AAG
Afghan Assessment Group
ABG
Autonomous Bougainville Government
ACE
ACE Knowledge Network
ACR
Armored Cavalry Regiment
ADB
Asian Development Bank
ADP
Army Doctrine Publication
ADZ
Afghan Development Zones
AFM
Army Field Manual
AGM
Annual General Meeting
AII
Area of Intelligence Interest
AIR
Area of Intelligence Response
AISA
Afghan Investment Support Agency
AJP
Allied Joint Publication
AMIS
African Mission in Sudan
AMISOM
African Union Mission in Somalia
AMM
Aceh Monitoring Mission
ANA
Afghan National Army
ANC
African National Congress
ANP
Afghan National Police
ANSF
Afghan National Security Force
AO
Area of Operations
AOCC
Air Operations Co-ordination Cell
AOO
Area of Operations
AP
Additional Protocol, Air Publication
APOD
Airport of Debarkation
AQCB
Advanced Close Quarter Battle
AQI
Al Qaeda in Iraq
AR
Army Regulation
ARF
Armed Reactionary Force
ASAC
All Source Analysis Cell
ASCOPE
A memory aid for the characteristics of civil considerations: area, structures, capabilities, organizations, people and events. See also METT-TC
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASF
African Standby Force
ASST
All-Arms Search Team
AT
Air Transport
ATC
Air Traffic Control
ATO
Ammunition Technical Officer
AU
African Union
BCP
Basotholand Congress Party
BCPR
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (of UNDP)
BDA
Battle Damage Assessment
BDD
British Defence Doctrine
BDP
Bureau for Development Policy (of UNDP)
BEC
Bangladesh Electoral Commission
BFR
Bougainville Resistance Forces
BG
Battlegroup
BGIC
Battlegroup Influence Coordinator
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BNP
In Annex 2: Bangladesh National Party
In Annex 6: Basotholand National Party (Lesotho)
BPA
Bougainville Peace Agreement
BRA
Bougainville Revolutionary Army
BSC
Brigade Surveillance Company
BUA
Battlefield Update Assessment
C-IED
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device
C2
Command and Control
C3
Command, Control and Communication
C3I
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
CAAC
Children and Armed Conflict
CAF
Country Assistance Framework (UN)
CAF
Conflict Analysis Framework (World Bank)
CAP
Consolidated Appeals Process
CAS
Country Assistance Strategy
CAS
Close Air Support
CASEVAC
Casualty Evacuation
CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CCA
Common Country Assessment
CCA
Close Combat Attack
CCIR
Commander’s Critical Information Requirements
CCT
Combat Camera Team
CDA
Conflict-related Development Analysis
CDS
Chief of the Defence Staff
CEA
Campaign Effectiveness Assessment
CERF
United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund
CERP
Commander’s Emergency Response Program
CFA
Commander Field Army
CFA
Ceasefire Agreement
CGWTF
Citizens’ Goodwill Task Force (Guinea-Bissau)
CHASE
Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department
CI
Counter Intelligence
CI
Counter Intelligence
CIMIC
Civil-Military Cooperation
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIS
Communications and Information System
CIVPOL
United Nations Civilian Police
CivSec
Civil Secretary
CJCSI
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff instruction
CJO
Chief of Joint Operations
CMC
Code Monitoring Committee (Sierra Leone)
CMD
Conventional Munitions Disposal
CMO
Civil-Military Operations
CMOC
Civil-Military Operations Center
CMS
Chief of Mission Support
CN
Counter-Narcotics
CNO
Computer Network Operations
COA
Course of Action
COE
Contemporary Operating Environment
COED
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CofW
Clerk of Works
CoG
Centre of Gravity
COIN
Counter Insurgency
COMSEC
Communications Security
CONCO
Officers and NCOs in long-term continuity posts
COPAZ
National Commission for the Consolidation of Peace
CORDS
Civil Operations and Revolutionary (Rural) Development Support
COS
Chief of Staff
COSA
Commission on Security Arrangements in Aceh
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CP
Close Protection
CPA
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
CPR
Crisis Prevention and Recovery
CR2
Challenger 2 (tank)
CS
Combat Support
CSM
Company Sergeant Major
CSO
Civil Society Organisation
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
CSS
Combat Service Support
CWA
Consent Winning Activity
CWS
Weapon Site
DA
Department of the Army
DAC
Development Assistance Committee (of OECD)
DCDC
Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre
DCE
Deployable Civilian Expert
DCED
Donor Committee on Enterprise Development
DCOS
Deputy Chiref-of-Staff
DDR
Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
DEVAD
Development Advisor
DFID
Department for International Development (UK)
DFS
Department of Field Support
DiCOSA
Commission on Security Arrangements at the District level in Aceh
DIS
Defence Intelligence Staff
DISC
Defence Intelligence and Security Centre
DIT
Development and Influence Team
DMOC
Defence Media Operations Centre
DMS
Director of Mission Support
DNH
Do-No-Harm
DOB
Deployed Operating Base
DOCEX
Document Exploitation
DOD
Department of Defense
DODD
Department of Defense Directive
DOTMLPF
Memory aid for the force development domains: doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities.
