| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| AMDDC | Afghan Mine Dog Detection Center |
| ANAD | Azerbaijan National Agency for Demining |
| ANFO | ammonium nitrate and fuel oil |
| AOR | area of responsibility |
| APM | anti-personnel mine |
| APL | anti-personnel landmine |
| AQAP | Allied Quality Assurance Publication |
| AREA | Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation in Afghanistan |
| ARF | ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ARIS | Action for Research and Information Support in Civilian Demining |
| ARRA | Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Areas |
| ASA | ammunition storage area |
| ASDIT | Ammunition Storage and Disposal Implementation Team |
| ASDSO/LIC | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASTAMIDS | Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System |
| ATM | anti-tank mine |
| ATC | Afghan Technical Consultants |
| ATCDU | Anti-Terrorist Commando Dog Unit |
| ATD | advanced technology demonstration |
| ATO | Ammunition Technical Officer |
| ATR | automatic target recognition |
| AV | anti-vehicle |
| AWAMA | African Women's Alliance for Mobilizing Action |
| BAC | battle area clearance |
| BDI | Bomb Disposal, Inc. |
| BHCD | Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission on Demining |
| BHMAC | Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center |
| BIP | blow-in-place |
| BITS | Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security |
| BL | boundary lane |
| BM | benchmark |
| BMZ | German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| BPA | berm processing assembly |
| BRAC | base realignment and closure |
| BRDF | Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Function |
| BT | booby trap |
| CA | civil action |
| CA | chemical agent |
| CAD | Council for Action on Disability |
| CADMOS | Committee of Advisors: Detection of Mines Based on Operational Standards |
| CALM | New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines |
| CAMEO | Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance [Security] |
| CARERE | Cambodia Area Resettlement and Regeneration [Project] |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CASEVAC | Casualty Evacuation |
| CBR | community-based rehabilitation |
| CBU | cluster bomb unit |
| CCD | Council of Canadians with Disabilities |
| CCMAT | Canadian Center for Mine Action Technology |
| CCRC | Casualty Care Research Center |
| CCW | 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons |
| CD | Conference on Disarmament |
| CDAP | Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program |
| CDPO | Cambodian Disabled People's Organization |
| CDS | Central Disposal Site |
| CDW | Cambodian Demining Workshop |
| CECOM | Communications and Electronics Command |
| CERF | Central Emergency Revolving Fund |
| CF | Canadian Forces |
| CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| CHA | Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance |
| CHW | community health worker |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
| CINC | Commander-in-Chief |
| CIR | Center for International Rehabilitation |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CLAF | Canadian Landmine Action Fund |
| CLAM | Cleared Lane Marking System |
| CMAC | Cambodia Mine Action Center |
| CMAD | Community Mine Awareness for Development |
| CMAO | Central Mine Action Office (Angola) |
| CMATS | Central Mine Action Training School (Angola) |
| CMCM | Mozambique Campaign Against Landmines |
| CMD | conventional munitions disposal |
| CMMT | community mine-marking ream |
| CMO | Civil Military Operations |
| CMT | countermine training |
| CMV | Combat Mobility Vehicle |
| CND | National Demining Commission |
| COA | course of action |
| COE | Common Operating Environment |
| COERR | Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees |
| COMSEC | communications security |
| COPE | Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise |
| CPCD | Center for Peacekeeping and Community Development |
| CRC | Cambodian Red Cross |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CROMAC | Croatian Mine Action Center |
| CSPO | Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| CTA | Chief Technical Adviser |
| CTSC | Countermine Training Support Center |
| DAC | Disability Action Council |
| DAC | Development Action Center |
| DAC | Defense Animal Center |
| DAFA | Demining Agency for Afghanistan |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DC | Development Cooperation |
| DCA | Danish Church Aid |
| DDA | Department for Disarmament Affairs (UN) |
| DDDS | DoD Data Dictionary System |
| DDESB | Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board |
| DDG | Danish Demining Group |
| DEA | development-oriented emergency aid |
| DERA | Defense Evaluation & Research Agency |
| DESCIM | Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management |
| DESMS | Defense Explosives Safety Management Suite |
| DeTeC | Demining Technology Center |
| DFAIT | Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) |
| DGPS | differential global positioning system |
| DI | double impulse |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DII | Defense Information Infrastructure |
| DFID | Department for International Development (UK; formerly ODA) |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) |
| DIMARSI | Disaster Management and Refugees Studies Institute |
| DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
| DND | Department of National Defense |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| D-OEW | demining-ordnance and explosive waste |
| DOS | Department of State |
| DPA | Disabled Person's Association |
| DPC | delayed primary closure (medical term) |
| DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN) |
| DPO | Disabled People's Organization |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| HESH-I | High Explosive Squash Head-Incendiary |
| DRES | Defense Research Establishment Suffield |
| DRK | German Red Cross |
| DSAA | Defense Security Assistance Agency |
| DSL | Defense Systems Ltd. |
