CODES OF ABBREVIATIONS OF
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
codes  Organizations



AACC

AACO
ACAC
ACAMAR
ACI
AEA
AFCAC
AFFRA
AFRASEC

AGC

AGTC

AICMR


AIEP

AISA
ALACAT

ALAMAR

AOCI

ASAPRA

ASEAN
ASECNA



ATAF



BACA
BDC

BENELUX

BIC

BIMCO

BIS
BPO


CAACE



CACCI

CACM
CARICOM



CARIFTA

CASO
CCC

CCNR


CD

CE
CEA

CEAO
CEM


CEMT


CENSA

CEPAL

CES
CIEM


CIT


CLECAT



CMEA



CMI

CN
COIT
COMLOSA
CSG
CUEA



EAC
EASC
EC
ECA

ECAC
ECAFE

ECASBA

ECCM
ECE

ECLAC

ECME

ECMT

ECOSOC
ECSA
ECTU
ECWAS
EFTA

EGTTC

EIA
ELA
EOQC

EPF
ERA
ESC
ESCAP

ESOMAR

ESPO

ESTA

ETA
EU


EUI
EURO



FAO

FAPAA
FEDEMAC

FELACUTI

FEM

FETA
FFE
FIA

FIATA



FIDI


FITAP

FMC
FONASBA



GATT


IAAC

IABA

IACA
IAPH

IATA

IC

ICAA
ICAO

ICC

ICCA

ICCO

ICCO

ICEFAT

ICHCA

ICIBI
ICS
IDIT

IEA
IECC
IFTP

IFPWA

IICL

IIR

IIT

ILO

IMF
IMO
INSA
INTERCON-
  TAINER
IBO

IPI
IRCA

IRF
IRU
ISCOS
ISF
ISI
ISIS
ISO

ISO
ITA
ITC
ITE
ITU

IUMI


IVT




LACAC
LACMA

LAFTA

LR


MERCOSUR


NAFTA

NC



OAA
OAEC
OAS
OAU
OCAS

OCTI


OECD


OPEC

OSShD



PIANC



SET
SITA


SITPRO

SWIFT



TIACA


UAC

UAI

UASC
UFTAA

U.F.I.

UIC

UINF

UIP



UIRR


UITP

UDEAC


UN
UNICITRAL

UNCTAD

UNESCO

UNIDO

UNIDROIT


UNITAR

UPU

URF



WAEC

WCO
WHO
WMO
WPO
WTCA
WTO

A
Airport Associations Coordinating Council,
Geneva
Arab Air Carriers Organization, Beirut
Arab Civil Aviation Council, Rabat
Central American Shipowners’ Association
Airports Council International, Geneva
Association of European Airlines, Brussels
African Civil Aviation Commission, Dakar
African Airlines Association, Nairobi
Afro-Asian Organization for Economic Co-opera-tion,
Cairo
European Agreement on Main International
Railway Lines
European Agreement on important International
Combined Transport Lines and related Installations
Association Internationale des Constructeurs de
Material Roulant / Int. Assn. of Manufacturers of
Rolling Stock, Basle
International Association of Users of Private
Railway Sidings, Essen
Association of International Shipping Agents
Latin American Freight Forwarders Association,
Lima
Latin American Shipowners Association,
Montevideo
Airport Operators Council International,
Washington
Latin American Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Association, Valparaiso/Chile
Association of South-East Asian Nations, Jakarta
Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation Aérien
en Afrique et à Madagascar, Dakar (Agency for
the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and
Madagascar)
Association des Transporteurs Aériens Français,
Paris (Association of French Air Carriers)

B
Baltic Air Charter Association
Bureau International de Documentation des
Chemins de Fer.
Customs Union formed by Belgium, the
Netherlands & Luxemburg, Brussels
Bureau International des Containers (Internatio-nal
Container Bureau, ICB), Paris
The Baltic and International Maritime Conference,
Copenhagen
Bank for International Settlements, Basle
Balkan and Near East Railway Rates Union, Sofia

