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SRI LANKA 7 MARCH <strong>2012</strong><br />

Annex D<br />

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS<br />

AI Amnesty International<br />

BHC<br />

CEDAW<br />

CID<br />

CPA<br />

CPJ<br />

ERs<br />

EU<br />

British High Commission<br />

Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against<br />

Women<br />

Criminal Investigations Department<br />

Centre for Policy Alternatives<br />

Committee to Protect Journalists<br />

Emergency Regulations<br />

European Union<br />

FCO Foreign and Commonwealth <strong>Office</strong> (<strong>UK</strong>)<br />

FGM Female Genital Mutilation<br />

FH Freedom House<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GOSL<br />

HIV/AIDS<br />

HSZs<br />

Government of Sri Lanka<br />

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome<br />

High Security Zones<br />

HRW Human Rights Watch<br />

ICG International Crisis Group<br />

ICRC International Committee for the Red Cross<br />

IDP Internally Displaced Person<br />

IMF International Monetary Fund<br />

IOM International Organisation for Migration<br />

LLRC<br />

LTTE<br />

MSF<br />

Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission<br />

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam<br />

Médecins sans Frontières<br />

NCPA National Child Protection Authority<br />

NFZ<br />

No Fire Zones<br />

NGO<br />

Non Governmental Organisation<br />

OCHA <strong>Office</strong> for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs<br />

OHCHR <strong>Office</strong> of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<br />

PTA Prevention of Terrorism Act<br />

RSF/RSW <strong>Report</strong>ers sans Frontières/<strong>Report</strong>ers without <strong>Border</strong>s<br />

SLA<br />

Sri Lanka Army<br />

STD<br />

Sexually Transmitted Disease<br />

TB Tuberculosis<br />

TDI<br />

Terrorist Investigation Department<br />

TI<br />

Transparency International<br />

UN United Nations<br />

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS<br />

UNHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights<br />

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<br />

UNICEF United Nations Children‘s Fund<br />

USAID United States <strong>Agency</strong> for International Development<br />

USSD United States State Department<br />

WFP World Food Programme<br />

WHO World Health Organization<br />

234 The main text of this <strong>COI</strong> <strong>Report</strong> contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 3 February <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section<br />

to 2 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.

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