Welcome to Pacific Magazine's annual Pacific Almanac. As with previous years, we have endeavored to bring together the most recent statistical data available on the many different countries of the Pacific Islands region. We hope that it provides useful reference whatever your relationship with the islands, as well as a guide to emerging political and economic issues in 2008. The Pacific Almanac will be updated throughout the year.
Regional Organization Abbreviations
ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community
ACP: African, Caribbean and Pacific Nations (within British Commonwealth)
ADB: Asian Development Bank
APIL: Association of Pacific Island Legislatures
ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
C: Commonwealth
CP: Colombo Plan
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
FAO: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
FFA: Forum Fisheries Agency
FZ: Franc Zone
G-77: Group of 77
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICFTU: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICRM: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
IDA: International Development Association
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organization
IOC: International Olympic Committee
IOM: International Organization for Migration
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ITU: International Telecommunications Union
MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
NAM: Nonaligned Movement
OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
PBDC: Pacific Basin Development Council
PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration
PIF: Pacific Islands Forum
SOPAC: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
SPARTECA: South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
SPC: Secretariat of the Pacific Community
SPREP: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program
SPTO: South Pacific Tourism Organization
UN: United Nations
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNIKOM: United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
UNIMIBH: United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
UNIMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMISET: United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor
UPU: Universal Postal Union
USP: University of the South Pacific
WCO: World Customs Organization
WCPFC: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
WHO: World Health Organization
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
WPRFMC: Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
WToO: World Tourism Organization
WTrO: World Trade Organization
