IRC – International Relations Club

WMHSMUN – High school Model United Nations conference hosted by the College of William and Mary International Relations Club

WMIDMUN – Middle school Model United Nations conference hosted by the College of William and Mary International Relations Club

WMOCMUN - Training Model United Nations conference hosted by the College of William and Mary International Relations Club

 

 

GENERAL

MUN – Model United Nations

UN – United Nations

GA – General Assembly

SA – Specialized Agencies

Sec-Gen – Secretary-General

USG – Undersecretary-General

IGOs – Intergovernmental Organization (eg – United Nations)

NGOs – Nongovernmental Organization (eg – Oxfam)

 

COMMITTEES/ORGANS

DISEC – Disarmament and International Security Committee (1^st committee)

ECOFIN – Economic and Financial Committee (2^nd committee)

SOCHUM – Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee (3^rd committee)

SPECPOL – Special, Political, and Decolonization Committee (4^th committee)

HGA – Historic General Assembly

UNSC – United Nations Security Council

USNSC – United States National Security Council

UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHRC – United Nations Human Rights Council

UNPBC – United Nations Peacebuilding Commission

IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency

WHO – World Health Organization

WHA – World Health Assembly

WTO – World Trade Organization

OAS – Organization of American States

EU – European Union

AU – African Union

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NORAD – North American Aerospace Defense Command

ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ICC – International Criminal Court

ICJ – International Court of Justice

ICTR – International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY – International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 
 
 
 

CONFERENCES WE ATTEND OR HAVE ATTENDED

NCSC – College Model United Nations conference hosted by the Georgetown University International Relations Association

SCSY – College Security Council Simulation at Yale hosted by the Yale University International Relations Club

SRMUN – Southern Regional Model United Nations in Atlanta Georgia

UPMUNC – College Model United Nations conference hosted by the University of Pennsylvania International Relations Club

McMUN – College Model United Nations conference hosted by McGill University International Relations Club

HNMUN – College Model United Nations conference hosted by the Harvard University International Relations Association

VICS – College Model United Nations conference hosted by the University of Virginia International Relations Club

FCMUN – Five Colleges Model United Nations

WorldMUN – World College Model United Nations championship hosted by the Harvard University International Relations Association in conjunction with a host team in various locations throughout the world

 

 

COUNTRIES

FYR Macedonia – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

UAE – United Arab Emirates

UK – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

DPRK – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

PR China – People’s Republic of China (Mainland China)

BRIC – Brazil, Russian Federation, India and PR China

P5 – Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council (France, United Kingdom, United States of America, Russian Federation and PR China)

G8 – Eight largest economies and the EU:  USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russian Federation, Japan, UK and EU

      G7 – The G8 save for the Russian Federation and EU

      G6 – The G8 save for Russian Federation, EU and Canada

G20 – Organization of 20 states composing 85% of the world economy, 80% of world trade and 66% of the global population: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, PR China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, South Africa, Turkey, USA, UK and EU.

 

 

IMPORTANT TREATIES/TERMS

NPT – Nonproliferation Treaty

B(T)WC – Biological (and Toxin) Weapons Convention

CWC – Chemical Weapons Convention

NWFZ – Nuclear Weapons Free Zone