Glossary
AI – Artificial Intelligence
ASG – Assistant Secretary-General
BOS – Business Operations Strategy
CAF – Corporación Andina de Fomento - Development Bank of Latin America
CAR – Central African Republic
CBO – Common Back Office
CCA – Common Country Analysis
COP30 – 30th Conference of the Parties
DCO – Development Coordination Office
DESA – Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DRC – Democratic Republic of the Congo
DSRSG – Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
ECLAC – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECOSOC – Economic and Social Council
EU – European Union
FfD4 – Fourth Financing for Development Forum
GA – General Assembly
HC – Humanitarian Coordinator
IDPs – Internally Displaced Persons
IFI – International Financial Institution
ILO – International Labour Organization
IOM – International Organization for Migration
ITC – International Trade Centre
ITU – International Telecommunication Union
JSC – Joint Steering Committee
Lao PDR – Lao People's Democratic Republic
LDCs – Least Developed Countries
LLDCs – Landlocked Developing Countries
NDCs – Nationally Determined Contributions
OCHA – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OHRLLS – Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
OIOS – Office of Internal Oversight Services
PDR – People's Democratic Republic
RC – Resident Coordinator
RCO – Resident Coordinator Office
RCOs – Resident Coordinator Offices
RCs – Resident Coordinators
RC/HC – Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator
DSRSG/RC/HC – Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator
SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals
SIDS – Small Island Developing States
UN – United Nations
UNCDF – United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNCT – United Nations Country Team
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCTs – United Nations Country Teams
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF – United Nations Children's Fund
UNSDG – United Nations Sustainable Development Group
USD – United States Dollar
WMO – World Meteorological Organization