards
42
CALM
New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines
1208
CALMS
Central American Land Mine Survivors Project
43
CAMEO
Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance [Security]
602
CAPDC
Support Center for the Promotion and Development of Communities
760
CARE
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
44
CARERE
Cambodia Area Resettlement and Regeneration [Project]
45
CARICOM
Caribbean Community and Common Market
46
CASEVAC
Casualty Evacuation
1165
Casi
Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager
1075
CB
U.S. Army Combat Boot
603
CBA
cost-benefit analysis
604
CBMAP
community-based mine awareness program
1405
CBMCP
Community-Based Mine Clearance Program
605
CBO
cummunity-based organization
47
CBR
community-based rehabilitation
1133
CBRMD
chemical, biological and radiological munition disposal
48
CBU
cluster bomb unit
1206
CCCM
Campana Colombiana Contra Minas [Columbian Campaign Against Landmines]
49
CCD
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
50
CCMAT
Canadian Center for Mine Action Technology
51
CCRC
Casualty Care Research Center
52
CCW
1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons
53
CD
Conference on Disarmament
54
CDAP
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program
762
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1207
CDHAM
Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
55
CDPO
Cambodian Disabled People's Organization
56
CDS
Central Disposal Site
57
CDW
Cambodian Demining Workshop
58
CECOM
Communications and Electronics Command
763
CEDC
children in especially difficult circumstances
764
CEE
Central and Eastern Europe
765
CEEC
Central and Eastern European Countries
1136
CEN
Centre European Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)
1372
CENDESMI
Demining Center of Ecuador
606
CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command
1163
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
59
CERF
Central Emergency Revolving Fund
1385
CF
coalition forces
60
CF
Canadian Forces
61
CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policy
1189
CGS
Center for the Global South (American University)
607
CHA
Cambodian Handicraft Association
62
CHA
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance
1421
CHAMPS
Children Against Mines Program
1077
CHP
Conical Hand Protector
1078
CHP
Conical Hand Protector
766
CHR
Commission on Human Rights
767
CHRF
Canadian Human Rights Foundation
63
CHW
community health worker
64
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
65
CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency
768
CIDEV
Development International Council (Mozambique)
1392
CIMIC
Al Qurnah Civil Military Cooperation
66
CINC
Commander-in-Chief
769
CIO
chief information officer
67
CIR
Center for International Rehabilitation
1209
CIREC
Centro Integral de Rehabilitacion de Colombia [Integral Center of Rehabilitation of Colombia]
68
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
1235
CISEF
Center for Management Development and Training at the Faculty of Economics
1299
CivPro
Office of Civil Protection
69
CJCS
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
608
CL
community liaison
70
CLAF
Canadian Landmine Action Fund
71
CLAM
Cleared Lane Marking System
1223
CLO
Community Liaison Officer
1422
CM
Cluster Munition
770
CM
countermine
1153
CMA
Cranfield Mine Action
609
CMAA
Cambodia Mine Action/Victim Asstance Authority
72
CMAC
Cambodia Mine Action Center
73
CMAD
Community Mine Awareness for Development
74
CMAO
Central Mine Action Office (Angola)
1274
CMAS
Cambodian Mine Action Standards
75
CMATS
Central Mine Action Training School (Angola)
1412
CMBMRR
Community-Based Mine Risk Reduction
76
CMCM
Mozambique Campaign Against Landmines
771
CMCS
Countermine Capability Stock
77
CMD
conventional munitions disposal
1369
CME
Canadian Military Engineers
78
CMMT
community mine-marking ream
79
CMO
Civil Military Operations
80
CMT
countermine training
772
CMTC
Central Mine Training Center (Mozambique)
1353
CMU
Carnegie Mellon University
81
CMV
Combat Mobility Vehicle
82
CND
National Demining Commission
610
CNIDAH
National Inter-Sectoral Commission for Demining and Humanitarian Assistance
83
COA
course of action
773
COAA
course-of-action analysis
1279
COAF
Children of Armenia Fund
611
COAM
Committee on Mine Awareness (Guinea-Bissau)
84
COE
Common Operating Environment
85
COERR
Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees
612
COJ
Centro Ortopédico Jaipur
86
COMSEC
communications security
774
CONUS
continental United States
87
COPE
Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise
775
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
1260
CPA
Coalition Provisional Authority
88
CPCD
Center for Peacekeeping and Community Development
1210
CPI
Clear Path International
590
CPKF
Collective Peacekeeping Forces
776
CPP
Congolese Physicians for Peace
89
CRC
Cambodian Red Cross
90
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
613
CRIM
Centro de Reabilitação Infantil Malhangalene
91
CROMAC
Croatian Mine Action Center
777
CRS
Catholic Relief Services
778
CSIR
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1423
CSP
Country Strategy Papers
92
CSPO
Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics
93
CTA
Chief Technical Adviser
1213
CTIR
Center for Teaching International Relations (Denver University)
94
CTSC
Countermine Training Support Center
1424
CVB
Volunteer Fireman's Corps
614
CVM
Mozambique Red Cross Society
615
CW
continuous wave
1395
D.O.O.
