| POA | program of action |
| PRC | Permanent Representatives Committee |
| PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper |
| PSC | Peace and Security Council |
| RECs | Regional Economic Communities |
| RIPs | rural integrated programs |
| RISDP | Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan |
| SACU | South African Customs Union |
| SADC | South African Development Community |
| SADCC | Southern African Development Coordination Conference |
| SADC PF | SADC Parliamentary Forum |
| SAPES | Southern Africa Political Economy Series |
| SAP | structural adjustment program |
| SIPO | Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ |
| SLA | Sudan Liberation Army |
| SLM | Sudan Liberation Movement |
| SPLA | Sudan People’s Liberation Army |
| SSA | sub-Saharan Africa |
| SSR | Security Sector Reform |
| TANU | Tanganyika African National Union |
| TMG | Transition Monitoring Group |
| UDEAC | Union Douanière et Economique de l’Afrique Centrale |
| UEAC | Union Economique de l’Afrique Centrale |
| UEMOA | Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa |
| (Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAMID | United Nations Mission in Darfur |
| UNAMSIL | United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNMIL | United Nations Mission in Liberia |
| UN-NADAF | United Nations New Agenda for Development of Africa |