| DSTO | Defense Science and Technology Organization |
| DSWA | Defense Special Weapons Agency |
| DTIF | Demining Technical Information Forum |
| DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| DTU | Development Technology Unit |
| DTW | Development Technology Workshop |
| DU | Demining Unit (United Nations) |
| EC | European Community |
| ECHO | European Community Humanitarian Office |
| ECOMOG | ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EDD | explosive detecting dog |
| EDR | explosive device recognition |
| EE/CA | engineering evaluations/cost analysis |
| EEDT | European Entity for Procurement, Deployment, Operation and Maintenance of Demining Technologies |
| EFGPR | energy-focusing ground penetrating radar |
| EFP | explosively formed projectile |
| EF&T | Environmental Fate and Transport |
| EMAC | Entity Mine Action Center |
| EMSL | European Microwave Signature Laboratory |
| EMT | Emergency Medical Technician |
| EOD | explosive ordnance disposal |
| EODASTT | Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Ammunition Storage Training Team |
| EODTECHDIV | Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERLIS | Earth Resource Land Information System |
| ERO | emergency road/route opening |
| EU | European Union |
| EUAM | European Union Administration of Mostar |
| FAE | fuel air explosive |
| FAF | Federal Armed Forces |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) |
| FAR | Armed Forces of Rwanda |
| FASCAM | family of scatterable mines |
| FFE | free from explosive |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FCOTV | Field Command, Office of Treaty Verification |
| FHA | foreign humanitarian assistance |
| FMF | Foreign Military Financing |
| FMSP | First Meeting of States Parties |
| FRUD | Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy |
| FWAM (E) | full-width attack mine (electronic) |
| FWR | former warring factions |
| FRY | Former Republic of Yugoslavia |
| FYROM | Federal Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| GCI | Ground Concepts International |
| GEM | genetically engineered microbe |
| Gfp | green fluorescent protein gene |
| GICHD (GIC) | Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining |
| GINIE | Global Information Network in Education |
| GLOS | Global Level One Survey |
| GPR | ground penetrating radar |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| GSCS | Ground Search Clear Systems Ltd. |
| GTA | Global Training Academy |
| GTZ | German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
| HALO | Hazardous Area Life-Support Organization |
| HARC | Hameed & Ali Research Center |
| HazMat | hazardous material |
| HAZWOPER | Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response |
| HCND | Chad National Demining Committee |
| HDIC | Humanitarian Demining Information Center (now MAIC) |
| HDO | humanitarian demining operations |
| HDOGIS | Humanitarian Demining Operations Geographic Information System |
| HE | high explosive |
| HEAT | high explosive anti-tank |
| HESH | High Explosive Squash Head |
| HF | high frequency |
| HFA | Human Factors Applications, Inc. |
| HI | Handicap International |
| HLWG | Humanitarian Liaison Working Group |
| HMA | humanitarian mine action |
| HN | host nation |
| HPCN | high-performance computing and networking |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch |
| HTRW | hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste |
| IADB | InterAmerican Defense Board |
| IAM | International Assistance Mission |
| ICBL | International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ICCTI | International Countermine and Canine Training Institute |
| ICD | International Classification of Disease |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICVA | International Council of Voluntary Agencies |
| ID | integrated demining |
| IDA | Institute for Defense Analyses |
| IDAC | International Demining Association of Canada |
| IDP | internally displaced person |
| IDRC | International Development Research Council |
| IEBL | Inter-Entity Boundary Line |
| IED | improvised explosive device |
| IEE | Institution of Electrical Engineers |
| IFOR | Implementation Force (BiH) |
| IFRC | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IHD | Integrated Humanitarian Demining |
| IHL | international humanitarian law |
| ILDC | Improved Landmine Detector Concept |
| ILO | International Labor Organization |
| IMAS | International Mine Action Standards |
| IMCE | Institute of Munition Clearance Engineers |
| IMCEC | International Munition Clearance Exhibition & Conference |
| IMCS | International Mine Clearance Standard |
| IMSMA | Information Management System for Mine Action |
| INAROEE | Angolan National Institute for the Removal of Obstacles and Explosive Ordnance |
| IO | international organization |
| IOE | irregular outer edge |
| IPPNW | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
| IR | Islamic Relief |
| IRC | International Rescue Committee |
| ISCE | Intersessional Standing Committee of Experts |
| ISFE | Igniter Safety Fuze, Electric |
| ISPO | International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics |
| ItCBL | Italian Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ITF | International Trust Fund |
| IWG | Interagency Working Group |
| JAHDS | Japan Alliance for Humanitarian Demining Support |
| JCBL | Japanese Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| JMRO | Joint Medical Regulating Office |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| JMU | James Madison University |
| JRC | Joint Research Centre |
| JRS | Jesuit Refugee Services |
| JS | Joint Staff |
| KFOR | Kosovo Forces |
| KfW | Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (Credit Agency for Reconstruction) |
| KLA | Kosovo Liberation Army |
| LARS | Light Artillery Rocket System |
| LDO | Logistic Disposal Operations |
| LDPA | Lao Disabled Persons Association |
| LIFI | laser-induced fluorescence imaging |
| LISA | linear SAR |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LM | Landmine Monitor |
| LMP | Landmine Protocol |