DPA
Department of Political Affairs
DPA
Darfur Peace Agreement
DPKO
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo
DSRSG
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General.
DSS
Department of Safety and Security
DTIO
Directorate of Targeting and Information Operations
EA
Electronic Attack
EAD
United Nations Electoral Assistance Division
EC
European Commission
EC
Equipment Capability
ECK
Elections Commission of Kenya
ECM
Electronic Counter Measures
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
EHA
Enhanced House Assault
EMB
Electoral Management Body
ENP
European Neighbourhood Policy
EOD
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
ERSG
Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations
ES
Equipment Support
ESDP
European Security and Defence Policy
ESM
Electronic Warfare Support Measures
EU
European Union
EU POL
European Union Police
EUFOR
European Union Force
EULEX
European Union Rule of Law Mission
EVER
Election Violence Education and Research Program (of IFES)
EW
Electronic Warfare
F3EA
Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyse
FAA
Forward Admin Area
FAP
Final Assault Position
FARC
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia)
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FC
Force Commander
FCO
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)
FHT
Field HUMINT Team
FIAS
Foreign Investment Advisory Service
FIC
Federated Insurgency Complex
FID
Foreign Internal Defense
FIFA
International Federation of International Football
FLC
Front Line Command
FM
[US Army] Field Manual
FMFRP
Fleet Marine Force reference publication
FMI
Field manual Interim
FMLN
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
FMV
Full-Motion Video
FN
New Forces
FOB
Forward Operating Base
FOC
Full Operating Capability
FOCAC
Forum on China–Africa Cooperation
FOM
Freedom of Manoeuvre
FP
Force Protection
FPU
Formed Police Unit
FRAGO
Fragmentary Order
FRG
Federal Riot Gun
FRV
Forward Rendez-Vous
FW
Fixed Wing
G-4
Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics
GAERC
General Affairs and External Relations Council of the EU
GAM
Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka)
GCHQ
Government Communications Headquarters
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GECOM
Guyana Electoral Commission
GEOINT
Geospatial Intelligence
GGP
Gender and Governance Program (of UNIFEM)
GIF
Governance and Implementation Fund
GIRoA
Government of the Independent Republic of Afghanistan
GOC
General Officer Commanding
GoSL
Government of Sri Lanka
GoSS
Government of Southern Sudan
GoU
Government of Uganda
GOV
Government
GOVAD
Governance Adviser
GPA
Guyana Press Association
GPOI
Global Peace Operations Initiative
GPS
Global Positioning System
GTZ
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH
GWAT
Global War Against Terrorism
HC
Humanitarian Coordinator
HMG
Her Majesty's Government
HMMWV
high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle
HMNVG
Head-Mounted Night Vision Goggles
HMRC
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (UK)
HN
Host Nation
HOM
Head of Mission
HOMC
Head of Military Component
HOPC
Head of Police Component
HQ LF
Headquarters Land Forces
HRD
Human Rights Division
HRPS
Human Rights & Protection Section of UNMIL
HUMINT
Human Intelligence
HVI
High-Value Individuals
I
insurgents
IA
Irregular Activity
IACCI
Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry
IAI
Islamic Army in Iraq
IC
International Community
ICC
International Criminal Court
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
IDA
International Development Association
IDASA
Institute for Democracy in Southern Africa
IDEA
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
IDF
Iraqi Defence Force
IDP
Internally Displaced Person
IEC
Independent Electoral Commission (Lesotho)
IED
Improvised Explosive Device
IEDD
Improvised Explosive Device Disposal
IER
Information Exchange Requirement
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFES
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
IFF
Identification – Friend or Foe
IFI
International Financial Institution is a generic term referring to the World
IFP
Inkatha Freedom Party
IGASOM
Intergovernmental Authority on Development Peace Support Mission to Somalia
IGO
Inter-governmental Organisation
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMINT
Imagery Intelligence
IMP
Initial Monitoring Presence
IMPP
Integrated Mission Planning Process
INEC
Independent National Election Committee (Nigeria)
INT
Intelligence
IO
Information Operations
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IPA
Interim Political Authority (Lesotho)
IPB
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
IPBS
Integrated Peacebuilding Strategy
