| AMDDC |
Afghan Mine Dog Detection Center |
| ANAD |
Azerbaijan National Agency for Demining |
| ANFO |
ammonium nitrate and fuel oil |
| AOR |
area of responsibility |
| APM |
anti-personnel mine |
| APL |
anti-personnel landmine |
| AQAP |
Allied Quality Assurance Publication |
| AREA |
Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation in Afghanistan |
| ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ARIS |
Action for Research and Information Support in Civilian Demining |
| ARRA |
Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Areas |
| ASA |
ammunition storage area |
| ASDIT |
Ammunition Storage and Disposal Implementation Team |
| ASDSO/LIC |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASTAMIDS |
Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System |
| ATM |
anti-tank mine |
| ATC |
Afghan Technical Consultants |
| ATCDU |
Anti-Terrorist Commando Dog Unit |
| ATD |
advanced technology demonstration |
| ATO |
Ammunition Technical Officer |
| ATR |
automatic target recognition |
| AV |
anti-vehicle |
| AWAMA |
African Women's Alliance for Mobilizing Action |
| BAC |
battle area clearance |
| BDI |
Bomb Disposal, Inc. |
| BHCD |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission on Demining |
| BHMAC |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center |
| BIP |
blow-in-place |
| BITS |
Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security |
| BL |
boundary lane |
| BM |
benchmark |
| BMZ |
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| BPA |
berm processing assembly |
| BRAC |
base realignment and closure |
| BRDF |
Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Function |
| BT |
booby trap |
| CA |
civil action |
| CA |
chemical agent |
| CAD |
Council for Action on Disability |
| CADMOS |
Committee of Advisors: Detection of Mines Based on Operational Standards |
| CALM |
New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines |
| CAMEO |
Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance [Security] |
| CARERE |
Cambodia Area Resettlement and Regeneration [Project] |
| CARICOM |
Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CASEVAC |
Casualty Evacuation |
| CBR |
community-based rehabilitation |
| CBU |
cluster bomb unit |
| CCD |
Council of Canadians with Disabilities |
| CCMAT |
Canadian Center for Mine Action Technology |
| CCRC |
Casualty Care Research Center |
| CCW |
1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons |
| CD |
Conference on Disarmament |
| CDAP |
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program |
| CDPO |
Cambodian Disabled People's Organization |
| CDS |
Central Disposal Site |
| CDW |
Cambodian Demining Workshop |
| CECOM |
Communications and Electronics Command |
| CERF |
Central Emergency Revolving Fund |
| CF |
Canadian Forces |
| CFSP |
Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| CHA |
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance |
| CHW |
community health worker |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CINC |
Commander-in-Chief |
| CIR |
Center for International Rehabilitation |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CJCS |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CLAF |
Canadian Landmine Action Fund |
| CLAM |
Cleared Lane Marking System |
| CMAC |
Cambodia Mine Action Center |
| CMAD |
Community Mine Awareness for Development |
| CMAO |
Central Mine Action Office (Angola) |
| CMATS |
Central Mine Action Training School (Angola) |
| CMCM |
Mozambique Campaign Against Landmines |
| CMD |
conventional munitions disposal |
| CMMT |
community mine-marking ream |
| CMO |
Civil Military Operations |
| CMT |
countermine training |
| CMV |
Combat Mobility Vehicle |
| CND |
National Demining Commission |
| COA |
course of action |
| COE |
Common Operating Environment |
| COERR |
Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees |
| COMSEC |
communications security |
| COPE |
Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise |
| CPCD |
Center for Peacekeeping and Community Development |
| CRC |
Cambodian Red Cross |
| CRC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CROMAC |
Croatian Mine Action Center |
| CSPO |
Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| CTA |
Chief Technical Adviser |
| CTSC |
Countermine Training Support Center |
| DAC |
Disability Action Council |
| DAC |
Development Action Center |
| DAC |
Defense Animal Center |
| DAFA |
Demining Agency for Afghanistan |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DC |
Development Cooperation |
| DCA |
Danish Church Aid |
| DDA |
Department for Disarmament Affairs (UN) |
| DDDS |
DoD Data Dictionary System |
| DDESB |
Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board |
| DDG |
Danish Demining Group |
| DEA |
development-oriented emergency aid |
| DERA |
Defense Evaluation & Research Agency |
| DESCIM |
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management |
| DESMS |
Defense Explosives Safety Management Suite |
| DeTeC |
Demining Technology Center |
| DFAIT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) |
| DGPS |
differential global positioning system |
| DI |
double impulse |
| DIA |
Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DII |
Defense Information Infrastructure |
| DFID |
Department for International Development (UK; formerly ODA) |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) |
| DIMARSI |
Disaster Management and Refugees Studies Institute |
| DMZ |
Demilitarized Zone |
| DND |
Department of National Defense |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| D-OEW |
demining-ordnance and explosive waste |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DPA |
Disabled Person's Association |
| DPC |
delayed primary closure (medical term) |
| DPKO |
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN) |
| DPO |
Disabled People's Organization |
| DRC |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| HESH-I |
High Explosive Squash Head-Incendiary |
| DRES |
Defense Research Establishment Suffield |
| DRK |
German Red Cross |
| DSAA |
Defense Security Assistance Agency |
| DSL |
Defense Systems Ltd. |
| DSTO |