| LMW | landmine warfare |
| LOGS | Level One Global Survey |
| LPP | Landmine Placement Plan |
| LSA | land surface ammunition |
| LSC | Landmine Struggle Center (Cairo) |
| LSN | Landmine Survivors Network |
| MAC | mine action center |
| MACC | Mine Action Coordination Center |
| MACA | Mine Action Center for Afghanistan |
| MaD | Mechanically assisted Dog demining |
| MAG | Mines Advisory Group |
| MAIC | Mine Action Information Center (formerly HDIC) |
| MaM | mechanically assisted manual demining |
| MAMIS | Mine Action Management Information System |
| MAPA | Mine Action Program for Afghanistan |
| MAPED | Mine Anti-personnel Effect Directional |
| MARMINCA | Mission of Assistance for the Removal of Mines in Central America |
| MARS | Medical Air Rescue Service |
| MASG | Mine Action Support Group |
| MAT | mine action team |
| MAT | Mines Awareness Trust |
| MAWG | Mine Action Working Group (ICBL) |
| MBT | Mine Ban Treaty |
| MB 2000 | Minebreaker 2000 |
| MCBL | Malawi Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| MCCG | Mine Clearance Coordination Group |
| MCI | Mines Clearance International |
| MCM | mine countermeasures |
| MCP | Mine Clearance Program |
| MCPU | Mine Clearance Policy Unit |
| MCPA | Mine Clearance Planning Agency |
| MCTU | Mine Clearance Training Unit (preceding CMAC) |
| MCZ | Military Control Zone |
| MDC | Mine Dog Center |
| MD | metal detector |
| MDD | mine detecting dog |
| MDG | mine dog group |
| MDS | mine dog set |
| MDV | mine detection vehicle |
| MEDDS | Mechem Explosive and Drug Detection System |
| MEDEVAC | medical evacuation |
| MERCUSOL | Declaration of the Southern Commercial Market |
| MERLIN | Medical Emergency Relief International |
| META | Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Agency |
| METP | Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Program |
| MgM | Menschen gegen Minen (People Against Landmines) |
| MICAS | Ministry of Coordination for Social Action (Mozambique) |
| MICOA | Mozambican Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs |
| MINDEF | Ministry of Defense |
| MINWARA | Mine Warfare Association |
| MIS | Mine Information System |
| MLC | mine-launcher containers |
| MLI | Marshall Legacy Institute |
| MLO | mine-like object |
| MM | metal mines |
| MMC | mechanical mine clearance |
| MMDS | Microbial Mine Detection System |
| MMT | Mine Marking Team (Cambodia) |
| MOD | Ministry of Defense |
| MOE | measure of effectiveness |
| MOHSS | Ministry of Health and Social Services |
| MOMEP | Multinational Observation Mission Ecuador/Peru |
| MOSALVY | Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding |
| MPV | mine-protected vehicle |
| MRCS | Mozambique Red Cross Society |
| MRE | mine risk education |
| MTADS | Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System |
| MRV | mine-resistant vehicle |
| NACC | North Atlantic Cooperation Council |
| NADR | Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs |
| NAM | Non-Aligned Movement |
| NOTAM | Notice to Air-Men/Notice to Air Movement (NATO) |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAVSCOLEOD | Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal |
| NCA | National Command Authority |
| NCDP | National Center for Disabled People |
| NCBL | Nepal Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| NDA | National Demining Agency (Somaliland) |
| NDF | Namibian Defense Force |
| NDHQ | National Defense Headquarters |
| NDO | national demining office |
| NDT | non-destructive resting |
| NEQ | net explosive quantity |
| NEWTEC | National Explosives Waste Technology and Evaluation Center |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NIDRR | National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
| NPA | Norwegian Peoples Aid |
| NPA | New People's Army |
| NQR | nuclear quadropole resonance |
| NSA | non-state actor |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| NSPO | National School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| NVESD | Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OASD | Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| ODA | Overseas Development Administration |
| ODIS | Ordnance Detection and Identification System |
| OE | ordnance and explosives |
| OECS | Organization for Eastern Caribbean States |
| OEW | ordnance-related explosive waste |
| OFDA | Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| OHDACA | Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid |
| OJCS | Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| OMA | Organization for Mine Awareness (Cambodia; now OMAR) |
| OMAR | Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation |
| OMOL | One-Man One-Lane (demining procedure) |
| OPTEMPO | operating tempo |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OTMS | Ordnance Technical Management System |
| PADCA | Assistance Program for Demining in Central America |
| PAHO | Pan-American Health Organization |
| PAI | Institutional Support Program |
| PAIGC | African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde |
| PAO | Public Affairs Officer |
| PAV | Policy Assessment Visit |
| PCBL | Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| PCEPD | President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PDC | pre-deployment course |
| PDM | pursuit-deterrent munition |
| PDSS | pre-deployment site survey |
| PE | plastic explosive |
| PERTEMPO | personnel tempo |
| PHR | Physicians for Human Rights |
| PGS | Physicians for Global Survival |
| PIU | project implementation unit |
| PJRAD | Projector Area Defense |
| PM | MCD Project Manager for Mines, Countermine & Demolitions |
| PMSC | Political Military Steering Committee |
| POC | Prosthetics Outreach Center |
| PODES | Promoter of the Organization of Disabled Persons in El Salvador |
| POF | Prosthetics Outreach Foundation |
| POF | Pakistan Ordnance Factories |
| P&O | Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| PPE | personal protective equipment |
| PRC | People's Republic of China |
| PRES | Programme for Economic and Social Rehabilitation |
| PRIO | Peace Research Institute of Oslo |
