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 AA Anti-Aircraft AAA Agricultural Adjustment Act ABC America, Britain, Canada ADC Air Defense Command AEC Atomic Energy Commission AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AOC Air Officer Commanding BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation BTO Brussels Treaty Organization CANAC Permanent Delegation of Canada to the North Atlantic Council, Paris CANDEL Canadian Delegation to the General Assembly of United Nations, New York CAS Chief of Air Staff CBC-IS Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-International Service CCC Commercial Cable Company CCC Commodity Credit Corporation (US) CCOS Chairman, Chiefs of Staff CCF Cooperative Commonwealth Federation CERN Conseil Européen de Recherches Nucléaires CG Consultative Group (COCOM) CHICOM China Committee on Export Controls CIGS Chief of the Imperial General Staff CINCUNC Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command COCOM Coordinating Committee on Export Controls COTC Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation CPC Combined Policy Committee (Canada-UK-US) CPDUN Canadian Permanent Delegation to United Nations CRO Commonwealth Relations Office (UK) CUSRPG Canada-United States Regional Planning Group CUSSAT Canada-United States Scientific Advisory Team CVE Aircraft Carrier, Escort CVL Aircraft Carrier, Little CVS Aircraft Carrier, Seaplanes DDP Department of Defence Production DEW Distant Early Warning DL(1) Defence Liaison (1) Division DOT Department of Transport DRB Defence Research Board DWS Diplomatic Wireless Service (UK) EASTLANT Eastern Atlantic Area ECM Electronic Counter-Measure ECOSOC Economic and Social Council of United Nations EDC European Defence Community EPU European Payments Union ETAP Expanded Technical Assistance Program (UN) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FOA Foreign Operations Administration (US) FPC Federal Power Commission (US) GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GCI Ground Controlled Interceptor GM Guided Missile GRT Gross Registered Tons GSA General Service Administration (US) HMG Her Majesty's Government IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICETP Interdepartmental Committee on External Trade Policy IFC International Finance Corporation (UN) IJC International Joint Commission (Canada-US) IMF International Monetary Fund ITO International Trade Organization IWA International Wheat Agreement JIC Joint Intelligence Committee JPC Joint Planning Committee KGB Komitet Gossudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti [Committee of State Security] (USSR) LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized LCT Landing Craft, Tank MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group (US) MAC Military Armistice Commission MC Military Committee (NATO) MCC Military Cooperation Committee (Canada-United States) MDAP Mutual Defence Assistance Program (US) MEDO Middle East Defence Organization MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) MRC Military Representatives Committee (NATO) MSA Mutual Security Act (US) MSG Military Study Group (Canada-US) MVD Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del [Minister of Internal Affairs] (USSR) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NKVD Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennikh Del [People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs ] (USSR) NNRP Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission NNSC Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission OAS Organization of American States ODM Office of Defense Mobilization (US) OEEC Organization for European Economic Cooperation OFAR Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations (US) OTAN Organization du Traité de l'Atlantic Nord PC Participating Countries (COCOM) PC Privy Council PERMDEL Permanent Delegation of Canada to the United Nations, New York PJBD Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-US) PRO Public Relations Officer (ICSC) PVV/PL People's Vietnamese Volunteers/Pathet Lao QR Quantitative Restrictions RAF Royal Air Force RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCN Royal Canadian Navy ROK Republic of Korea SAC Strategic Air Command SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO) SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO) SEADO South East Asia Defence Organization SEATO South East Asia Treaty Organization SG Standing Group (NATO) SGLO Standing Group Liaison Officer (NATO) SHAPE Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe (NATO) SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands SUNFED Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development UHF Ultra High Frequency UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNC United Nations Command UNCURK United Nations Commission for Reunification and Rehabilitation of Korea UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNICEF United Nations International Emergency Children's Fund UNKRA United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency UNRWA(PR) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees) US United States USAF United States Air Force USIS United States Information Service USN United States Navy USSR Union of Socialist Soviet Republics VHF Very High Frequency WHO World Health Organization WP Western Pacific Railroad Company