Defense Science and Technology Organization |
| DSWA |
Defense Special Weapons Agency |
| DTIF |
Demining Technical Information Forum |
| DTRA |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| DTU |
Development Technology Unit |
| DTW |
Development Technology Workshop |
| DU |
Demining Unit (United Nations) |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECHO |
European Community Humanitarian Office |
| ECOMOG |
ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| EDD |
explosive detecting dog |
| EDR |
explosive device recognition |
| EE/CA |
engineering evaluations/cost analysis |
| EEDT |
European Entity for Procurement, Deployment, Operation and Maintenance of Demining Technologies |
| EFGPR |
energy-focusing ground penetrating radar |
| EFP |
explosively formed projectile |
| EF&T |
Environmental Fate and Transport |
| EMAC |
Entity Mine Action Center |
| EMSL |
European Microwave Signature Laboratory |
| EMT |
Emergency Medical Technician |
| EOD |
explosive ordnance disposal |
| EODASTT |
Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Ammunition Storage Training Team |
| EODTECHDIV |
Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERLIS |
Earth Resource Land Information System |
| ERO |
emergency road/route opening |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUAM |
European Union Administration of Mostar |
| FAE |
fuel air explosive |
| FAF |
Federal Armed Forces |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) |
| FAR |
Armed Forces of Rwanda |
| FASCAM |
family of scatterable mines |
| FFE |
free from explosive |
| FCO |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FCOTV |
Field Command, Office of Treaty Verification |
| FHA |
foreign humanitarian assistance |
| FMF |
Foreign Military Financing |
| FMSP |
First Meeting of States Parties |
| FRUD |
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy |
| FWAM (E) |
full-width attack mine (electronic) |
| FWR |
former warring factions |
| FRY |
Former Republic of Yugoslavia |
| FYROM |
Federal Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| GCI |
Ground Concepts International |
| GEM |
genetically engineered microbe |
| Gfp |
green fluorescent protein gene |
| GICHD (GIC) |
Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining |
| GINIE |
Global Information Network in Education |
| GLOS |
Global Level One Survey |
| GPR |
ground penetrating radar |
| GPS |
global positioning system |
| GSCS |
Ground Search Clear Systems Ltd. |
| GTA |
Global Training Academy |
| GTZ |
German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
| HALO |
Hazardous Area Life-Support Organization |
| HARC |
Hameed & Ali Research Center |
| HazMat |
hazardous material |
| HAZWOPER |
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response |
| HCND |
Chad National Demining Committee |
| HDIC |
Humanitarian Demining Information Center (now MAIC) |
| HDO |
humanitarian demining operations |
| HDOGIS |
Humanitarian Demining Operations Geographic Information System |
| HE |
high explosive |
| HEAT |
high explosive anti-tank |
| HESH |
High Explosive Squash Head |
| HF |
high frequency |
| HFA |
Human Factors Applications, Inc. |
| HI |
Handicap International |
| HLWG |
Humanitarian Liaison Working Group |
| HMA |
humanitarian mine action |
| HN |
host nation |
| HPCN |
high-performance computing and networking |
| HRW |
Human Rights Watch |
| HTRW |
hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste |
| IADB |
InterAmerican Defense Board |
| IAM |
International Assistance Mission |
| ICBL |
International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ICCTI |
International Countermine and Canine Training Institute |
| ICD |
International Classification of Disease |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICVA |
International Council of Voluntary Agencies |
| ID |
integrated demining |
| IDA |
Institute for Defense Analyses |
| IDAC |
International Demining Association of Canada |
| IDP |
internally displaced person |
| IDRC |
International Development Research Council |
| IEBL |
Inter-Entity Boundary Line |
| IED |
improvised explosive device |
| IEE |
Institution of Electrical Engineers |
| IFOR |
Implementation Force (BiH) |
| IFRC |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IHD |
Integrated Humanitarian Demining |
| IHL |
international humanitarian law |
| ILDC |
Improved Landmine Detector Concept |
| ILO |
International Labor Organization |
| IMAS |
International Mine Action Standards |
| IMCE |
Institute of Munition Clearance Engineers |
| IMCEC |
International Munition Clearance Exhibition & Conference |
| IMCS |
International Mine Clearance Standard |
| IMSMA |
Information Management System for Mine Action |
| INAROEE |
Angolan National Institute for the Removal of Obstacles and Explosive Ordnance |
| IO |
international organization |
| IOE |
irregular outer edge |
| IPPNW |
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
| IR |
Islamic Relief |
| IRC |
International Rescue Committee |
| ISCE |
Intersessional Standing Committee of Experts |
| ISFE |
Igniter Safety Fuze, Electric |
| ISPO |
International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics |
| ItCBL |
Italian Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ITF |
International Trust Fund |
| IWG |
Interagency Working Group |
| JAHDS |
Japan Alliance for Humanitarian Demining Support |
| JCBL |
Japanese Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| JMRO |
Joint Medical Regulating Office |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| JMU |
James Madison University |
| JRC |
Joint Research Centre |
| JRS |
Jesuit Refugee Services |
| JS |
Joint Staff |
| KFOR |
Kosovo Forces |
| KfW |
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (Credit Agency for Reconstruction) |
| KLA |
Kosovo Liberation Army |
| LARS |
Light Artillery Rocket System |
| LDO |
Logistic Disposal Operations |
| LDPA |
Lao Disabled Persons Association |
| LIFI |
laser-induced fluorescence imaging |
| LISA |
linear SAR |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LM |
Landmine Monitor |
| LMP |
Landmine Protocol |
| LMW |
landmine warfare |
| LOGS |
