+5/+10. Used to describe conferences held a specified number of years after an original conference, e.g. Beijing+5 held in 2000 at the UN headquarters in New York five years after the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) held in Beijing in 1995..  Aid & Development 

 

2005 World Summit. UN summit held on the 60th anniversary of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), where governments reaffirmed commitment to human rights and pledged more funding and action to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). .  United Nations  http://www.un.org/summit2005

 

AANZFTA, ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. Proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to develop linkages between ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and the Australia-NZ Closer Economic Relations (CER) Agreement. .  Trade & Economy 

 

AARDO, Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation. Intergovernmental organisation to assist development efforts and collaboration between regions, founded 1962. 13 African and 14 Asian member countries..  Aid & Development  http://www.aardo.org

 

Aarhus Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Adopted by the UN Economic Commission in Aarhus, Denmark at the Fourth Ministerial Conference, in the Environment for Europe process, 1998. Links environmental and human rights. .  United Nations  http://www.un-documents.net/aarhus.htm

 

AAS, Asian-African Summit. Resulted in commitment to political, economic and socio-cultural cooperation via the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP); held in Jakarta in April 2005, 50 years after the 1955 Asian-African Conference (Bandung Conference)..  United Nations 

 

ABC, Abstinence, Be Faithful, Correct and Consistent Condoms. One approach to prevention of HIV infection. All three must be practised in order to be effective. 'C' often gets excluded. .  HIV and AIDS 

 

Aboriginal. Indigenous people of any country. When spelt with a capital A, refers to indigenous people of Australia..  Indigenous peoples 

 

ABU, Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. Regional professional association of broadcasting organisations, formed in 1964 to facilitate the development of broadcasting in the Asia Pacific region.. http://www.abu.org.my

 

ABV, Australian Business Volunteers. Australian volunteer sending organisation working around the Pacific..  Pacific NGO  http://www.abv.org.au