IPE
Intelligence Preparation of the Environment
IPPP
International Peace and Prosperity Project (Guinea-Bissau)
IR
Infra-red
IRA
Irish Republican Army
IRO
Inter-Religious Organization (Guyana)
ISAF
International Security Assistance Force
ISF
Iraqi Security Forces
ISGA
Interim Self-Governing Authority
ISR
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
ISS
Integrated Support Services
ISTAR
Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
JARIC
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre
JASM
Joint Action Synchronisation Matrix
JDBF
Joint Donor Basket Fund (Nigeria)
JDN
Joint Doctrine Note
JDP
Joint Doctrine Publication
JFACC
Joint Force Air Component Commander
JFC
Joint Force Commander
JIATF
Joint Inter-Agency Task Force
JLOC
Joint Logistics Operations Centre
JMAC
Joint Mission Analysis Cell
JMOT
Joint Media Operations Team
JOA
Joint Operation Area
JOC
Joint Operations Centre
JSA
Joint Stabilisation Assessment
JSAT
Joint Strategic Assessment Team
JSCSC
Joint Services Command and Staff College
JSP
Joint Services Publication
JSSR
Justice and Security Sector Reform
JTF
Joint Task Force
JTFHQ
Joint Task Force Headquarters
JTMM
Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha
JWP
Joint Warfare Publication
KLE
Key Leader Engagement
LEGAD
Legal Advisor
LLM
Light Laser Marker
LN
Local National
LNP
Liberian National Police
LO
Liaison Officer
LOAC
Law of Armed Conflict
LOC
Line of Communication
LoO
Line of Operation
LRA
Lord's Resistance Army
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
LWC
Land Warfare Centre
M&E
Monitoring and Evaluation
M2T
Monitoring, Mentoring and Training
MACE
Military Assistance to Civil Effect
MASINT
Measurement and Signatures Intelligence
MCB
Military Capability Building
MDG
Millennium Development Goal
MDTF
Multi-Donor Trust Fund
MIGA
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Association
MINURSO
UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MINUSTAH
UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MiTT
Military Transition Team
MML
Manual of Military Law
MNC
Multinational Cooperation
MNC-I
Multinational Corps-Iraq
MND
Multi-National Division
MNF
Multi-National Force
MOA
Measurement of Activity
MOD
Ministry of Defence (UK)
MoD
Ministry of Defence [UK]
MOE
Measure of Effectiveness
MoE
Team Method of Entry Team
MONUC
United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
MOOTW
Military operations other than war
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MP
Military Police
MPE
Materiel and Personnel Exploitation
MSST
Military Stabilisation Support Teams
MST
Military Stabilisation Team
MTA
Military Technical Agreement
NAO
National Audit Office (UK)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Orgnaisation
NBI
National Business Initiative for Peace (Nepal)
NDS
National Directorate of Security
NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
NI
Northern Ireland
NIC
National Intelligence Cell
NIS
National Information Strategy
NITAT
Northern Ireland Training Advisory Team
NKET
Non-Kinetic Effects Teams
NP
National Party
NSID
National Security, International Relations and Development
OA
Operational Analyst
OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
OCHA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD DAC
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee
OEF
OGA
Office of the Gender Adviser to UNMIL
OGD
Other Government Department
OHCHR
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OISG
Operational Intelligence Support Group
OMLT
Operational Liaison and Mentor Team
ONUSAL
United Nations Observer Mission in
OOM
Order of March
OPLAN
Operation Plan
OpO
Operation Order
OPSEC
Operational Security
OS
Offensive Support
OSAGI
UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OSINT
Open-Source Intelligence
PA
Palestinian Authority [Palestine]
People’s Alliance [Sri Lanka]
PACAP
Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program
PBC
Peace-Building Commission
PBSO
UN Peace-Building Support Office
PCC
Police Contributing Country
PCNA
Post-Conflict Needs Assessment
PDT
Pre-Deployment Training
PFRM
Philippine Foundation for Resource Management
PIR
Priority Intelligence Requirement
PJHQ
Principal Joint Headquarters
PLA
People’s Liberation Army
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organisation
PME
Peacetime Military Engagement
PMG
Peace Monitoring Group
PMT
Project Management Team
PNGDF
Papua New Guinea Defence Forces
POI
Post-Operational Interview
POLAD
Political Advisor
POP
population
PPP
Presence Posture Profile
PPP
Public Private Partnership
PPPC
Peace Process Consultative Committee
PPV
Protected Patrol Vehicle
PREE
Plan, Review, Execute, Evaluate
PRR
Personal Role Radio