Level One Global Survey |
| LPP |
Landmine Placement Plan |
| LSA |
land surface ammunition |
| LSC |
Landmine Struggle Center (Cairo) |
| LSN |
Landmine Survivors Network |
| MAC |
mine action center |
| MACC |
Mine Action Coordination Center |
| MACA |
Mine Action Center for Afghanistan |
| MaD |
Mechanically assisted Dog demining |
| MAG |
Mines Advisory Group |
| MAIC |
Mine Action Information Center (formerly HDIC) |
| MaM |
mechanically assisted manual demining |
| MAMIS |
Mine Action Management Information System |
| MAPA |
Mine Action Program for Afghanistan |
| MAPED |
Mine Anti-personnel Effect Directional |
| MARMINCA |
Mission of Assistance for the Removal of Mines in Central America |
| MARS |
Medical Air Rescue Service |
| MASG |
Mine Action Support Group |
| MAT |
mine action team |
| MAT |
Mines Awareness Trust |
| MAWG |
Mine Action Working Group (ICBL) |
| MBT |
Mine Ban Treaty |
| MB 2000 |
Minebreaker 2000 |
| MCBL |
Malawi Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| MCCG |
Mine Clearance Coordination Group |
| MCI |
Mines Clearance International |
| MCM |
mine countermeasures |
| MCP |
Mine Clearance Program |
| MCPU |
Mine Clearance Policy Unit |
| MCPA |
Mine Clearance Planning Agency |
| MCTU |
Mine Clearance Training Unit (preceding CMAC) |
| MCZ |
Military Control Zone |
| MDC |
Mine Dog Center |
| MD |
metal detector |
| MDD |
mine detecting dog |
| MDG |
mine dog group |
| MDS |
mine dog set |
| MDV |
mine detection vehicle |
| MEDDS |
Mechem Explosive and Drug Detection System |
| MEDEVAC |
medical evacuation |
| MERCUSOL |
Declaration of the Southern Commercial Market |
| MERLIN |
Medical Emergency Relief International |
| META |
Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Agency |
| METP |
Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Program |
| MgM |
Menschen gegen Minen (People Against Landmines) |
| MICAS |
Ministry of Coordination for Social Action (Mozambique) |
| MICOA |
Mozambican Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs |
| MINDEF |
Ministry of Defense |
| MINWARA |
Mine Warfare Association |
| MIS |
Mine Information System |
| MLC |
mine-launcher containers |
| MLI |
Marshall Legacy Institute |
| MLO |
mine-like object |
| MM |
metal mines |
| MMC |
mechanical mine clearance |
| MMDS |
Microbial Mine Detection System |
| MMT |
Mine Marking Team (Cambodia) |
| MOD |
Ministry of Defense |
| MOE |
measure of effectiveness |
| MOHSS |
Ministry of Health and Social Services |
| MOMEP |
Multinational Observation Mission Ecuador/Peru |
| MOSALVY |
Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation |
| MOU |
memorandum of understanding |
| MPV |
mine-protected vehicle |
| MRCS |
Mozambique Red Cross Society |
| MRE |
mine risk education |
| MTADS |
Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System |
| MRV |
mine-resistant vehicle |
| NACC |
North Atlantic Cooperation Council |
| NADR |
Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs |
| NAM |
Non-Aligned Movement |
| NOTAM |
Notice to Air-Men/Notice to Air Movement (NATO) |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAVSCOLEOD |
Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal |
| NCA |
National Command Authority |
| NCDP |
National Center for Disabled People |
| NCBL |
Nepal Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| NDA |
National Demining Agency (Somaliland) |
| NDF |
Namibian Defense Force |
| NDHQ |
National Defense Headquarters |
| NDO |
national demining office |
| NDT |
non-destructive resting |
| NEQ |
net explosive quantity |
| NEWTEC |
National Explosives Waste Technology and Evaluation Center |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NIDRR |
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
| NPA |
Norwegian Peoples Aid |
| NPA |
New People's Army |
| NQR |
nuclear quadropole resonance |
| NSA |
non-state actor |
| NSC |
National Security Council |
| NSPO |
National School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| NVESD |
Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OASD |
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| OCHA |
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
| ODIS |
Ordnance Detection and Identification System |
| OE |
ordnance and explosives |
| OECS |
Organization for Eastern Caribbean States |
| OEW |
ordnance-related explosive waste |
| OFDA |
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| OHDACA |
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid |
| OJCS |
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| OMA |
Organization for Mine Awareness (Cambodia; now OMAR) |
| OMAR |
Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation |
| OMOL |
One-Man One-Lane (demining procedure) |
| OPTEMPO |
operating tempo |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OTMS |
Ordnance Technical Management System |
| PADCA |
Assistance Program for Demining in Central America |
| PAHO |
Pan-American Health Organization |
| PAI |
Institutional Support Program |
| PAIGC |
African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde |
| PAO |
Public Affairs Officer |
| PAV |
Policy Assessment Visit |
| PCBL |
Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| PCEPD |
President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities |
| PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PDC |
pre-deployment course |
| PDM |
pursuit-deterrent munition |
| PDSS |
pre-deployment site survey |
| PE |
plastic explosive |
| PERTEMPO |
personnel tempo |
| PHR |
Physicians for Human Rights |
| PGS |
Physicians for Global Survival |
| PIU |
project implementation unit |
| PJRAD |
Projector Area Defense |
| PM |
MCD Project Manager for Mines, Countermine & Demolitions |
| PMSC |
Political Military Steering Committee |
| POC |
Prosthetics Outreach Center |
| PODES |
Promoter of the Organization of Disabled Persons in El Salvador |
| POF |
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation |
| POF |
Pakistan Ordnance Factories |
| P&O |
Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| PPE |
personal protective equipment |
| PRC |
People's Republic of China |
| PRES |
Programme for Economic and Social Rehabilitation |
