AC/UNU American Council for The United Nations University

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ANC African National Congress

ARPA NET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ATC Appalachian Trail Conference

AT&T Atlantic And Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company

CAPMs Capital Asset Pricing Models

CATV Cable Television

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CNN Central News Network

CSCE Conference of Security and Cooperation in Europe

DVC Digital Video Communications

ECA Economic Commission for Africa

ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (of The United Nations)

ECOWAS EConomic Community of West African States

OECD Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

EFTA European Free Trade Association

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EU European Union

FRG Federal Republic of Germany

G-7 Policy Consortium of The United States, Germany, Japan, France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Canada

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GBN Global Business Network

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GNP Gross National Product

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IIST International Institute for Software Technology

IMF International Monetary Fund

INEDSAT International Education Satellite Consortium ("Cybertopia" Scenario)

IFAD International Fund For Agricultural Development

INMEDSAT International Medical Satellite Consortium ("Cybertopia" Scenario)

INSPACO International Space Consortium ("Cybertopia" Scenario)

INWEH International Network on Water, Environment, and Health (UNU)

IO International Organizations

ITU International Telecommunications Union

LDC Less Developed Countries

LWR Light Water Reactor

MOO MUD's Object Oriented

MUD Multi User Dungeons

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NIF National Islamic Front

NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty

ODA Official Development Aid

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

POTS Plain Old Telephone Service

R&D Research and Development

RIO Rio Earth Summit Meeting 1992

SDRs Special Drawing Rights

SADAC South African Development And Cooperation

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

STD Sexually Transmitted Disease

STI Sexually Transmitted Infections

TB Tuberculosis

TFG The Futures Group

TPE Total Petroleum Energy

UN United Nations

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNCED United Nations Conferences on Environment and Development

UNDP United Nations Development Program

UNEP United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNSIA United Nations Security Insurance Agency (Normative Scenario)

UNU United Nations University

UNU/INWEH United Nations University/International Network On Water, Environment, And Health

UNU/IIST United Nations University/International Institute For Software Technology

UNU/WIDER United Nations University/World Institute For Development Economics Research

URLs Uniform Resource Locators

USAID United States Agency For International Development

US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

WHO World Health Organization

WIDER World Institute for Development Economics Research

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

WTO World Trade Organization

WWW World Wide Web