Acronym |
Full name of the Agency /
Organization |
AWB |
Airway Bill |
BL |
Bill of Lading |
C&F |
Cost & Freight |
CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
CARE |
Cooperative for Assistance and
Relief Everywhere |
CFS |
Container Freight
Stations |
DLCA |
Digital Logistics Capacity
Assessment |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture
Organisation |
GPRS |
General Pocket Radio
Service |
GRT |
Gross Register Tonnage |
IATA |
International Air Transport
Association |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation
Organisation |
IDPs |
Internally Displaced
Persons |
ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
IMF |
International Monetary
Fund |
INGO |
International NGO |
IOM |
International Organisation for
Migration |
ISPs |
Internet Service
Providers |
KVA |
Kilo Volt Ampere |
LCA |
Logistics Capacity
Assessment |
MOU |
Memorables of
Understanding |
MT |
Metric Tons |
MW |
Megawatt |
n/a |
not available |
NDB |
Non directional beacon |
NFI |
Non Food Items |
NGO |
Non Governmental
Organisation |
OCHA |
Office of the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs |
RC |
Resident Coordinator |
RoRo |
Roll on Roll off |
T |
Tons |
T&D |
Transmission and
Distribution |
TEUs |
Twenty Foot Equivalent
Units |
THC |
Terminal Handling Charge |
UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS |
UNCT |
United Nations Country
Team |
UNDP |
United Nations Development
Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environmental
Programme |
UNCT |
United Nations Country
Team |
UNDP |
United Nations Development
Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environmental
Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population
Fund |
UNHAS |
United Nations Humanitarian
Air Service |
UNHCR |
United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's
Fund |
(V)HF |
(Very) High Frequency |
VOR |
VHF omnidirectional radio
range |
V-SAT |
Very Smart Aperture
Terminal |
WASH |
Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene |
WCO |
World Customs
Organisation |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |
WVI |
World Vision
International |