| PRIO |
Peace Research Institute of Oslo |
| PSYOPS |
Psychological Operations |
| PTSD |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PVO |
private voluntary organization |
| P.II |
Landmines Protocol II of the CCW |
| QA |
quality assurance |
| QC |
quality control |
| QMS |
quality management system |
| QSR |
quality system requirements |
| RaM |
rotar-assisted manual demining |
| RAPM |
Resource Allocation Planning Meeting |
| RAVV |
Requirements and Verification Visit |
| RCS |
radar cross section |
| RDSS |
Requirements Determination Site Survey |
| RDT |
research and development of technology |
| RERC |
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center |
| RF |
radio frequency |
| RFP |
request for proposal |
| RI |
Refugees International |
| RIDE |
Rapid International Demining in Emergencies |
| RMD |
remotely delivered mine |
| RP |
reference point |
| RPA |
Rwandan Patriotic Army |
| RPG |
rocket-propelled grenade |
| ROE |
rule of engagement |
| RSA |
Republic of South Africa |
| RSP |
Render Safe Procedures |
| RSRI |
Republic of Slovenia Rehabilitation Institute |
| RTA |
road traffic accident |
| RTD |
research and technical development |
| SAC |
Survey Action Center |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SADF |
South African Defense Force |
| SAIIA |
South African Institute of Internationals Affairs |
| SAR |
synthetic aperture radar |
| SC |
Save the Children |
| SCA |
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan |
| SCAL |
Somaliland Coalition Against Landmines |
| SCE |
Standing Committee of Experts |
| SCF |
Save the Children Fund |
| SCOVA |
Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies |
| SCBL |
Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| SCG |
Survey Contact Group |
| SCS |
Special Clearance Services (commercial company based in Zimbabwe) |
| SE |
survey executive |
| SEIS |
Socio-Economic Impact Study |
| SF |
Special Forces |
| SFF |
self-forming fragment |
| SFD |
Special Fund for the Disabled |
| SFOR |
Stabilization Force (BiH) |
| SGAA |
Sandy Gall's Association for Afghanistan |
| SGS |
Specialist Gurkha Services |
| SM |
scatterable mine |
| SMAC |
Somali Mine Action Center |
| SMART |
Semi-Autonomous Monitoring and Robotics Technology |
| SN |
self-neutralizing |
| SOC |
Special Operations Command |
| SOD |
Special Operations Division |
| SOFA |
Status on Forces Agreement |
| SOMAP |
Somalia Mine Action Program |
| SON (SoN) |
Statement of Operational Needs |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOR (SoR) |
Statements of Operational Requirements |
| SORRA |
Somaliland Relief and Rehabilitation Association |
| SPDC |
State Peace and Development Council |
| SPM |
Somali Patriotic Movement |
| SRCS |
Somaliland Red Crescent Society |
| SSC |
Social Services for Cambodia |
| SSTA |
Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications |
| SWG |
Survey Working Group |
| SWG |
standard wire gauge |
| TA |
technical adviser |
| TCBL |
Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| TED |
trace explosive detection |
| TFR |
time-frequency representation |
| TMAC |
Thailand Mine Action Center |
| TNA |
training needs analysis |
| TNT |
Trinitrotoluene |
| TGW |
Treaty Working Group |
| TLC |
Team Leaders Course |
| TOR (ToR) |
term of reference |
| TQM |
total quality management |
| TWMP |
Track Width Mine Plough |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNA |
United Nations Association |
| UNAMIR |
United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda |
| UNAVEM |
United Nations Angola Verification Mission |
| UNDAP |
UN Accelerated Demining Program (Mozambique; aka UNADP) |
| UNDHA |
UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
| UNDPKO |
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
| UNITA |
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola |
| UNMAC |
United Nations Mine Action Center |
| UNMAS |
United Nations Mine Action Service |
| UNMIK |
United Nations Mission in Kosovo |
| UNOCHA |
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan |
| UNOMOZ |
UN Operations in Mozambique |
| UNOPS |
United Nations Office of Project Services |
| UNOSOM |
UN Operations in Somalia |
| UNPROFOR |
UN Protection Force |
| UNPREDEP |
UN Preventive Deployment Force |
| UNTAC |
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia |
| URNG |
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union |
| USAID |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
| USAMCCOM |
U.S. Army, Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command |
| USCBL |
U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| USG |
U.S. government |
| USIA |
U.S. Information Agency |
| USIRP |
U.S. Indochina Reconciliation Project |
| USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
| USSOCOM |
U.S. Special Operations Command |
| USUHS |
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| UXO |
Unexploded Ordnance |
| UXOSMM |
Unexploded Ordnance Site Management Model |
| UXM |
Unexploded Ordnance Management |
| VA |
victim assistance |
| VMMD |
vehicular mounted mine detection |
| VNAH |
Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped |
| VOD |
velocity of detonation |
| VRD |
Virtual Retinal Display |
| VVAF |
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation |
| WAAPM |
wide-area anti-personnel mine |
| WAM |
wide-area mine |
| WARC |
World Alliance of Reformed Churches |
| WCC |
World Council of Churches |
| WDMET |
Wound Data and Munitions Effectiveness Team |
| WFP |
World Food Program |
| WGVA |
Working Group on Victim Assistance (ICBL) |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WP |
White Phosphorus |
| WRF |
World Relief Fund |
| YMAA |
Yemen Mine Awareness Association |
| YMAAP |
Youth Mine Action Ambassador Program |
| ZDI |
Zimbabwe Defense Industries |
| ZNA |
Zimbabwe National Army |
| ZOS |
zone of separation |
| AA |
Auswaertiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office) |
| AABRAR |
Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation and Recreation |
| AAF |
Albanian Armed Forces |
| ABC |
airway, breathing and circulation |
