Cluster Munition Monitor 2014

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AXO

abandoned explosive ordnance

BLU

bomb live unit

CBU

cluster bomb unit

CCM

2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions

CCW

1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons

CMC

Cluster Munition Coalition

DPICM

dual-purpose improved conventional munition

ERW

explosive remnants of war

HI

Handicap International

HRW

Human Rights Watch

ICBL

International Campaign to Ban Landmines

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

MAG

Mines Advisory Group

NGO

non-governmental organization

NPA

Norwegian People’s Aid

NSAG

non-state armed group

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNMAS

United Nations Mine Action Service

UXO

unexploded ordnance