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Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) - Scarecrow Press

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xvi • ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

IRU International Romani Union<br />

IRWN International Roma Women’s Network<br />

ITM Irish Traveller Movement<br />

JGLS Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gypsy Lore Society<br />

Kolhoz Kollektivnoe hozyaistvo (collective farm)<br />

MBE Member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> (Order <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>) British Empire<br />

MG-S-ROM Specialist Group on Roma/<strong>Gypsies</strong> (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council<br />

<strong>of</strong> Europe)<br />

MP Member <strong>of</strong> Parliament<br />

MRG Minority Rights Group<br />

NATT National Association <strong>of</strong> Teachers <strong>of</strong> Travellers (UK)<br />

NGO Nongovernmental organization<br />

OB Officer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> (Order <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>) British Empire<br />

ODIHR Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights<br />

OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe<br />

PER Project on Ethnic Relations<br />

RRS Council <strong>of</strong> Slovak Roma (Slovakia)<br />

SS Schutzstaffel (Storm Troopers)<br />

UK United Kingdom<br />

UN United Nations<br />

UNESCO United Nations Economic and Social Organization<br />

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund<br />

UNITE Unified Nomadic and Independent Transnational<br />

Education<br />

USSR Union <strong>of</strong> Soviet Socialist Republics<br />

WRC World Romany Congress

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