| ACBL |
Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ACEM |
aimed controlled effect mine |
| ACS |
Advanced Countermine System |
| ACT |
Action by Churches Together |
| AD |
anti-disturbance |
| ADAM |
area denial artillery munition |
| ADD |
Action on Disability and Development |
| ADDI |
anti disturbance double impulse |
| ADF |
Allied Democratic Forces |
| ADF |
Australian Defense Force |
| ADI |
Australian Defense Industries |
| ADP |
Accelerated Demining Program (aka PAD; formerly UNADP) |
| ADRA |
Adventist Development Relief Agency |
| ADSM |
artillery delivery scatterable mine |
| AE |
aeromedical evacuation |
| AES |
aeromedical evacuation squadron |
| AFSC |
American Friends Service Committee |
| ANC |
African National Congress |
| AHD |
anti-handling device |
| ALS |
advanced life support |
| AMAC |
Abkhaz Mines Action Center |
| AMDA |
Association for Medical Development in Asia |
| AP |
anti-personnel mine |
| AT |
anti-tank |
| CPKF |
Collective Peacekeeping Forces |
| SOCOM |
Special Operations Command |
| APII |
Amended Protocol II |
| ADEMO |
Association for the Mozambican Disabled |
| ADWS |
area denial weapon system |
| AMAC |
Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities |
| AMREF |
African Medical and Research Foundation |
| ARSOF |
Army Special Operations Forces |
| ASM |
Advance Survey Mission |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| B/C |
benefit/cost |
| CA |
community awareness |
| CAPDC |
Support Center for the Promotion and Development of Communities |
| CBA |
cost-benefit analysis |
| CBMAP |
community-based mine awareness program |
| CBO |
cummunity-based organization |
| CENTCOM |
U.S. Central Command |
| CHA |
Cambodian Handicraft Association |
| CL |
community liaison |
| CMAA |
Cambodia Mine Action/Victim Assistance Authority |
| CNIDAH |
National Inter-Sectoral Commission for Demining and Humanitarian Assistance |
| COAM |
Committee on Mine Awareness (Guinea-Bissau) |
| CVM |
Mozambique Red Cross Society |
| CW |
continuous wave |
| DCOF |
Displaced Children and Orphans Fund |
| DDAS |
Database of Demining Accidents |
| DDIV |
Database of Demining Incident Victims |
| DIP |
digital image processing |
| DMA |
Defense Mapping Agency |
| DMAO |
district mine action office |
| DOES |
Department of Education and Science |
| DSS |
Demining Support System |
| EAR |
European Agency for Reconstruction |
| EDA |
Eritrean Demining Agency |
| EDP |
Ethiopian Demining Project |
| ELIS |
Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey |
| ELS |
European Landmine Solutions |
| EMAO |
Ethiopian Mine Action Office |
| EMOPS |
Office of Emergency Programs (UNICEF) |
| EOC |
expert opinion collection |
| EPRDF |
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| ESPRIT |
European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technology |
| FAA |
Angolan Armed Forces |
| FEL |
front-end loader |
| FMB |
Floating Mine Blade |
| FNLA |
National Libteration Front of Angola |
| FRELIMO |
Mozambique Liberation Front |
| GoS |
government of Sudan |
| GRZ |
government of the Republic of Zambia |
| GWHF |
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation |
| HAC |
Humanitarian Aid Commission |
| HDTC |
Humanitarian Demining Training Camp |
| IEPF |
International Eurasia Press Fund |
| IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (GHAI; formerly IGADD) |
| IGO |
inter-governmental organization |
| IHDD |
integrated humanitarian demining for development |
| IMCP |
Inhambane Mine Clearance Project |
| INATEC |
National Institute of Technology of Nicaragua |
| IND |
National Demining Institute |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IPOP |
Immediate Post-Operative Prosthetics/Prosthesis |
| IPPTC |
International Pilot Project for Technology Cooperation |
| IPSC |
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (JRC) |
| IRRS |
Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia |
| IST |
Information Society Technologies |
| ISU |
Implementation Support Unit |
| ITC |
Institute for Testing and Certification of Boots |
| IUTP |
International Unexploded Ordnance Training Program |
| JAC-ACTD |
Joint Area Clearance Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
| JLC |
Jaipur Limb Campaign |
| JMC |
Joint Military Commission |
| JMC |
Joint Military Committee |
| LARDEF |
League for the Reintegration of Disabled People |
| LCD |
Landmine Casualty Database |
| LEAP |
Lower Extremity Assessment Program |
| LNO |
liaison officer |
| LSG |
Let's Save the Generation |
| LWVF |
Leahy War Victims Fund |
| MAX |
Mine Action Exchange (UNDP program) |
| MaXML |
Mine Action Extensible Markup Language |
| MBC |
Mine Ban Convention |
| MC |
Mine Committee |
| MCA |
multi-criteria analysis |
| MCC |
Mine Clearing Cultivator |
| MCLAP |
Messiah College Landmine Action Project |
| MI |
Medico International |
| MINARS |
Ministry of Social Assistance and Reintegration (Angola) |
| MIS |
Mine Impact Score |
| MITC |
Mine Information and Training Center |
| MLIS |
Mozambique Landmine Impact Survey |
| MMCAS |
Ministry for Women and the Coordination of Social Action (Mozambique) |
| MMD |
Mini Mine Detector |
| MoFED |
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| MOHS |
Ministry of Health and Sanitation |
| MONUC |
United Nations Mission in Congo |
| MPLA |
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
| MRRE |
mine risk reduction education |
| MRS |
minefield reaction stick |
| NERRTC |
National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center |
| NIES |
National Institute for Educational Sciences (Vietnam) |
| NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
| NIP |
National Institute for Pediatrics |
| NMAA |
National Mine Action Authority (Sri Lanka) |
| NMAO |
National Mine Action Office (Sudan) |
| OLF |
Oromo Liberation Front |
| ONL |
Operation Normal Life |
| ONLF |
Ogaden National Liberation Front |
| PEACE |
Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment (Afghanistan) |
| PEPAM |
Program for the Prevention of Mine Accidents |
| PLA |
participatory learning and action |
| PM&E |
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation |
