| (for a comprehensive list of ASEAN Acronyms please refer to the ASEAN Secretariat website, http://www.aseansec.org/73.htm) |
| ACC |
ASEAN Coordinating Council |
| ACCSM |
ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters |
| ACIA |
ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement |
| ADF |
ASEAN Development Fund |
| ADMM |
ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting |
| AEC |
ASEAN Economic Community |
| AEM |
ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting |
| AF |
ASEAN Foundation |
| AFAS |
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services |
| AFMM |
ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting |
| AFTA |
ASEAN Free Trade Area |
| AHMM |
ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting |
| AHRB |
ASEAN Human Rights Body |
| AIA |
ASEAN Investment Area |
| AICHR |
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights |
| AIPA |
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly |
| AIS |
ASEAN Informal Summit |
| ALAWMM |
ASEAN Law Ministers’ Meeting |
| ALMM |
ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting |
| AMAF |
ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry |
| AMBDC |
ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation |
| AMC |
ASEAN Member Country |
| AMCA |
ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and the Arts |
| AMEM |
ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting |
| AMM |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting) |
| AMMDM |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management |
| AMME |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment |
| AMMin |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals |
| AMMST |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology |
| AMMSWD |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development |
| AMMTC |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime |
| AMMY |
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth |
| AMRDPE |
ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and Poverty |
| AMRI |
ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information |
| APSC |
ASEAN Political-Security Community |
| ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ARF ISM |
ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting |
| ASC |
ASEAN Security Community |
| ASC |
ASEAN Standing Committee |
| ASCC |
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASEAN-ISIS |
ASEAN Institute of Strategic and International Studies |
| ASEAN+3 |
ASEAN, China, Japan, Korea |
| ASEC |
ASEAN Secretariat |
| ASED |
ASEAN Education Ministers’ Meeting |
| ATM |
ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting |
| CEPT |
Common Effective Preferential Tariff |
| CLMV |
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam |
| CPR |
Committee of Permanent Representatives |
| DG |
Director-General |
| DOC |
Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea |
| DSG |
Deputy Secretary-General |
| EAS |
East Asia Summit (ASEAN, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand) |
| EDSM |
Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism |
| EPG |
Eminent Persons’ Group |
| HLEG |
High Level Legal Experts’ Group |
| HLP |
High Level Panel |
| HLTF-AC |
High Level Task Force on the ASEAN Charter |
| HLTF-EI |
High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration |
| HPA |
Hanoi Plan of Action |
| IAI |
Initiative for ASEAN Integration |
| IAMM |
Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting) |
| MRA |
Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| NDG |
Narrowing the Development Gap |
| PMC |
Post-Ministerial Conference |
| SEANWFZ |
Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone |
| SEOM |
Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting |
| SG |
Secretary-General |
| SOM |
Senior Officials’ Meeting |
| TAC |
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation |
| TELMIN |
ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers’ Meeting |
| TIFA |
Trade and Investment Framework Agreement |
| TOR |
Terms of Reference |
| VAP |
Vientiane Action Programme |
| WG |
Working Group |
| ZOPFAN |
Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality |
