English: •  Proactive Disclosure Proactive Disclosure Home - 100th anniversary Message from Deputies Centennial Activities The Department in History Canada and the World: A History of Canadian Foreign Policy Abbreviations ABC Air Bridge to Canada A/C Air Commodore ADC Air Defense Command (US) AEC Atomic Energy Commission (US) AECB Atomic Energy Control Board AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AEW&C Airborne Early Warning and Control AFHQ Air Force Headquarters (US) AFP Agence France-Presse AMTORG Amerikanskaya torgovaya [Amtorg Trading Corporation] USSR AP Associated Press AVM Air Vice-Marshal BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BCP Bureau du Conseil privé BIS Bank for International Settlements BNA British North America BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation BOMARC Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Centre CAE Canadian Aviation Electronics CANAC Permanent Delegation of Canada to the North Atlantic Council CANDEL Canadian Delegation to the General Assembly of United Nations CAS Chief of Air Staff CB Communications Branch, National Research Council CBC(-IS) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(-International Service) CCC Commodity Credit Corporation (US) CCF Cooperative Commonwealth Federation CCOS Chairman, Chiefs of Staff CDC Cabinet Defence Committee CDU Christlich-Demokratische Union [Christian Democratic Union] (West Germany) CFA Cease Fire Agreement CFS cubic feet per second CHINCOM China Committee of the Paris Consultative Committee CIA Central Intelligence Agency (US) CINADCUS Commander-in-Chief, Air Defence, Canada-United States CINCONAD Commander-in-Chief, Continental Air Defence Command CIR Canada-India Reactor CISC Commission internationale de surveillance et de contrôle CJS Canadian Joint Staff CM Common Market COCOM Coordinating Committee on Export Controls COTC Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation CP Canadian Press CP Contracting Party (GATT) CPDUN Canadian Permanent Delegation to United Nations CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union CRO Commonwealth Relations Office (UK) CT cent DCI Department of Citizenship and Immigration DEA Department of External Affairs DEM Democrat DEW Distant Early Warning DL Defence Liaison Division DND Department of National Defence DOT Department of Transport DRB Defence Research Board DRVN Democratic Republic of Vietnam EAO External Affairs Officer EDC European Defence Community EPI Electronic Position Indicator EPU European Payments Union EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community EX-IM Export-Import FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (US) FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service (US) FDP Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei [Free Democratic Party] (West Germany) FEC French Expeditionary Corps FLM French Liaison Mission FMI Fonds Monétaire International FO Foreign Office (UK) FPC Federal Power Commission (US) FSO Foreign Service Officer FTA Free Trade Area FUPL Fighting Units of the Pathet Lao GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade H-BOMB Hydrogen Bomb HEPCO Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario HR House of Representatives (US) IAC Intelligence Advisory Committee (US) IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ICEM Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration ICETP Interdepartmental Committee on External Trade Policy ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICSC International Commission for Supervision and Control IJC International Joint Commission ILO International Labour Office IMF International Monetary Fund INS International News Service IRO International Refugee Organization IWA International Wheat Agreement JIB Joint Intelligence Bureau JIC Joint Intelligence Committee KGB Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Committee of State Security -- USSR) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KPA/CPV Korean People's Army/Chinese People's Volunteers KW kilowatt LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized LCT Landing Craft, Tanks LNA Laotian National Army LORAC Long Range Accuracy (radar) LORAN Long Range Aid to Naviation MAA Military Assistance Agreement (US) MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group (US) MAC Military Armistice Commission MAE Ministère des Affaires extérieures MDAP Mutual Defence Assistance Program (US) MFN Most Favoured Nation MGB Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti [Ministry of State Security] (USSR) M.P. Member of Parliament MT Mobile Team MTCA Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (UK) MVD Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del [Ministry of Internal Affairs] (USSR) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCO Non-Commissioned Officer NFB National Film Board NFPA Niagara Frontier Port Authority NNSC Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission NPD Nuclear Power Demonstration NSA National Security Agency NZ New Zealand ODM Office of Defense Mobilization (US) OECE Organisation européenne de coopération économique OEEC Organization for European Economic Cooperation OMC Office of Munitions Control (US) OTAN Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord PASNY Power Authority of the State of New York PAVN People's Army of Vietnam P.C. Progressive Conservative PC(O) Privy Council (Office) PERMDEL Permanent Delegation of Canada to the United Nations, New York PJBD Permanent Joint Board on Defence PKO Powszechna Kasa Oszczeednossci [National Savings Bank] (Poland) PL Pathet Lao PL Public Law (US) PM Prime Minister PPR Polska Partia Robotnicza [Polish Workers' Party] QC Queen's Counsel QR Quantitative Restrictions RAF Royal Air Force (UK) RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCN Royal Canadian Navy REP Republican RLG Royal Laotian Government ROK Republic of Korea RSFSR Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic S Senate (US) SAC Strategic Air Command (US) SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO) SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO) SAGE Semi-Automatic Ground Environment SAS Scandinavian Airlines SEATO South East Asia Treaty Organization SG Standing Group (NATO) SLSA St. Lawrence Seaway Authority SLSDC St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (US) SMA Senior Military Advisor SOP Standard Operating Procedures SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [Social Democratic Party of Germany] (West Germany) SUNFED Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development SVLM South Vietnam Liaison Mission SVN South Vietnam TCA Trans-Canada Airlines TERM Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission UK United Kingdom UKAEA United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority UN United Nations UNC United Nations Command UNEF United Nations Emergency Force UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration UP Universal Press USA United States of America USAF United States Air Force USIS United States Information Service USN United States Navy USS United States Ship USSEA Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WEU Western European Union