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 AA Anti-Aircraft AAA Agricultural Adjustment Act ABC America, Britain, Canada ADC Air Defense Command AEC Atomic Energy Commission AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AOC Air Officer Commanding BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation BTO Brussels Treaty Organization CANAC Permanent Delegation of Canada to the North Atlantic Council, Paris CANDEL Canadian Delegation to the General Assembly of United Nations, New York CAS Chief of Air Staff CBC-IS Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-International Service CCC Commercial Cable Company CCC Commodity Credit Corporation (US) CCOS Chairman, Chiefs of Staff CCF Cooperative Commonwealth Federation CERN Conseil Européen de Recherches Nucléaires CG Consultative Group (COCOM) CHICOM China Committee on Export Controls CIGS Chief of the Imperial General Staff CINCUNC Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command COCOM Coordinating Committee on Export Controls COTC Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation CPC Combined Policy Committee (Canada-UK-US) CPDUN Canadian Permanent Delegation to United Nations CRO Commonwealth Relations Office (UK) CUSRPG Canada-United States Regional Planning Group CUSSAT Canada-United States Scientific Advisory Team CVE Aircraft Carrier, Escort CVL Aircraft Carrier, Little CVS Aircraft Carrier, Seaplanes DDP Department of Defence Production DEW Distant Early Warning DL(1) Defence Liaison (1) Division DOT Department of Transport DRB Defence Research Board DWS Diplomatic Wireless Service (UK) EASTLANT Eastern Atlantic Area ECM Electronic Counter-Measure ECOSOC Economic and Social Council of United Nations EDC European Defence Community EPU European Payments Union ETAP Expanded Technical Assistance Program (UN) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FOA Foreign Operations Administration (US) FPC Federal Power Commission (US) GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GCI Ground Controlled Interceptor GM Guided Missile GRT Gross Registered Tons GSA General Service Administration (US) HMG Her Majesty's Government IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICETP Interdepartmental Committee on External Trade Policy IFC International Finance Corporation (UN) IJC International Joint Commission (Canada-US) IMF International Monetary Fund ITO International Trade Organization IWA International Wheat Agreement JIC Joint Intelligence Committee JPC Joint Planning Committee KGB Komitet Gossudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti [Committee of State Security] (USSR) LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized LCT Landing Craft, Tank MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group (US) MAC Military Armistice Commission MC Military Committee (NATO) MCC Military Cooperation Committee (Canada-United States) MDAP Mutual Defence Assistance Program (US) MEDO Middle East Defence Organization MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) MRC Military Representatives Committee (NATO) MSA Mutual Security Act (US) MSG Military Study Group (Canada-US) MVD Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del [Minister of Internal Affairs] (USSR) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NKVD Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennikh Del [People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs ] (USSR) NNRP Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission NNSC Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission OAS Organization of American States ODM Office of Defense Mobilization (US) OEEC Organization for European Economic Cooperation OFAR Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations (US) OTAN Organization du Traité de l'Atlantic Nord PC Participating Countries (COCOM) PC Privy Council PERMDEL Permanent Delegation of Canada to the United Nations, New York PJBD Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-US) PRO Public Relations Officer (ICSC) PVV/PL People's Vietnamese Volunteers/Pathet Lao QR Quantitative Restrictions RAF Royal Air Force RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCN Royal Canadian Navy ROK Republic of Korea SAC Strategic Air Command SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO) SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO) SEADO South East Asia Defence Organization SEATO South East Asia Treaty Organization SG Standing Group (NATO) SGLO Standing Group Liaison Officer (NATO) SHAPE Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe (NATO) SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands SUNFED Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development UHF Ultra High Frequency UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNC United Nations Command UNCURK United Nations Commission for Reunification and Rehabilitation of Korea UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNICEF United Nations International Emergency Children's Fund UNKRA United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency UNRWA(PR) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees) US United States USAF United States Air Force USIS United States Information Service USN United States Navy USSR Union of Socialist Soviet Republics VHF Very High Frequency WHO World Health Organization WP Western Pacific Railroad Company