| PSYOPS | Psychological Operations |
| PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PVO | private voluntary organization |
| P.II | Landmines Protocol II of the CCW |
| QA | quality assurance |
| QC | quality control |
| QMS | quality management system |
| QSR | quality system requirements |
| RaM | rotar-assisted manual demining |
| RAPM | Resource Allocation Planning Meeting |
| RAVV | Requirements and Verification Visit |
| RCS | radar cross section |
| RDSS | Requirements Determination Site Survey |
| RDT | research and development of technology |
| RERC | Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RFP | request for proposal |
| RI | Refugees International |
| RIDE | Rapid International Demining in Emergencies |
| RMD | remotely delivered mine |
| RP | reference point |
| RPA | Rwandan Patriotic Army |
| RPG | rocket-propelled grenade |
| ROE | rule of engagement |
| RSA | Republic of South Africa |
| RSP | Render Safe Procedures |
| RSRI | Republic of Slovenia Rehabilitation Institute |
| RTA | road traffic accident |
| RTD | research and technical development |
| SAC | Survey Action Center |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SADF | South African Defense Force |
| SAIIA | South African Institute of Internationals Affairs |
| SAR | synthetic aperture radar |
| SC | Save the Children |
| SCA | Swedish Committee for Afghanistan |
| SCAL | Somaliland Coalition Against Landmines |
| SCE | Standing Committee of Experts |
| SCF | Save the Children Fund |
| SCOVA | Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies |
| SCBL | Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| SCG | Survey Contact Group |
| SCS | Special Clearance Services (commercial company based in Zimbabwe) |
| SE | survey executive |
| SEIS | Socio-Economic Impact Study |
| SF | Special Forces |
| SFF | self-forming fragment |
| SFD | Special Fund for the Disabled |
| SFOR | Stabilization Force (BiH) |
| SGAA | Sandy Gall's Association for Afghanistan |
| SGS | Specialist Gurkha Services |
| SM | scatterable mine |
| SMAC | Somali Mine Action Center |
| SMART | Semi-Autonomous Monitoring and Robotics Technology |
| SN | self-neutralizing |
| SOC | Special Operations Command |
| SOD | Special Operations Division |
| SOFA | Status on Forces Agreement |
| SOMAP | Somalia Mine Action Program |
| SON (SoN) | Statement of Operational Needs |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOR (SoR) | Statements of Operational Requirements |
| SORRA | Somaliland Relief and Rehabilitation Association |
| SPDC | State Peace and Development Council |
| SPM | Somali Patriotic Movement |
| SRCS | Somaliland Red Crescent Society |
| SSC | Social Services for Cambodia |
| SSTA | Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications |
| SWG | Survey Working Group |
| SWG | standard wire gauge |
| TA | technical adviser |
| TCBL | Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| TED | trace explosive detection |
| TFR | time-frequency representation |
| TMAC | Thailand Mine Action Center |
| TNA | training needs analysis |
| TNT | Trinitrotoluene |
| TGW | Treaty Working Group |
| TLC | Team Leaders Course |
| TOR (ToR) | term of reference |
| TQM | total quality management |
| TWMP | Track Width Mine Plough |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNA | United Nations Association |
| UNAMIR | United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda |
| UNAVEM | United Nations Angola Verification Mission |
| UNDAP | UN Accelerated Demining Program (Mozambique; aka UNADP) |
| UNDHA | UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNDPKO | United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
| UNITA | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola |
| UNMAC | United Nations Mine Action Center |
| UNMAS | United Nations Mine Action Service |
| UNMIK | United Nations Mission in Kosovo |
| UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan |
| UNOMOZ | UN Operations in Mozambique |
| UNOPS | United Nations Office of Project Services |
| UNOSOM | UN Operations in Somalia |
| UNPROFOR | UN Protection Force |
| UNPREDEP | UN Preventive Deployment Force |
| UNTAC | United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia |
| URNG | Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union |
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
| USAMCCOM | U.S. Army, Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command |
| USCBL | U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| USG | U.S. government |
| USIA | U.S. Information Agency |
| USIRP | U.S. Indochina Reconciliation Project |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USSOCOM | U.S. Special Operations Command |
| USUHS | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| UXO | Unexploded Ordnance |
| UXOSMM | Unexploded Ordnance Site Management Model |
| UXM | Unexploded Ordnance Management |
| VA | victim assistance |
| VMMD | vehicular mounted mine detection |
| VNAH | Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped |
| VOD | velocity of detonation |
| VRD | Virtual Retinal Display |
| VVAF | Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation |
| WAAPM | wide-area anti-personnel mine |
| WAM | wide-area mine |
| WARC | World Alliance of Reformed Churches |
| WCC | World Council of Churches |
| WDMET | Wound Data and Munitions Effectiveness Team |
| WFP | World Food Program |
| WGVA | Working Group on Victim Assistance (ICBL) |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WP | White Phosphorus |
| WRF | World Relief Fund |
| YMAA | Yemen Mine Awareness Association |
| YMAAP | Youth Mine Action Ambassador Program |
| ZDI | Zimbabwe Defense Industries |
| ZNA | Zimbabwe National Army |
| ZOS | zone of separation |
| AA | Auswaertiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office) |
| AABRAR | Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation and Recreation |
| AAF | Albanian Armed Forces |
| ABC | airway, breathing and circulation |
| ACBL | Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ACEM | aimed controlled effect mine |