Department of Defense Originating Office
761
DA
Development Assistance
95
DAC
Disability Action Council
96
DAC
Development Action Center
97
DAC
Defense Animal Center
98
DAFA
Demining Agency for Afghanistan
779
DANIDA
Danish International Development Agency
1156
DANMINAR [A/S]
Danish Mine- and EOD-Technicians
99
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
1212
DASD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
100
DC
Development Cooperation
101
DCA
Danish Church Aid
780
DCD
Director(ate) of Combat Developments
616
DCOF
Displaced Children and Orphans Fund
1262
DCU
Data Coordination Unit
102
DDA
Department for Disarmament Affairs (UN)
617
DDAS
Database of Demining Accidents
1158
DDD
drug detection dog
103
DDDS
DoD Data Dictionary System
104
DDESB
Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
105
DDG
Danish Demining Group
618
DDIV
Database of Demining Incident Victims
1332
DDR
demobilization, disarmament and reintegration
106
DEA
development-oriented emergency aid
1214
DEMIRA
Deutsche Minenraeumer
107
DERA
Defense Evaluation & Research Agency
108
DESCIM
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management
109
DESMS
Defense Explosives Safety Management Suite
782
Det
detonating
781
Det
detonated
783
Det cord
detonating cord
110
DeTeC
Demining Technology Center
784
DEUCE
Deployable Engineer Universal Combat Earthmover
785
DFA
Development Fund for Africa
111
DFAIT
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
117
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)
1079
DFD
Département de Formation au Déminage
116
DFID
Department for International Development (UK; formerly ODA)
112
DGPS
differential global positioning system
786
DHA
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
787
DHRF
Democracy and Human Rights Fund
113
DI
double impulse
114
DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
788
DID
Donor Investment Database
1393
DIETEC
Database of International Experiences in Support of the Test and Evaluation Community
115
DII
Defense Information Infrastructure
118
DIMARSI
Disaster Management and Refugees Studies Institute
619
DIP
digital image processing
789
DJS
Director, Joint Staff
620
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency
621
DMAO
district mine action office
1168
Dml
demolition
119
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
120
DND
Department of National Defense
1169
DNT
Dinitrotolulene
121
DoD
Department of Defense
122
DOE
Department of Energy
622
DOES
Department of Education and Science
123
D-OEW
demining-ordnance and explosive waste
1394
DOP
Department of Operations
124
DOS
Department of State
790
DOW
Doctors of the World
791
DP
Displaced Person
125
DPA
Disabled Person's Association
126
DPC
delayed primary closure (medical term)
1215
DPI
Disabled People International
127
DPKO
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN)
128
DPO
Disabled People's Organization
1267
DPRE
displaced persons and refugees
1284
DRC
Danish Refugee Council
129
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1080
DRDC
Defence Research and Development Canada
131
DRES
Defense Research Establishment Suffield
132
DRK
German Red Cross
792
DRO
Demobilization and Reintegration Office
133
DSAA
Defense Security Assistance Agency
1387
DSCA
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
134
DSL
Defense Systems Ltd.
1211
DSO
Defense Sciences Office
1273
DSS
Decision Support System
623
DSS
Demining Support System
135
DSTO
Defense Science and Technology Organization
136
DSWA
Defense Special Weapons Agency
137
DTIF
Demining Technical Information Forum
1081
DTIFJ
DTIF online journal
138
DTRA
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
139
DTU
Development Technology Unit
140
DTW
Development Technology Workshop
141
DU
Demining Unit (United Nations)
1082
DwB
Design without Borders
1167
DZ
Demilitarized Zone
1368
EAF
entity armed forces
793
EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
625
EAR
European Agency for Reconstruction
794
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
796
EC
European Commission
795
EC
European Council
142
EC
European Community
797
ECHA
Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (UN)
143
ECHO
European Community Humanitarian Office
798
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
144
ECOMOG
ECOWA