| PM/HDP |
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs (US DOS) |
| PM/MAIP |
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Mine Action Initiatives and Partnerships (US DOS) |
| POWER |
Prosthetics and Orthotics Worldwide Education and Relief |
| PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
| QAM |
quality assurance monitor |
| RA |
rapid assessment |
| RaDO |
Rehabilitation and Development Organization |
| RENAMO |
Mozambique National Resistance |
| ROSE |
Rehab-Oriented Surgical Enablement |
| RPF |
Rwandan Patriotic Front |
| RRT |
Rapid Response Team |
| RSS |
Rehabilitation Support Services |
| SADSA |
South African Demining Services Agency |
| SAIC |
Science Applications International Corporation |
| SAM |
side-attack mine |
| SCVA |
Standing Committee of Experts on Victim Assistance, Socio-Economic Reintegration and Mine Awareness |
| SDAG |
Somali Demining Action Group |
| SDTT |
Survivable Dmeining Tractor and Tools |
| SEE |
southeastern Europe |
| SMA |
suspected mined area |
| SMAP |
Shenandoah Minefield Adoption Project |
| SPLA |
Sudan People's Liberation Army |
| SPT |
Socketless Prosthetic Technology |
| SUBOT |
small unit robot |
| SWAPO |
Southwest African People's Organization |
| UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
| UPD |
Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (OAS) |
| UTCAH |
Angolan Technical Unit for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance |
| UXO LAO |
Lao National UXO Project |
| WRF |
World Rehabilitation Fund |
| WSTIAC |
Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center |
| ZCTBL |
Zambia Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ZMAC |
Zimbabwe Mine Action Center |
| ASD |
Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| MINSAU |
Ministry of Health (Mozambique) |
| A&T |
acquisition and technology |
| AAR |
Association for Aid and Relief (Japan) |
| ACDA |
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| AETF |
Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund |
| AMAA |
Afghan Mine Awareness Agency |
| AO |
area of operation |
| APB |
anti-personnel blast |
| APL-A |
anti-personnel landmine agency |
| ARCS |
Afghan Red Crescent Society |
| ARDEC |
Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (U.S. Army) |
| ARSOTF |
Army Special Operations Task Force |
| BASIC |
Body armor system, individual, countermine |
| BBF |
Brother's Brother Foundation |
| BRAVA |
Blast Resuscitation and Victim Assistance |
| BRDEC |
Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center |
| CA |
civil affairs |
| CARE |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere |
| DA |
Development Assistance |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEDC |
children in especially difficult circumstances |
| CEE |
Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEEC |
Central and Eastern European Countries |
| CHR |
Commission on Human Rights |
| CHRF |
Canadian Human Rights Foundation |
| CIDEV |
Development International Council (Mozambique) |
| CIO |
chief information officer |
| CM |
countermine |
| CMCS |
Countermine Capability Stock |
| CMTC |
Central Mine Training Center (Mozambique) |
| COAA |
course-of-action analysis |
| CONUS |
continental United States |
| COTS |
commercial off-the-shelf |
| CPP |
Congolese Physicians for Peace |
| CRS |
Catholic Relief Services |
| CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| DANIDA |
Danish International Development Agency |
| DCD |
Director(ate) of Combat Developments |
| Det |
detonated |
| Det |
detonating |
| Det cord |
detonating cord |
| DEUCE |
Deployable Engineer Universal Combat Earthmover |
| DFA |
Development Fund for Africa |
| DHA |
Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
| DHRF |
Democracy and Human Rights Fund |
| DID |
Donor Investment Database |
| DJS |
Director, Joint Staff |
| DOW |
Doctors of the World |
| DP |
Displaced Person |
| DRO |
Demobilization and Reintegration Office |
| EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC |
European Council |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECHA |
Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (UN) |
| ECHR |
European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECPS |
Executive Committee on Peace and Security (UN) |
| ECU |
European Currency Unit |
| EDD |
explosive demining device |
| EDD |
explosive detection device |
| EHF |
extremely high frequency |
| EMAP |
Ethiopian Mine Action Program |
| EN |
Explosive Neutralization |
| ENS |
Explosive Neutralization System |
| ERF |
Emergency Response Fund |
| ERPMU |
Ethiopian Recovery Program Management Unit |
| ETF |
Emergency Task Force |
| ETH |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| ETH-Z |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich |
| FAR |
false alarm rate |
| FECS |
Field-Expedient Countermine System |
| FFP |
Food for Peace |
| FLIR |
forward-looking infrared |
| FLW |
Fort Leonard Wood [Missouri] |
| FSU |
Former Soviet Union |
| FTX |
Field training exercise |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GEMSS |
Ground Emplaced Mine Scattering System |
| GFE |
government-furnished equipment |
| GHAI |
Greater Horn of Africa Initiative |
| GIST |
Geographic Information Support Team |
| GOTS |
government off-the-shelf |
| GPA |
General Peace Agreement |
| GPC |
German Project Coordination |
| GSO |
Government Service Organization |
| GSTAMIDS |
Ground Standoff Mine Detection System |
| HA |
humanitarian assistance |
| HADR |
Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief |
| HATT |
Humanitarian Assistance and Transition Team |
| HD |
humanitarian demining |
| HEMMS |
Hand-Emplaced Minefield Marking System |
| HMR |
Humanitarian Medical Relief |
| HNS |
host-nation support |
| HSTAMIDS |
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System |
| IAV |
Interim Armored Vehicle |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
| IC |
International Community |
| IDA |
Institute for Agricultural Development |
| IGADD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (now IGAD) |
| IHEMMS |
Improved Hand-Emplaced Minefield Marking System |
