ASEAN Acronyms
A concise list of key ASEAN Acronyms. A regularly updated comprehensive table of acronyms from various fields of ASEAN cooperation can be found here.
SELECTED ASEAN INSTITUTIONS
| ACC | ASEAN Coordinating Council |
| ADF | ASEAN Development Fund |
| ADMM | ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting |
| AEC | ASEAN Economic Community |
| AEM | ASEAN Economic Ministers |
| AFMM | ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting |
| AFTA | ASEAN Free Trade Area |
| AHMM | ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting |
| AIA | ASEAN Investment Area |
| AICHR | ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights |
| AIF | ASEAN Infrastructure Fund |
| AIPA | ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (formerly ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organisation) |
| ALAWMM | ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting |
| ALMM | ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting |
| AMAF | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry |
| AMBDC | ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Coordination |
| AMCA | ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture & Arts |
| AMEM | ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting |
| AMM | ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Formerly ASEAN Ministerial Meeting) |
| AMMDM | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management |
| AMME | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment |
| AMMin | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals |
| AMMS | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports |
| AMMST | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology |
| AMMSWD | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development |
| AMMTC | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime |
| AMMW | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women |
| AMMY | ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth |
| AMRDPE | ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication |
| AMRI | ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information |
| APSC | ASEAN Political-Security Community (Formerly ASEAN Security Community, ASC) |
| ARF | ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ASCC | ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community |
| ASEANAPOL | Chiefs of ASEAN Police |
| ASEAN-ISIS | ASEAN Institute of Strategic and International Studies |
| ASEC | ASEAN Secretariat |
| ASED | ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting |
| ASOD | ASEAN Senior Officials on Drugs |
| ATM | ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting |
| AUN | ASEAN University Network |
| CPR | Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN |
| DSG | Deputy Secretary-General (of ASEAN) |
| LSAD | ASEAN Secretariat Legal Services and Agreements Division |
| M-ATM | ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting |
| SG | Secretary-General (of ASEAN) |
| TELMIN | ASEAN Telecommunications and IT Ministers Meeting |
SELECTED DOCUMENTS
| AADMER | ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Response (2005) |
| AC | ASEAN Charter (2007) |
| ACCT | ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism (2007) |
| ACTIP | ASEAN Convention on Trafficking in Persons (2015) |
| AHRD | ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (2012) |
| API | Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of ASEAN (2009) |
| BC | Bali Concord, or Declaration on ASEAN Concord (BC I 1976, BC II 2003) |
| DOC | Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (2002) |
| HPA | Hanoi Plan of Action 1999-2004 |
| SEANWFZ | Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone (1995) |
| TAC | Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (1976) |
| ZOPFAN | Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality Declaration (1971) |
| VAP | Vientiane Action Programme 2004-2010 |
SELECTED TERMS
| AMC/AMS | ASEAN Member Country/State |
| ASEAN-6 | Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines |
| CEP | Comprehensive Economic Partnership |
| CLMV | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| DG | Director-General |
| EPG | Eminent Persons Group |
| HLTF | High Level Task Force |
| HOS/G | Heads of State/Government |
| IAI | Initiative for ASEAN Integration |
| NDG | Narrowing the Development Gap |
| PMC | Post-Ministerial Conference |
| ROP | Rules of Procedure |
| SOM | Senior Officials’ Meeting |
| TOR | Terms of Reference |
| WG | Working Group |
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
| AANZFTA | ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area |
| ACFTA | ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (Also CAFTA) |
| AIFTA | ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement |
| AJCEP | ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| AKFTA | ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement |
| APT/ASEAN+3 | ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan, Republic of Korea) |
| EAS | East Asia Summit |
| ERIA | Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia |
| RCEP | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership |
| TPP | Trans Pacific Partnership |
ASEAN Economic Community
| ABAC | ASEAN Business Advisory Council |
| ACIA | ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (2009) |
| ACB | ASEAN Compliance Body (Formerly ASEAN Compliance Monitoring Body) |
| ACT | ASEAN Consultation to Solve Trade and Investment Issues |
| AFAFGIT | ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit (1998) |
| AFAS | ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (1995) |
| AHTN | ASEAN Harmonised Tariff Nomenclature |
| AIA | ASEAN Investment Area |
| ASW | ASEAN Single Window |
| ATIGA | ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (2009) |
| CEPT | Common Effective Preferential Tariff (1992) |
| EDSM | Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism (2004) |
| MRA | Mutual Recognition Arrangement |
| ROO | Rules of Origin |
| SEOM | Senior Economic Officials Meeting |