| ACS | Advanced Countermine System |
| ACT | Action by Churches Together |
| AD | anti-disturbance |
| ADAM | area denial artillery munition |
| ADD | Action on Disability and Development |
| ADDI | anti disturbance double impulse |
| ADF | Allied Democratic Forces |
| ADF | Australian Defense Force |
| ADI | Australian Defense Industries |
| ADP | Accelerated Demining Program (aka PAD; formerly UNADP) |
| ADRA | Adventist Development Relief Agency |
| ADSM | artillery delivery scatterable mine |
| AE | aeromedical evacuation |
| AES | aeromedical evacuation squadron |
| AFSC | American Friends Service Committee |
| ANC | African National Congress |
| AHD | anti-handling device |
| ALS | advanced life support |
| AMAC | Abkhaz Mines Action Center |
| AMDA | Association for Medical Development in Asia |
| AP | anti-personnel mine |
| AT | anti-tank |
| CPKF | Collective Peacekeeping Forces |
| SOCOM | Special Operations Command |
| APII | Amended Protocol II |
| ADEMO | Association for the Mozambican Disabled |
| ADWS | area denial weapon system |
| AMAC | Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities |
| AMREF | African Medical and Research Foundation |
| ARSOF | Army Special Operations Forces |
| ASM | Advance Survey Mission |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| B/C | benefit/cost |
| CA | community awareness |
| CAPDC | Support Center for the Promotion and Development of Communities |
| CBA | cost-benefit analysis |
| CBMAP | community-based mine awareness program |
| CBO | cummunity-based organization |
| CENTCOM | U.S. Central Command |
| CHA | Cambodian Handicraft Association |
| CL | community liaison |
| CMAA | Cambodia Mine Action/Victim Assistance Authority |
| CNIDAH | National Inter-Sectoral Commission for Demining and Humanitarian Assistance |
| COAM | Committee on Mine Awareness (Guinea-Bissau) |
| CVM | Mozambique Red Cross Society |
| CW | continuous wave |
| DCOF | Displaced Children and Orphans Fund |
| DDAS | Database of Demining Accidents |
| DDIV | Database of Demining Incident Victims |
| DIP | digital image processing |
| DMA | Defense Mapping Agency |
| DMAO | district mine action office |
| DOES | Department of Education and Science |
| DSS | Demining Support System |
| EAR | European Agency for Reconstruction |
| EDA | Eritrean Demining Agency |
| EDP | Ethiopian Demining Project |
| ELIS | Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey |
| ELS | European Landmine Solutions |
| EMAO | Ethiopian Mine Action Office |
| EMOPS | Office of Emergency Programs (UNICEF) |
| EOC | expert opinion collection |
| EPRDF | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| ESPRIT | European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technology |
| FAA | Angolan Armed Forces |
| FEL | front-end loader |
| FMB | Floating Mine Blade |
| FNLA | National Libteration Front of Angola |
| FRELIMO | Mozambique Liberation Front |
| GoS | government of Sudan |
| GRZ | government of the Republic of Zambia |
| GWHF | Golden West Humanitarian Foundation |
| HAC | Humanitarian Aid Commission |
| HDTC | Humanitarian Demining Training Camp |
| IEPF | International Eurasia Press Fund |
| IGAD | Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (GHAI; formerly IGADD) |
| IGO | inter-governmental organization |
| IHDD | integrated humanitarian demining for development |
| IMCP | Inhambane Mine Clearance Project |
| INATEC | National Institute of Technology of Nicaragua |
| IND | National Demining Institute |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPOP | Immediate Post-Operative Prosthetics/Prosthesis |
| IPPTC | International Pilot Project for Technology Cooperation |
| IPSC | Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (JRC) |
| IRRS | Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Republic of Slovenia |
| IST | Information Society Technologies |
| ISU | Implementation Support Unit |
| ITC | Institute for Testing and Certification of Boots |
| IUTP | International Unexploded Ordnance Training Program |
| JAC-ACTD | Joint Area Clearance Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
| JLC | Jaipur Limb Campaign |
| JMC | Joint Military Commission |
| JMC | Joint Military Committee |
| LARDEF | League for the Reintegration of Disabled People |
| LCD | Landmine Casualty Database |
| LEAP | Lower Extremity Assessment Program |
| LNO | liaison officer |
| LSG | Let's Save the Generation |
| LWVF | Leahy War Victims Fund |
| MAX | Mine Action Exchange (UNDP program) |
| MaXML | Mine Action Extensible Markup Language |
| MBC | Mine Ban Convention |
| MC | Mine Committee |
| MCA | multi-criteria analysis |
| MCC | Mine Clearing Cultivator |
| MCLAP | Messiah College Landmine Action Project |
| MI | Medico International |
| MINARS | Ministry of Social Assistance and Reintegration (Angola) |
| MIS | Mine Impact Score |
| MITC | Mine Information and Training Center |
| MLIS | Mozambique Landmine Impact Survey |
| MMCAS | Ministry for Women and the Coordination of Social Action (Mozambique) |
| MMD | Mini Mine Detector |
| MoFED | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| MOHS | Ministry of Health and Sanitation |
| MONUC | United Nations Mission in Congo |
| MPLA | People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
| MRRE | mine risk reduction education |
| MRS | minefield reaction stick |
| NERRTC | National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center |
| NIES | National Institute for Educational Sciences (Vietnam) |
| NIMA | National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
| NIP | National Institute for Pediatrics |
| NMAA | National Mine Action Authority (Sri Lanka) |
| NMAO | National Mine Action Office (Sudan) |
| OLF | Oromo Liberation Front |
| ONL | Operation Normal Life |
| ONLF | Ogaden National Liberation Front |
| PEACE | Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment (Afghanistan) |
| PEPAM | Program for the Prevention of Mine Accidents |
| PLA | participatory learning and action |
| PM&E | Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation |
