ASG – Assistant Secretary General
BPfA – Beijing Platform for Action
CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CSW – Commission on the Status of Women
DESA – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
ECA- Economic Commission for Africa
ESCAP – Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ECE – Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC – Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean
ECOSOC – UN Economic and Social Council
ESCWA – Economic and Social Commission for West Asia
GA – General Assembly
ICPD – International Conference on Population & Development
IDP – Internally Displaced Person
ILO – International Labour Organization
IMF – International Monetary Fund
LAC – Latin America & the Caribbean
NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
OHCHR – Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
SDG– Sustainable Development Goals
UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP – UN Development Program UNEP – UN Environment Program
UNESCO – UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
UNFCCC- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF – United Nation International Emergency Children’s Fund
UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund
UNWomen – UN entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women
WHO- World Health Organization