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Annex II, page 2
ANNEX II
ACRONYMS USED IN THE PRESENT DOCUMENT
ACC / See UN/ACC, belowACMC / Advisory Committee on Management and Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights
APEC / Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARCT / African Regional Centre for Technology
ARIPO / African Regional Industrial Property Organization
ASEAN / Association of South- East Asian Nations
ATRIP / International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property
BBM / Benelux Trademark Office
BETS / Budget Expenditure Tracking System
BIMSTEC / Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
CARICOM / Caribbean Community
CASPIA / ComputerAssisted System for Processing International Applications
CASPRO / ComputerAssisted System for Processing International Applications as Receiving Office
CBD / Convention on Biological Diversity
CCAQ (FB) / See UN/CCAQ (FB), below
CCAQ (PER) / See UN/CCAQ (PER), below
CCPOQ / See UN/CCPOQ, below
CEIPI / Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (France)
CIS / Commonwealth of Independent States
CLEA / Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
CODIS / Cooperation for Development Information System
DMAPS / Design Madrid Agreement and Protocol System
ECOSOC / United Nations Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
EPO / European Patent Office
FAO / Food and Agriculture Organization
FINAUT / Financial Operations System
GCC / Gulf Cooperation Council
GTLDs / Generic top-level domains
IAC / WIPO Industry Advisory Commission
ICANN / Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICC / See UN/ICC, below
ICSC / See UN/ICSC, below
ICSEI / International Cooperation on Search and Examination of Inventions
IFCAI / International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions
IGO / Intergovernmental Oorganization
IIPS / International Intellectual Property Society
IMAPS / Image Madrid Agreement and Protocol System
IMPI / Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
INNs / International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances
INPI / National Institute of Industrial Property (France)
INPWG / Inter-Agency Procurement Working Group of the United Nations Joint Purchase Service
IPC / International Patent Classification
IPDL / Intellectual Property Digital Library
IPRs / Intellectual Property Rights
IT / Information Ttechnology
ITU / International Telecommunications Union
JUNIC / Joint United Nations Information Committee
LAS / League of Arab States
LDCs / Least Developed Countries
NFAP / NationallyFocused Action Plan
NGO / Non-Governmental Organization
NOS / Network Office System
OAPI / African Intellectual Property Organization
OAU / Organization of African Unity
OECS / Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OEPM / Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
IOM / International Organization for Migrations
PAC / WIPO Policy Advisory Commission
PCIPD / Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development Related to Intellectual Property
PCT / Patent Cooperation Treaty
PCT-EASY / PCT Electronic Application System
PCT-IMPACT / Information Management for the PCT
PDG / Policy Development Group
PIM / Policy Implementation Meeting
PLT / Patent Law Treaty
POCs / Policy Oversight Committees
PRIM / Professional Information Meeting
RFAP / RegionallyFocused Action Plan
SAARC / South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SADC / Southern African Development Community
SCCR / Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
SCIT / Standing Committee on Information Technologies
SCP / Standing Committee on the Law of Patents
SCT / Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications
SIECA / Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration
SIGAGIP / Personnel Administration and Payroll System
SMEs / Small and medium-sized enterprises
TRIPS Agreement / Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TSVPN / Trilateral Secured Virtual Private Network
UN/ACC / Administrative Committee on Co-ordination of the United Nations system
UN/ACPAQ / Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions (to the UN/ICSC, see below)
UN/CCAQ (FB) / Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions (Financial and Budgetary Questions) of the United Nations system
UN/CCAQ (PER) / Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions (Personnel and General Administrative Questions) of the United Nations system
UN/CCPOQ / Consultative Committee on Programme and Operational Questions of the United Nations system
UN/ICC / United Nations International Computing Centre of the United Nations system
UN/ICSC / International Civil Service Commission of the United Nations system
UNCSPD / United Nations Common Supply Database
UNCTAD / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNEP / United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNITAR / United Nations Institute for Training and Research and Training
UNJSPF / United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
UPOV / International Union for the Protection of the New Varieties of Plants
WCO / World Customs Organization
WCT / WIPO Copyright Treaty
WHO / World Health Organization
WIPONET / WIPO Global Information Network
WMO / World Meteorological Organization
WPPT / WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WTO / World Trade Organization
WWA / WIPO Worldwide Academy
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