| PM/HDP | Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs (US DOS) |
| PM/MAIP | Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Mine Action Initiatives and Partnerships (US DOS) |
| POWER | Prosthetics and Orthotics Worldwide Education and Relief |
| PRA | Participatory Rural Appraisal |
| QAM | quality assurance monitor |
| RA | rapid assessment |
| RaDO | Rehabilitation and Development Organization |
| RENAMO | Mozambique National Resistance |
| ROSE | Rehab-Oriented Surgical Enablement |
| RPF | Rwandan Patriotic Front |
| RRT | Rapid Response Team |
| RSS | Rehabilitation Support Services |
| SADSA | South African Demining Services Agency |
| SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
| SAM | side-attack mine |
| SCVA | Standing Committee of Experts on Victim Assistance, Socio-Economic Reintegration and Mine Awareness |
| SDAG | Somali Demining Action Group |
| SDTT | Survivable Dmeining Tractor and Tools |
| SEE | southeastern Europe |
| SMA | suspected mined area |
| SMAP | Shenandoah Minefield Adoption Project |
| SPLA | Sudan People's Liberation Army |
| SPT | Socketless Prosthetic Technology |
| SUBOT | small unit robot |
| SWAPO | Southwest African People's Organization |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UPD | Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (OAS) |
| UTCAH | Angolan Technical Unit for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance |
| UXO LAO | Lao National UXO Project |
| WRF | World Rehabilitation Fund |
| WSTIAC | Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center |
| ZCTBL | Zambia Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| ZMAC | Zimbabwe Mine Action Center |
| ASD | Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| MINSAU | Ministry of Health (Mozambique) |
| A&T | acquisition and technology |
| AAR | Association for Aid and Relief (Japan) |
| ACDA | Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| AETF | Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund |
| AMAA | Afghan Mine Awareness Agency |
| AO | area of operation |
| APB | anti-personnel blast |
| APL-A | anti-personnel landmine agency |
| ARCS | Afghan Red Crescent Society |
| ARDEC | Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (U.S. Army) |
| ARSOTF | Army Special Operations Task Force |
| BASIC | Body armor system, individual, countermine |
| BBF | Brother's Brother Foundation |
| BRAVA | Blast Resuscitation and Victim Assistance |
| BRDEC | Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center |
| CA | civil affairs |
| CARE | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere |
| DA | Development Assistance |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEDC | children in especially difficult circumstances |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEEC | Central and Eastern European Countries |
| CHR | Commission on Human Rights |
| CHRF | Canadian Human Rights Foundation |
| CIDEV | Development International Council (Mozambique) |
| CIO | chief information officer |
| CM | countermine |
| CMCS | Countermine Capability Stock |
| CMTC | Central Mine Training Center (Mozambique) |
| COAA | course-of-action analysis |
| CONUS | continental United States |
| COTS | commercial off-the-shelf |
| CPP | Congolese Physicians for Peace |
| CRS | Catholic Relief Services |
| CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| DANIDA | Danish International Development Agency |
| DCD | Director(ate) of Combat Developments |
| Det | detonated |
| Det | detonating |
| Det cord | detonating cord |
| DEUCE | Deployable Engineer Universal Combat Earthmover |
| DFA | Development Fund for Africa |
| DHA | Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
| DHRF | Democracy and Human Rights Fund |
| DID | Donor Investment Database |
| DJS | Director, Joint Staff |
| DOW | Doctors of the World |
| DP | Displaced Person |
| DRO | Demobilization and Reintegration Office |
| EAPC | Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Council |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECHA | Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (UN) |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECPS | Executive Committee on Peace and Security (UN) |
| ECU | European Currency Unit |
| EDD | explosive demining device |
| EDD | explosive detection device |
| EHF | extremely high frequency |
| EMAP | Ethiopian Mine Action Program |
| EN | Explosive Neutralization |
| ENS | Explosive Neutralization System |
| ERF | Emergency Response Fund |
| ERPMU | Ethiopian Recovery Program Management Unit |
| ETF | Emergency Task Force |
| ETH | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| ETH-Z | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich |
| FAR | false alarm rate |
| FECS | Field-Expedient Countermine System |
| FFP | Food for Peace |
| FLIR | forward-looking infrared |
| FLW | Fort Leonard Wood [Missouri] |
| FSU | Former Soviet Union |
| FTX | Field training exercise |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GEMSS | Ground Emplaced Mine Scattering System |
| GFE | government-furnished equipment |
| GHAI | Greater Horn of Africa Initiative |
| GIST | Geographic Information Support Team |
| GOTS | government off-the-shelf |
| GPA | General Peace Agreement |
| GPC | German Project Coordination |
| GSO | Government Service Organization |
| GSTAMIDS | Ground Standoff Mine Detection System |
| HA | humanitarian assistance |
| HADR | Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief |
| HATT | Humanitarian Assistance and Transition Team |
| HD | humanitarian demining |
| HEMMS | Hand-Emplaced Minefield Marking System |
| HMR | Humanitarian Medical Relief |
| HNS | host-nation support |
| HSTAMIDS | Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System |
| IAV | Interim Armored Vehicle |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
| IC | International Community |
| IDA | Institute for Agricultural Development |
| IGADD | Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (now IGAD) |
| IHEMMS | Improved Hand-Emplaced Minefield Marking System |
| IIA | Agricultural Research Institute |
| IIR | imaging infrared |