| IIA |
Agricultural Research Institute |
| IIR |
imaging infrared |
| ILS |
Integrated Logistics Support |
| IMAS |
Integrated Mine Action Support |
| IMAS |
International Mine Action Support |
| IMET |
International Military Education and Training |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMIT |
International Military Information Team |
| IO&P |
International Organizations and Programs |
| IPE |
individual protection equipment |
| IPVO |
Indigenous Private Voluntary Organization |
| IRIN |
Integrated Regional Information Network (UN) |
| IRSEM |
Institute for Social Reintegration of Former Combatants |
| ITSH |
International Transport, Storage and Handling |
| IVMMD |
Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector |
| J3 SOD |
Joint Staff Operations Directorate |
| JAC |
Joint Area Clearance |
| JCM |
Joint Countermine |
| JCOS |
Joint Countermine Operational Simulation |
| JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JPKF |
Joint Peacekeeping Forces |
| JSOTF |
Joint Special Operations Task Force |
| JTF |
Joint Task Force |
| JUXOCO |
Joint UXO Coordination Office |
| LAMD |
Lightweight Airborne Multispectral Minefield Detection |
| IGO |
international governmental organization |
| ILDC |
Improved Landmine Detection Capability |
| NDA |
National Democratic Alliance (Ethiopia) |
| SD/SDA |
self-destructing/self-deactivating |
| VMMA |
Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detector |
| LE |
low explosive |
| LIRV |
Labor-Intensive Road Verification |
| LIS |
Landmine Impact Survey |
| LMIS |
Landmines Information System |
| LWF |
Lutheran World Federation |
| LWOB |
Lessons Without Borders (USAID) |
| LWR |
Lutheran World Relief |
| MA |
medical assistance |
| MAP |
Medical Assistance Program |
| MAP |
mine action program |
| MAROFR |
Marine forces |
| MC |
mine clearance |
| MCAP |
Mine Clearing/Armor Protection Kit |
| MCB |
mine-clearing blade |
| MCC |
Mennonite Central Committee |
| MCR |
Mine-Clearing Roller |
| MCSC |
Mine-Clearance Sub-Committee |
| MCTC |
Mine Clearance Training Center |
| MDDC |
Mine Detection Dog Center |
| MENA |
Middle East/North Africa |
| MICLIC |
mine-clearing line charge |
| MILTRA |
military training |
| MINADER |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Angola) |
| MINED |
Ministry of Education (Angola) |
| MINEDEMON |
Mine Database Demonstrator |
| MINIPLAN |
Ministry of Planning (Angola) |
| MINSA |
Ministry of Health (Angola) |
| MMCM |
Magnetic Mine Countermeasures |
| MNS |
mine neutralization system |
| MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture |
| MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
| MOH |
Ministry of Health |
| MONUA |
Mission of UN Observers (Angola) |
| MOPH |
Ministry of Public Health |
| MOPMS |
Modular Pack Mine System |
| MOZMAC |
Mozambique Mine Action Center |
| MTT |
Monitoring and Training Team |
| MUP |
Serbian Special Police |
| MVF |
Mine Victims Fund |
| MWD |
Military War Disabled |
| NAVFOR |
Navy forces |
| NCRP |
National Community Rehabilitation Program |
| NDIM |
National Demining Institute of Mozambique |
| NDLC |
Namibian Demining Liaison Committee |
| NDPH |
National Directorate of Public Health |
| NEO |
non-combatant evacuation order |
| NFP |
not-for-profit |
| NGIC |
National Ground Intelligence Center (U.S. Army) |
| NIS |
National Institute of Statistics |
| NMCC |
National Mine Clearance Commission |
| NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NMRS |
Near-Term Mine Reconnaissance System |
| NRC |
Norwegian Refugee Council |
| NSD |
non self-destruct |
| NSD-A |
non self-destruct alternative |
| O&M |
operation and maintenance |
| OCONUS |
outside the continental United States |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Agency (UK; now DFID) |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Assistance |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OECF |
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
| OHR |
Office of the High Representative |
| OLS |
Operation Lifeline Sudan |
| OMAR |
Organization for Mine Awareness and Rehabilitation (Cambodia; formerly OMA) |
| ONS |
Obstacle Neutralization System |
| ONUMOZ |
UN Operations in Mozambique |
| OTI |
Office of Transition Initiative (USAID) |
| OUSD(A&T) |
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) |
| PAD |
Accelerated Demining Program (aka ADP; formerly UNADP) |
| BiH |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| PAO |
Public Affairs Office |
| PAT |
prototype assessment test |
| Pd |
probability of detection |
| Pf/Pfa |
probability of false alarm |
| PEER |
Program for Emergency and Reconstruction (UNESCO) |
| PEPAM |
Population to Prevent Mine Accidents |
| PHC |
Primary Health Care |
| PHCG |
Provincial Humanitarian Coordination Group |
| PHD |
Provincial Health Delegation |
| PK |
Peacekeeping |
| PK/HA |
Peacekeeping / Humanitarian Assistance |
| PLO |
Palestine Liberation Organization |
| POAT |
Psychological Operations Assessment Team |
| PRCS |
Pakistan Red Crescent Society |
| PRO |
Protracted Relief Operation |
| PSO |
Provincial Sub-Offices |
| QFY |
Quarter of a Fiscal Year |
| QIP |
Quick Impact Project |
| QRF |
Quick Response Fund |
| QRF/D |
Quick Response Fund for Demobilization |
| R&D |
research and development |
| RAAM |
remote anti-armor mine |
| RAAMS |
remote anti-armor mine system |
| RAMICS |
Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System |
| RATTLER |
Rapid Tactical Terrain Limiter |
| RCAF |
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |
| RCPD |
Rehabilitation Center for the Physically Disabled |
| RCSA |
Regional Center for Southern Africa (USAID) |
| RCSS |
Remote Combat Support System |
| RDA |
research, development and acquisition |
| RDDS |
Research and Development Descriptive Summary |
| RDT&E |
research, development, test and evaluation |
| REDSO |
Regional Economic Development Support Office (USAID) |
| RHUDO |
Regional Housing and Urban Development Office (USAID) |
| RI |
Relief International |
| RMAC |
Regional Mine Action Center |
| RRI |
Refugee Relief International |
| RSD |
Rehabilitation Services Database |