French: •  Divulgation proactive Divulgation proactive Accueil - 100e anniversaire Messages des sous-ministres Activités du Centenaire Le ministère dans l'histoire Le Canada dans le monde : une histoire canadienne de la politique étrangère Liste des abbréviations ABC Air Bridge to Canada A/C Air Commodore ADC Air Defense Command (US) AEC Atomic Energy Commission (US) AECB Atomic Energy Control Board AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AEW&C Airborne Early Warning and Control AFHQ Air Force Headquarters (US) AFP Agence France-Presse AMTORG Amerikanskaya torgovaya [Amtorg Trading Corporation] USSR AP Associated Press AVM Air Vice-Marshal BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BCP Bureau du Conseil privé BIS Bank for International Settlements BNA British North America BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation BOMARC Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Centre CAE Canadian Aviation Electronics CANAC Permanent Delegation of Canada to the North Atlantic Council CANDEL Canadian Delegation to the General Assembly of United Nations CAS Chief of Air Staff CB Communications Branch, National Research Council CBC(-IS) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(-International Service) CCC Commodity Credit Corporation (US) CCF Cooperative Commonwealth Federation CCOS Chairman, Chiefs of Staff CDC Cabinet Defence Committee CDU Christlich-Demokratische Union [Christian Democratic Union] (West Germany) CFA Cease Fire Agreement CFS cubic feet per second CHINCOM China Committee of the Paris Consultative Committee CIA Central Intelligence Agency (US) CINADCUS Commander-in-Chief, Air Defence, Canada-United States CINCONAD Commander-in-Chief, Continental Air Defence Command CIR Canada-India Reactor CISC Commission internationale de surveillance et de contrôle CJS Canadian Joint Staff CM Common Market COCOM Coordinating Committee on Export Controls COTC Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation CP Canadian Press CP Contracting Party (GATT) CPDUN Canadian Permanent Delegation to United Nations CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union CRO Commonwealth Relations Office (UK) CT cent DCI Department of Citizenship and Immigration DEA Department of External Affairs DEM Democrat DEW Distant Early Warning DL Defence Liaison Division DND Department of National Defence DOT Department of Transport DRB Defence Research Board DRVN Democratic Republic of Vietnam EAO External Affairs Officer EDC European Defence Community EPI Electronic Position Indicator EPU European Payments Union EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community EX-IM Export-Import FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (US) FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service (US) FDP Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei [Free Democratic Party] (West Germany) FEC French Expeditionary Corps FLM French Liaison Mission FMI Fonds Monétaire International FO Foreign Office (UK) FPC Federal Power Commission (US) FSO Foreign Service Officer FTA Free Trade Area FUPL Fighting Units of the Pathet Lao GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade H-BOMB Hydrogen Bomb HEPCO Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario HR House of Representatives (US) IAC Intelligence Advisory Committee (US) IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ICEM Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration ICETP Interdepartmental Committee on External Trade Policy ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICSC International Commission for Supervision and Control IJC International Joint Commission ILO International Labour Office IMF International Monetary Fund INS International News Service IRO International Refugee Organization IWA International Wheat Agreement JIB Joint Intelligence Bureau JIC Joint Intelligence Committee KGB Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Committee of State Security -- USSR) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KPA/CPV Korean People's Army/Chinese People's Volunteers KW kilowatt LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized LCT Landing Craft, Tanks LNA Laotian National Army LORAC Long Range Accuracy (radar) LORAN Long Range Aid to Naviation MAA Military Assistance Agreement (US) MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group (US) MAC Military Armistice Commission MAE Ministère des Affaires extérieures MDAP Mutual Defence Assistance Program (US) MFN Most Favoured Nation MGB Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti [Ministry of State Security] (USSR) M.P. Member of Parliament MT Mobile Team MTCA Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (UK) MVD Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del [Ministry of Internal Affairs] (USSR) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCO Non-Commissioned Officer NFB National Film Board NFPA Niagara Frontier Port Authority NNSC Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission NPD Nuclear Power Demonstration NSA National Security Agency NZ New Zealand ODM Office of Defense Mobilization (US) OECE Organisation européenne de coopération économique OEEC Organization for European Economic Cooperation OMC Office of Munitions Control (US) OTAN Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord PASNY Power Authority of the State of New York PAVN People's Army of Vietnam P.C. Progressive Conservative PC(O) Privy Council (Office) PERMDEL Permanent Delegation of Canada to the United Nations, New York PJBD Permanent Joint Board on Defence PKO Powszechna Kasa Oszczeednossci [National Savings Bank] (Poland) PL Pathet Lao PL Public Law (US) PM Prime Minister PPR Polska Partia Robotnicza [Polish Workers' Party] QC Queen's Counsel QR Quantitative Restrictions RAF Royal Air Force (UK) RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCN Royal Canadian Navy REP Republican RLG Royal Laotian Government ROK Republic of Korea RSFSR Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic S Senate (US) SAC Strategic Air Command (US) SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO) SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO) SAGE Semi-Automatic Ground Environment SAS Scandinavian Airlines SEATO South East Asia Treaty Organization SG Standing Group (NATO) SLSA St. Lawrence Seaway Authority SLSDC St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (US) SMA Senior Military Advisor SOP Standard Operating Procedures SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [Social Democratic Party of Germany] (West Germany) SUNFED Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development SVLM South Vietnam Liaison Mission SVN South Vietnam TCA Trans-Canada Airlines TERM Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission UK United Kingdom UKAEA United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority UN United Nations UNC United Nations Command UNEF United Nations Emergency Force UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration UP Universal Press USA United States of America USAF United States Air Force USIS United States Information Service USN United States Navy USS United States Ship USSEA Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WEU Western European Union