| ILS | Integrated Logistics Support |
| IMAS | Integrated Mine Action Support |
| IMAS | International Mine Action Support |
| IMET | International Military Education and Training |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMIT | International Military Information Team |
| IO&P | International Organizations and Programs |
| IPE | individual protection equipment |
| IPVO | Indigenous Private Voluntary Organization |
| IRIN | Integrated Regional Information Network (UN) |
| IRSEM | Institute for Social Reintegration of Former Combatants |
| ITSH | International Transport, Storage and Handling |
| IVMMD | Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector |
| J3 SOD | Joint Staff Operations Directorate |
| JAC | Joint Area Clearance |
| JCM | Joint Countermine |
| JCOS | Joint Countermine Operational Simulation |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JPKF | Joint Peacekeeping Forces |
| JSOTF | Joint Special Operations Task Force |
| JTF | Joint Task Force |
| JUXOCO | Joint UXO Coordination Office |
| LAMD | Lightweight Airborne Multispectral Minefield Detection |
| IGO | international governmental organization |
| ILDC | Improved Landmine Detection Capability |
| NDA | National Democratic Alliance (Ethiopia) |
| SD/SDA | self-destructing/self-deactivating |
| VMMA | Vehicle-Mounted Mine Detector |
| LE | low explosive |
| LIRV | Labor-Intensive Road Verification |
| LIS | Landmine Impact Survey |
| LMIS | Landmines Information System |
| LWF | Lutheran World Federation |
| LWOB | Lessons Without Borders (USAID) |
| LWR | Lutheran World Relief |
| MA | medical assistance |
| MAP | Medical Assistance Program |
| MAP | mine action program |
| MAROFR | Marine forces |
| MC | mine clearance |
| MCAP | Mine Clearing/Armor Protection Kit |
| MCB | mine-clearing blade |
| MCC | Mennonite Central Committee |
| MCR | Mine-Clearing Roller |
| MCSC | Mine-Clearance Sub-Committee |
| MCTC | Mine Clearance Training Center |
| MDDC | Mine Detection Dog Center |
| MENA | Middle East/North Africa |
| MICLIC | mine-clearing line charge |
| MILTRA | military training |
| MINADER | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Angola) |
| MINED | Ministry of Education (Angola) |
| MINEDEMON | Mine Database Demonstrator |
| MINIPLAN | Ministry of Planning (Angola) |
| MINSA | Ministry of Health (Angola) |
| MMCM | Magnetic Mine Countermeasures |
| MNS | mine neutralization system |
| MOA | Ministry of Agriculture |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance |
| MOH | Ministry of Health |
| MONUA | Mission of UN Observers (Angola) |
| MOPH | Ministry of Public Health |
| MOPMS | Modular Pack Mine System |
| MOZMAC | Mozambique Mine Action Center |
| MTT | Monitoring and Training Team |
| MUP | Serbian Special Police |
| MVF | Mine Victims Fund |
| MWD | Military War Disabled |
| NAVFOR | Navy forces |
| NCRP | National Community Rehabilitation Program |
| NDIM | National Demining Institute of Mozambique |
| NDLC | Namibian Demining Liaison Committee |
| NDPH | National Directorate of Public Health |
| NEO | non-combatant evacuation order |
| NFP | not-for-profit |
| NGIC | National Ground Intelligence Center (U.S. Army) |
| NIS | National Institute of Statistics |
| NMCC | National Mine Clearance Commission |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NMRS | Near-Term Mine Reconnaissance System |
| NRC | Norwegian Refugee Council |
| NSD | non self-destruct |
| NSD-A | non self-destruct alternative |
| O&M | operation and maintenance |
| OCONUS | outside the continental United States |
| ODA | Overseas Development Agency (UK; now DFID) |
| ODA | Overseas Development Assistance |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OECF | Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
| OHR | Office of the High Representative |
| OLS | Operation Lifeline Sudan |
| OMAR | Organization for Mine Awareness and Rehabilitation (Cambodia; formerly OMA) |
| ONS | Obstacle Neutralization System |
| ONUMOZ | UN Operations in Mozambique |
| OTI | Office of Transition Initiative (USAID) |
| OUSD(A&T) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) |
| PAD | Accelerated Demining Program (aka ADP; formerly UNADP) |
| BiH | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PAT | prototype assessment test |
| Pd | probability of detection |
| Pf/Pfa | probability of false alarm |
| PEER | Program for Emergency and Reconstruction (UNESCO) |
| PEPAM | Population to Prevent Mine Accidents |
| PHC | Primary Health Care |
| PHCG | Provincial Humanitarian Coordination Group |
| PHD | Provincial Health Delegation |
| PK | Peacekeeping |
| PK/HA | Peacekeeping / Humanitarian Assistance |
| PLO | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| POAT | Psychological Operations Assessment Team |
| PRCS | Pakistan Red Crescent Society |
| PRO | Protracted Relief Operation |
| PSO | Provincial Sub-Offices |
| QFY | Quarter of a Fiscal Year |
| QIP | Quick Impact Project |
| QRF | Quick Response Fund |
| QRF/D | Quick Response Fund for Demobilization |
| R&D | research and development |
| RAAM | remote anti-armor mine |
| RAAMS | remote anti-armor mine system |
| RAMICS | Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System |
| RATTLER | Rapid Tactical Terrain Limiter |
| RCAF | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |
| RCPD | Rehabilitation Center for the Physically Disabled |
| RCSA | Regional Center for Southern Africa (USAID) |
| RCSS | Remote Combat Support System |
| RDA | research, development and acquisition |
| RDDS | Research and Development Descriptive Summary |
| RDT&E | research, development, test and evaluation |
| REDSO | Regional Economic Development Support Office (USAID) |
| RHUDO | Regional Housing and Urban Development Office (USAID) |
| RI | Relief International |
| RMAC | Regional Mine Action Center |
| RRI | Refugee Relief International |
| RSD | Rehabilitation Services Database |
| RSO | Regional Security Office |
| RUDEVEO | Rural Development and Voluntary Organization |
| S/GHD | Secretary, Global Humanitarian Demining (U.S. DOS) |