PRSP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
PRT
Provincial Reconstruction Team
PSD
Private Sector Development
PSE
PSYOPS Support Element
PSYOPS
Psychological Operations
QDR
Quadrennial Defense Review
QIP
Quick Impact Project
QRF
Quick Reaction Force
R&D
Reconstruction and Development
R2
Reports and Returns
RAF
Royal Air Force
RAND
Research and Development Corporation
RC
Resident Coordinator
RE
Corps of Royal Engineers
REME
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
RESA
Royal Engineers Search Advisor
REST
Royal Engineers Search Team
RFI
Request for Information
RIPA
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
RMP
Royal Military Police
ROC
Review of Concept
ROE
Rules of Engagement
RofL
Rule of Law
ROLAD
Rule of Law Adviser
RSLAF
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
RUSI
Royal United Services Institution
RW
Rotary Wing
RZ
Reconstruction Zone
SA
Stabilisation Adviser
SAS
Special Air Service
SAT
Systems Approach to Training
SBPB
State-Building/Peace-Building
SCIAD
Scientific Advisor
SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SCOG
Security Cooperation Operations Group
SCSL
Special Court for Sierra Leone
SDS
Strategic Deployment Stocks
SF
Special Forces
SF
Security Forces
SGBV
Sexual Gender-Based Violence
SI
Security Intelligence
SIED
Suicide IED
SIGINT
Signals Intelligence
SIPE
Security Intelligence Preparation of the Environment
SIPRNET
Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SIS
Secret Intelligence Service
SLM
Sudan Liberation Movement
SLT
Senior Leadership Team
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SME
Small and Medium Sized Enterprise
SMT
Security Management Team
SN
Supporting Nation
SNCO
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
SOFA
Status of Forces Agreement
SOFA/SOMA
Status of Forces Agreement/Status of Mission Agreement
SOI
Standing Operating Instructions
SOM
Scheme of Manoeuvre
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SPLA
Sudan People’s Liberation Army
SRM
Security Risk Management
SRSG
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General
SRT
Stabilisation Response Team
SSE
Sensitive Site Exploitation
SSR
Security Sector Reform
STABAD
Stabilisation Advisor
SU
Stabilisation Unit
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
T3
Train the Trainer
TA
Target Audience
TAA
Target Audience Analysis
TACP
Tactical Air Control Party
TAM
Technical Assessment Mission
TCAF
Tactical Conflict Assessment Framework
TCC
Troop Contributing Country
TCG
Tasking and Coordination Group
TECHINT
Technical Intelligence
TI
Thermal Imager
TMG
Truce Monitoring Group
TOBG
Tactical Overwatch Battlegroups
TOR
Terms of Reference
TPT
Tactical PSYOPS Team
TQ
Tactical Questioning
TRF/TRM
TRM Transitional Results Framework/Matrix
TST
Time-Sensitive Target
TT
Training Team
TTP
Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
UA
Unmanned Aircraft
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UDF
United Democratic Front
UK
United Kingdom
UKC
Unspecified Child
UKF
Unknown Female
UKM
Unknown Male
UN
United Nations
UN CIVPOL
United Nations Civilian Police
UNAMA
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
UNAMID
United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur
UNCT
United Nations Country Team
UNDAF
United Nations Development Assistance Framework
UNDG
United Nations Development Group
UNDG (O)
United Nations Development Group (Office)
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP BCPR
The UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
UNF
United National Front
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNIFIL
UN Interim Force in Lebanon
UNITAF
United Task Force
UNMEE
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIS
United Nations Mission in Sudan
UNMISET
United Nations Mission of Support in
UNMIT
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNPOB
United Nations Political Office in Bougainville
UNSAS
UN Standby Arrangements System
UNSC
United Nations Security Council
UNSCR
United Nations Security Council Resolution
UNTAC
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTAET
UN Transitional Administration in East Timor
UOIF
Union des Organisations Islamiques de France [Union of Islamic Organizations in France]
UPDF
Uganda Peoples Defence Force
US
United States
US/CRS
The US Department of State’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilisation
USA
Unit Search Advisor
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
USG
Under-Secretary-General (for UN Peacekeeping Operations)
VBIED
Vehicle-Borne IED
VCP
Vehicle Check-Point
VDOP
Vehicle Drop-Off Point
WACPF
Women and Children Protection Section
WIS
Weapons Intelligence Section
WME
Weapons of Mass Effect
WO
Warrant Officer
