Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
Appendix 5
List of Abbreviations
ADB African Development Bank
APROSOMA Association pour la promotion sociale des masses (Association for Social Promotion of the Masses). Political party in Rwanda
ARCT African Regional Centre for Technology
BDEGL Banque de Développement des Etats des Grands Lacs (Development Bank of the Great Lakes States).
CDR Coalition pour la Défence de la République (Coalition for the Defence of the Republic). Political party in Rwanda.
CEEAC Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (Economic Community of the Central African States)
CEPGL Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries).
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
ECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
EGL Energy Organization of the Great Lakes Countries
FAR Forces Armées Rwandaises (RAF: Rwandese Armed Forces).
FRODEBU Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi (Front for Democracy in Burundi). Political party in Burundi.
GOMN Groupement des Observateurs Militaires Neutres (Group of Neutral Military Observers).
OAU/UN-sponsored monitoring group, set up in 1993.
IRAZ Institut de Recherche Agronomique et Zoologique (Agronomic and Zoological Research Institute).
MDR Mouvement Démocratique Républicain (Republican Democratic Movement). Political party in Rwanda.
MRND Mouvement Révolutionnaire National pour le Développment). (National Revolutionary Movement for Development). Political party in Rwanda.
NRA National Resistance Army (Uganda).
OAU Organization of African Unity
OBK Organisation pour l'amenagement et le développement du Bassin de la rivière Kagera (Organization for planning and development of the Kagera river basin).
PADIS Pan-African Documentation and Information Service
Parmehutu Parti du mouvement de l'émancipation des Bahutu (Bahutu Emancipation Movement Party). Political party in Rwanda.
PDC Parti Démocrate Chrétien (Christian Democratic Party). Political party in Rwanda.
PL Parti Libéral (Liberal Party). Political party in Rwanda.
PSD Parti Social Démocrate (Social Democratic Party). Political party in Rwanda.
PTA Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa
RADER Rassemblement Démocratique Rwandais (Rwandese Democratic Assembly). Political party in Rwanda.
RPA Rwandese Patriotic Army (Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, APR).
RPF Rwandese Patriotic Front (Front Patriotique Rwandaise, FPR).
RTLMC Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (Free Radio/Television of the Thousand Hills).
STRC Scientific, Technical and Research Commission
UNAR Union Nationale Rwandaise (National Rwandese Union). Political party in Rwanda.
UNAMIR United Nations Aid Mission to Rwanda. UN military force.
UNREO United Nations Rwanda Emergency Office
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UPRONA Union pour le Progrès National (Union for National Progress). Political party in Burundi.