C
Comite des Associations d’Armateurs des
Com-munautes Europeennes (Commitee of
Shipowners Associations of the European
Community), Brussels
Confederation of Asian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry, New Delhi
Central American Common Market, Guatemala
Caribbean Community, Georgetown (includes
Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent,
Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua, St. Kitts-
Nevis- Anguilla, Jamaica, Guyana and Belize)
Caribbean Free Trade Association, Georgetown/
Guayana
Council of American Flag Ship Operators
Customs Co-operation Council, (Conseil de
Co-operation Douanière CCD), Brussels
Central Commitee for the Navigation of the
Rhine (Zentralkommission für die Rheinschiff-fahrt),
Strasbourg
Commission du Danube - Danub Commission,
Budapest
Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Comite Europeen de l’Assurance (European
Insurance Committee), Paris
West African Economic Community
Conference Europeenne du horaire des trains
marchandises (European Goods Train Timetable
Conference), Prague
Conference Europeenne des Ministres
de Trans-port (European Conference of Ministers
of Trans-port ECMT), Paris
Committee of European and Japanese National
Shipowners’ Associations, London
Economic Commission for Latin America (UN),
Santiago
Committee of European Shipowners, London
Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la
Mer (International Council for the Exploration
of the Sea), Charlottenlund, Denmark
Comité International des Transports par Che-mins
de Fer (International Committee of Rail-way
Transports), Berne
Comite de Liaison Europeen des Commission
naires et Auxiliares de Transport du Marche
Commun (European Liaison Committee of
Common Market Forwarders), Brussels
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, Moscow
(includes Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
Germany, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland,
Rumania, Vietnam and Russia)
Comité Maritime International (International
Maritime Committee (IMC), Antwerp
Commonwealth of Nations, London
Central Office for International Transport by Rail
Committee of Liner Operators to South America
Consultative Shipping Group, London
Conseil de l’Unité Economique Arabe (Council
of Arab Economic Unity). Cairo

E
East African Community, Arusha/Tanzania
European Air Shippers Counsil
European Community, Brussels
Economic Commission for Africa (UN), Addis
Abeba
European Civil Aviation Conference, Paris
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
(UN), Bangkok
European Community Association of Shipbrokers
and Agents
East Caribbean Common Market, Antigua
Economic Commission for Europe (UN), Geneva
(Commission Economique pour l’Europe, CEE)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, Santiago
Economic Commission for the Middle East
(UN), Beirut
European Conference of Ministers of Transport,
Paris
Economic and Social Council (UN), New York
European Community Shipowners’ Associations
European Council of Transport Users
Economic Commission for Western Asia, Beirut
Members: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
Switzerland
European Goods Train Timetable Conference,
Prague
European Intermodal Association
European Logistics Associations, The Hague
European Organization for Quality Control,
Berne
European Packaging Federation, The Hague
European Regional Airlines Organization, Basle
European Shippers Council, The Hague
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific, Bangkok (UN)
European Society for Opinion and Marketing
Research, Amsterdam
European Community Seaports Organisation,
Brussels
European Association for the Transport of
Heavy Lifts
European Tallying Association
Members: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
European Insurance Committee, Paris
European Organization for the Safety of Air
control Navigation, Brussels

F
Food and Agricultural Organizations of the UN,
Rome
Federation of Asia-Pacific Aircargo Association
Federation of Furniture Removers within the
EC, Hattersheim/FRG
Latin American Federation of International
Transport Users’ Counsil
Fédération Européenne de la Manutention (Euro-pean
Mechanical Handling Association),Zurich
Far East Transportation Association Ltd, Hong Kong
Freight Forward Europe, Brussels
Federation Internationale de l’Automobile
(International Automobile Federation), Paris
Federation Internationale des Associations de
Transitaires et Assimilés (Int. Federation of
Freight Forwarders Associations),(Internationale
Föderation der Spediteurorganisationen), Zurich
Federation Internationale des Demenageurs
Internationaux (Federation of International
Furniture Removers), Brussels
International Federation of Independent Air
Transport, Paris
Federal Maritime Commission, Washington
The Federation of National Associations of Ship
Brokers and Agents, London