| SA | security assistance |
| SAEDF | Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund |
| SATMO | Security Assistance Training Management Organization |
| SCATMINE | scatterable mine |
| SCATMINWARN | scatterable minefield warning |
| SDC | Selection and Demobilization Centers |
| SEAR | Special Subsidy to Support Reinstallation (Angola) |
| SeCoR | Community Referral System [for demobilized soldiers] (Angola) |
| SEED | Support for Eastern European Democracy |
| SLAM | Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition |
| SLIRI | Sudan Landmines Information and Response Initiative |
| SMSP | Second Meeting of States Parties |
| SNR | National Service for Reconstruction (Angola) |
| SOF | special operations forces |
| SOLIC | Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict |
| SOSCOM | Special Operations Support Command |
| SP | States Parties [to the Mine Ban Treaty] |
| SPA | Special Program of Assistance for Africa |
| SRSG | Special Representative of the Secretary General |
| STX | situational training exercise |
| SWAAD | Southwest Afghan Agency for Demining |
| SWATF | Southwest African Territorial Forces |
| T/MDV | towing/mine detection vehicle |
| TACOM | Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command |
| TMSP | Third Meeting of States Parties |
| TRANSCOM | Transportation Command |
| TSC | training support center |
| TST | tactical support team |
| TWGDR | Technical Working Group on Demobilization and Reintegration |
| UCAH | Huanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (Angola) |
| UMCOR | United Methodist Committee on Relief |
| UNAHT | UN Advanced Humanitarian Team |
| UNCRO | UN Confidence Restoration Operation (Croatia) |
| UNDG | UN Development Group |
| UNDRO | UN Disaster Releif Organization |
| UNFPA | UN Population Fund |
| UN-HACU | UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit |
| UNHCHR | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNITAF | UN International Task Force |
| UNLDB | UN Landmine Database |
| UNMACTP/MCP | UN Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Program/Mine Clearance Program |
| UNMCP | UN Mine Clearance Program |
| UNMEE | UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| UNOCHA | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNOG | UN Office, Geneva |
| UNOHAC | UN Special Coordinator of Emergency Relief Operations |
| USACAPOC | U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command |
| USACOM | U.S. Atlantic Command |
| USAREUR | U.S. Army Europe |
| USASFC | U.S. Army Special Forces Command |
| USASOC | U.S. Army Special Operations Command |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| USCINCEUR | U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USEUCOM | U.S. European Command |
| USJFCOM | U.S. Joint Forces Command |
| USN | U.S. Navy |
| USSOUTHCOM | U.S. Southern Command |
| UW | unconventional warfare |
| UXOCOE | UXO Center of Excellence |
| VAM | Vulnerability Assessment Mapping |
| VJ | Vojska Jugoslavic (the Yugoslav army) |
| WCMD | wind-corrected munitions dispenser |
| WVF | War Victims Fund |
| WVI | World Vision International |
| UNADP | UN Accelerated Demining Program (Mozambique; aka UNDAP) |
| AAR | Association to Aid Refugees |
| VTF | Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action |
| EEBC | Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission |
| MAO | Mine Action Office (Macedonia) |
| AMAE | Albanian Mine Action Executive |
| ARC | Albanian Red Cross |
| VMA | Victims of Mines and Weapons Association |
| AMC | Anti-Mine Committee |
| ERP | Emergency Recovery Program/Project |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
| FUDS | formerly used/utilized defense sites |
| NCO | non-commissioned officer |
| AB | anti-boat |
| ACH | Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities |
| APOPO | AntiPersoonsmijn- en OntmijningsProductOntwikkeling |
| CB | U.S. Army Combat Boot |
| CHP | Conical Hand Protector |
| CHP | Conical Hand Protector |
| DRDC | Defence Research and Development Canada |
| DTIFJ | DTIF online journal |
| DwB | Design without Borders |
| EFGPR | Energy-Focused GPR |
| EM | electromagnetic |
| GGE | Group of Government Experts |
| HDI | Humpty Dumpty Institute |
| HIC | Head Injury Criterion |
| HIC | Head Impact Criterion |
| HMAU | Humanitarian Mine Action Unit |
| HSUS | Humane Society of the United States |
| K9DC | Canine Demining Corps (part of MLI) |
| KAP | Knowledge Attitude Practice |
| KIMS | Kinematic Induction Magnetic Survey |
| LAF | Lebanese Armed Forces |
| MAXX | Mini-Mulcher |
| MDDS | Mine Detection and Detonation System |
| MES | Med-Eng Systems |
| MREC | MRE Coordinator |
| MRM | Mechanical Reproduction Mine |
| MSR | main supply route |
| MTS | Mine Trauma Score |
| Norad | Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| NTC | National Training Centre (Eritrea) |
| OHP | Overhand Protector |
| POL | petroleum, oil and lubricants |
| RDEC | Research, Development and Engineering Center |
| ROV | remotely operated vehicle |
| RVT | Route Verification Team |
| SRSA | Swedish Rescue Services Agency |
| StanAg | Standardization Agreement |
| TICMA | Training and Information Center for Mine Action |
| TNMA | Technical Note for Mine Action |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| VBS | Visor Band System |
| WG | Working Group |
| REST | Remote Explosive Scent Tracing |
| USAISR | United States Army Institute of Surgical Research |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| SWEDEC | Swedish EOD and Demining Center |
| RSP | Swedish National Police Board |
| FMV | Defence Material Administration (Sweden) |
| FOI | Defence Research Agency (Sweden) |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development [Cooperation] Agency |
| MASS | Mine Action Support Section |
| IEDD | improvised explosive device disposal |
| CBRMD | chemical, biological and radiological munition disposal |
| EOD IS | EOD Information System |
| ITEP | International Test and Evaluation Program [for Humanitarian Demining] |
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