APPENDIX 3: GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AMISOM African Union Mission in Somalia
AU African Union
BMP Best Management Practice
CDS Chief of Defence Staff
CMF Combined Maritime Forces
CSDP Common Security and Defence Policy
CSO Council of Somali Organisations
DfID Department for International Development
DfT Department for Transport
EDF European Development Fund
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EU European Union
EUMC European Union Military Committee
ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office
EUCAP European Union Mission on Regional
Maritime Capacity
EUTM European Union Training Mission
EUNAVFOR European Union Naval Force
FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office
ICRC International Committee of the
Red Cross
IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development
(in Eastern Africa)
IISS International Institute for Strategic
Studies
IMB International Maritime Bureau
IMO International Maritime Organization
IRTC Internationally Recommended Transit
Corridor
ISPS International Ship and Port Facility
Security Code
LMA Lloyd's Market Association
MOD Ministry of Defence
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPRA Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance
Aircraft
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NGO Non-governmental Organisation
OHQ Operational Headquarters
PSC Political and Security Committee
RAPPICC Regional Anti-Piracy Prosecutions Intelligence
Co-ordination Centre
RFA Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RN Royal Navy
ROE Rules of Engagement
RUSI Royal United Services Institute
SAR Suspicious Activity Report
SHADE Shared Awareness and Deconfliction
Environment
SPM Ship Protection Measures
TFG Transitional Federal Government
(in Somalia)
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime
UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution
VPD Vessel Protection Detachment
WFP World Food Programme
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