Source: http://www.usia.gov/regional/eur/balkans/kosovo/glossary/j-r.htm
Accessed 13 April 1999

The Crisis in Kosovo

Glossary of Acronyms and Terms

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JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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KDOM

Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission. A mission formed from diplomatic representatives of the United States, Russia, Canada and several EU countries to collect and distribute information on the humanitarian situation in Kosovo.

KLA

The Kosovo Liberation Army. The KLA is also known by it Albanian acronym, UCK.

KVCC

Kosovo Verification Coordination Centre.

KVM

Kosovo Verification Mission. OSCE-run land-based mission. See also AVM.

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LDK

Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës. The Democratic League of Kosovo -- Ibrahim Rugova's political movement. Moderate, nonviolent Kosovar Albanian party.

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MSF

Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders). A humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. Kosovo.

MUP

Military Uniformed Police. The Serbian forces currently active in Kosovo.

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NAC

North Atlantic Council. This body has effective political authority and powers of decision and consists of PERM REPs of all member countries meeting together at least once a week. The Council also meets at higher levels involving Foreign Ministers or Heads of Government but it has the same authority and powers of decision-making, and its decisions have the same status and validity, at whatever level it meets.

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949, creating an alliance of 12 independent nations committed to each other's defense. Four more European nations later acceded to the Treaty between 1952 and 1982.

See also several items on NATO enlargement to the East, impact on the PFP members and others:

• NATO Enlargement: The Process and Allied Views, Congressional Research Service Document, by Paul E. Gallis (Washington, DC, July 1, 1997)
• NATO Enlargement: U.S. and International Efforts to Assist Potential New Members, General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives (Washington, DC, June 27, 1997)

Non-Article V

NATO military deployments which do not fall under the Article V mutual defense clause for example, the IFOR deployment in Bosnia.

NSC

1. National Security Council.
2. NATO Supply Center.

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ODIHR

OSCE Office of Democracy and Human Rights.

OSCE

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Poland is current in the chair of the OSCE, an organization of 55 states from Ireland and Albania to Uzbekistan. The membership of the FRY has been suspended. Formerly CSCE.

OTAN

Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord. French abbreviation for NATO.

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PERM REP

Permanent Representative to the NAC.

PFP/PfP

Partnership for Peace. The 27 members of the PFP program work in cooperation with NATO toward the common goal of stabilization through joint military exercises and conferences on civilian control of the military. Membership: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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RPG

Rocket propelled grenade.

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