| RSO |
Regional Security Office |
| RUDEVEO |
Rural Development and Voluntary Organization |
| S/GHD |
Secretary, Global Humanitarian Demining (U.S. DOS) |
| SA |
security assistance |
| SAEDF |
Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund |
| SATMO |
Security Assistance Training Management Organization |
| SCATMINE |
scatterable mine |
| SCATMINWARN |
scatterable minefield warning |
| SDC |
Selection and Demobilization Centers |
| SEAR |
Special Subsidy to Support Reinstallation (Angola) |
| SeCoR |
Community Referral System [for demobilized soldiers] (Angola) |
| SEED |
Support for Eastern European Democracy |
| SLAM |
Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition |
| SLIRI |
Sudan Landmines Information and Response Initiative |
| SMSP |
Second Meeting of States Parties |
| SNR |
National Service for Reconstruction (Angola) |
| SOF |
special operations forces |
| SOLIC |
Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict |
| SOSCOM |
Special Operations Support Command |
| SP |
States Parties [to the Mine Ban Treaty] |
| SPA |
Special Program of Assistance for Africa |
| SRSG |
Special Representative of the Secretary General |
| STX |
situational training exercise |
| SWAAD |
Southwest Afghan Agency for Demining |
| SWATF |
Southwest African Territorial Forces |
| T/MDV |
towing/mine detection vehicle |
| TACOM |
Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command |
| TMSP |
Third Meeting of States Parties |
| TRANSCOM |
Transportation Command |
| TSC |
training support center |
| TST |
tactical support team |
| TWGDR |
Technical Working Group on Demobilization and Reintegration |
| UCAH |
Huanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (Angola) |
| UMCOR |
United Methodist Committee on Relief |
| UNAHT |
UN Advanced Humanitarian Team |
| UNCRO |
UN Confidence Restoration Operation (Croatia) |
| UNDG |
UN Development Group |
| UNDRO |
UN Disaster Releif Organization |
| UNFPA |
UN Population Fund |
| UN-HACU |
UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit |
| UNHCHR |
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNITAF |
UN International Task Force |
| UNLDB |
UN Landmine Database |
| UNMACTP/MCP |
UN Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Program/Mine Clearance Program |
| UNMCP |
UN Mine Clearance Program |
| UNMEE |
UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| UNOCHA |
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNOG |
UN Office, Geneva |
| UNOHAC |
UN Special Coordinator of Emergency Relief Operations |
| USACAPOC |
U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command |
| USACOM |
U.S. Atlantic Command |
| USAREUR |
U.S. Army Europe |
| USASFC |
U.S. Army Special Forces Command |
| USASOC |
U.S. Army Special Operations Command |
| USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
| USCINCEUR |
U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USEUCOM |
U.S. European Command |
| USJFCOM |
U.S. Joint Forces Command |
| USN |
U.S. Navy |
| USSOUTHCOM |
U.S. Southern Command |
| UW |
unconventional warfare |
| UXOCOE |
UXO Center of Excellence |
| VAM |
Vulnerability Assessment Mapping |
| VJ |
Vojska Jugoslavic (the Yugoslav army) |
| WCMD |
wind-corrected munitions dispenser |
| WVF |
War Victims Fund |
| WVI |
World Vision International |
| UNADP |
UN Accelerated Demining Program (Mozambique; aka UNDAP) |
| AAR |
Association to Aid Refugees |
| VTF |
Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action |
| EEBC |
Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission |
| MAO |
Mine Action Office (Macedonia) |
| AMAE |
Albanian Mine Action Executive |
| ARC |
Albanian Red Cross |
| VMA |
Victims of Mines and Weapons Association |
| AMC |
Anti-Mine Committee |
| ERP |
Emergency Recovery Program/Project |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| FUDS |
formerly used/utilized defense sites |
| NCO |
non-commissioned officer |
| AB |
anti-boat |
| ACH |
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities |
| APOPO |
AntiPersoonsmijn- en OntmijningsProductOntwikkeling |
| CB |
U.S. Army Combat Boot |
| CHP |
Conical Hand Protector |
| CHP |
Conical Hand Protector |
| DRDC |
Defence Research and Development Canada |
| DTIFJ |
DTIF online journal |
| DwB |
Design without Borders |
| EFGPR |
Energy-Focused GPR |
| EM |
electromagnetic |
| GGE |
Group of Government Experts |
| HDI |
Humpty Dumpty Institute |
| HIC |
Head Injury Criterion |
| HIC |
Head Impact Criterion |
| HMAU |
Humanitarian Mine Action Unit |
| HSUS |
Humane Society of the United States |
| K9DC |
Canine Demining Corps (part of MLI) |
| KAP |
Knowledge Attitude Practice |
| KIMS |
Kinematic Induction Magnetic Survey |
| LAF |
Lebanese Armed Forces |
| MAXX |
Mini-Mulcher |
| MDDS |
Mine Detection and Detonation System |
| MES |
Med-Eng Systems |
| MREC |
MRE Coordinator |
| MRM |
Mechanical Reproduction Mine |
| MSR |
main supply route |
| MTS |
Mine Trauma Score |
| Norad |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| NTC |
National Training Centre (Eritrea) |
| OHP |
Overhand Protector |
| POL |
petroleum, oil and lubricants |
| RDEC |
Research, Development and Engineering Center |
| ROV |
remotely operated vehicle |
| RVT |
Route Verification Team |
| SRSA |
Swedish Rescue Services Agency |
| StanAg |
Standardization Agreement |
| TICMA |
Training and Information Center for Mine Action |
| TNMA |
Technical Note for Mine Action |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| VBS |
Visor Band System |
| WG |
Working Group |
| REST |
Remote Explosive Scent Tracing |
| USAISR |
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| SWEDEC |
Swedish EOD and Demining Center |
| RSP |
Swedish National Police Board |
| FMV |
Defence Material Administration (Sweden) |
| FOI |
Defence Research Agency (Sweden) |
| SIDA |
Swedish International Development [Cooperation] Agency |
| MASS |
Mine Action Support Section |
| IEDD |
improvised explosive device disposal |
| CBRMD |
chemical, biological and radiological munition disposal |
| EOD IS |
EOD Information System |
| ITEP |
International Test and Evaluation Program [for Humanitarian Demining] |