G
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva

I
International Association of Aircargo Consolidators,
Zurich
International Association of Aircraft Brokers and
Agents, Skodsborg (Denmark)
International Air Carrier Association, Geneva
International Association of Ports and Harbours,
Tokyo
International Air Transport Association, Montreal &
Geneva
Intercontainer; International Transcontainer
Transport Company, Basle
International Civil Airports Association, Paris
International Civil Avitation Organization, (UN),
Montreal
International Chamber of Commerce (Chambre de
Commerce Internationale, CCI), Paris
International Council for Commercial Arbitration,
Rome
International Conference of Container operating
Groups of Forwarders, Paris
International Council of Containership Operators,
London
International Convention of Exhibition and Fine Art
Transport, Amsterdam
International Cargo Handling Co-ordination
Association, London
International Cargo Inspection Bureau
International Chamber of Shipping, London
Institute du Droit International des Transports,
(Institute of International Law of Transport), Rouen
International Economic Association, Paris
International Express Carriers Conference
International Federation for Information
Processing, Geneva
International Federation of Public Warehousing
Associations, London
Institute of International Container Lessors,
Geneva
International Institute of Refrigeration (Institut
International du Froid), Paris
Institut International des Transports (International
Transport Institute) Mulhouse/France
International Labour Organization (UN affilate),
Geneva
International Monetary Fund (UN), New York
International Maritime Organization (UN), London
International Shipowners’ Association, Gdynia
International Company for Transport by
Transcontainers, Basle
Inter-Organization Board for Information Systems
(ECE), Geneva
International Press Institute, Zurich
International Railway Congress Association,
Brussels
International Road Federation, Geneva
International Road Transport Union, Geneva
Intergovernmental Standing Committee of Shipping
International Shipping Federation, London
International Statistical Institute, The Hague
International Shipping Information Service, London
International Organization for Standardization,
Geneva
International Stevedore Organization
Institute of Air Transport, Paris
International Trade Center, Geneva
Institute of Transportation Economics, Tokyo
International Telecommunications Union (UN),
Geneva
International Union of Marine Insurance (Union
Internationale d’Assurances Transports UIAT),
Zurich
Internationaler Verband der Tarifeure,
(International Association of Tariff-Specialists),
Vienna

L
Latin American Civil Aviation Commission, Lima
Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association,
Panama
Latin American Free Trade Association (ALALC),
Montevideo
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, London

M
Mercado Commún Sudamericano, Buenos Aires

N
North American Free Trade Agreement,
Washington
The Nordic Council, Stockholm (Members are
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)

O
Orient Airlines Association, Manila
Organization for Asian Economic Co-operation
Organization of American States, Washington
Organization of African Unity, Addis Abeba
Organization of Central American States,
San Salvador
Office Central des Transports Internationaux par
Chemins de Fer, (Central Office for International
Railway Transport), Berne
Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (Organisation de Co-operation et de
Developpement Economiques, OCDE), Paris
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries,
Vienna
Organization for the Collaboration of Railways,
Warsaw

P
Permanent International Association of Navigation
Congress, Brussels

S
Standards for EDI in transport
Societe Internationale de Télécommunications
Aeriennes (Airline owned Telecommunications
Co-operative Network), Paris
Simplification of International Trade Procedures
Board, London
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunications, Brussel

T
The International Air Cargo Association, Miami

U
Union Arabe des Chemins de Fer (Union of Arab
Railways), Aleppo
Union des Associations Internationales (Union of
International Associtations), Brussels
Union of African Shippers’ Counsil
Universal Federation of Travel Agents
Associations, Brussels
Union des Foires Internationales (Union of
International Fairs), Paris
Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
(International Union of Railways), Paris
Union Internationale de la Navigation Fluviale
(International Inland Navigation Union), Strasbourg
Union Internationale d’Associations de propriétaires
de wagons particuliers, (International Union of
Private Railway Truck Owners’ Associations),
Lugano
Union Internationale pour le transport Rail-Route,
(International Union for Rail-Road Transport),
Chiasso
Union Internationale des Transports Publics
(International Union of Public Transports), Brussels
Union Douanière et économique de l’Afrique
Centrale (Central African Customs and Economic
Union), Bangui
United Nations, New York (Headquarters)
United Nations Commission on International
Trade Law, Vienna
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development, Geneva
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, Paris
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, Vienna
Institut International pour l’Unification du Droit Prive,
(International Institute for the Unification of Privat
Law), Rome
United Nations Institute for Training and Research,
New York
Union Postale Universelle, (Universal Postal
Union), Berne
Union of European Railways Road Services,
Vienna

W
West African Economic Community,
Ouagadougou/Upper Volta
World Customs Organisation, Brussels
World Health Organization, (UN), Geneva
World Meteorological Organization, (UN), Geneva
World Packaging Organization, Hong Kong
World Trade Centers Association, New York
World Tourism Organization, (UN), Madrid