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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

Armed groups See non-state actors<br />

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations<br />

ATT Arms Trade Treaty (formal title: Draft Framework Convention on <strong>Inter</strong>national Arms<br />

Transfers)<br />

BMS Biennial Meeting of States on small arms<br />

Brokering The facilitation of arms transfers for financial gain. Brokers are used widely<br />

by states and private companies for legal arms sales, but are also associated with a<br />

range of illicit activities.<br />

EU European <strong>Union</strong><br />

EUC End user certificate<br />

DDR/DD&R Demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration<br />

DFID Department for <strong>Inter</strong>national Development (UK)<br />

DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />

ECOMOG ECOWAS Cease-Fire Monitoring Group<br />

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States<br />

HD Centre Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue<br />

IANSA <strong>Inter</strong>national Action Network on Small Arms<br />

ICRC <strong>Inter</strong>national Committee of the Red Cross<br />

IDP <strong>Inter</strong>nally displaced person<br />

IHL <strong>Inter</strong>national humanitarian law<br />

IOM <strong>Inter</strong>national Organisation for Migration<br />

IPPNW <strong>Inter</strong>national Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War<br />

JSSR Justice and security sector reform<br />

MANPADS Man-portable air defence systems<br />

MERCOSUR Mercado Commún Del Sur

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