APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEM – Asia-Europe Meeting
ATT – Arms Trade Treaty
AU – African Union
BIT – Bilateral Investment Treaty
CAR – Central African Republic
COP21 – The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
CSDP – Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union
DCFTA – Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Association
EEAS – European External Action Service
ENP – European Neighbourhood Policy
EULEX – EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
EUFOR RCA – European Union Force in the Central African Republic
FTA – Free Trade Association
GCC – Gulf Cooperation Council
GSP+ – An extension to the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences for developing countries that have proved commitment to sustainable development and good governance.
ICC – International Criminal Court
ICTY – International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham
IMF – International Monetary Fund
JHA Council – Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU
JPoA – Joint Plan of Action
LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas
MDGs – Millennium Development Goals
MENA – Middle East and North Africa
MEP – Member of the European Parliament
MEPP – Middle East Peace Process
NDRC – China’s National Development and Reform Commission
ODIHR – The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSCE – Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OPCW – Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
RMB – renminbi
TTIP – Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
UAE – United Arab Emirates
WFP – World Food Programme
WHO – World Health Organisation
WMD – Weapon of Mass Destruction
WTO – World Trade Organisation
