Title: Philippines - 1998 Defense Policy Paper - List of Abbreviations

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS



AFP	Armed Forces of the Philippines
AFTA	ASEAN Free Trade Area
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARF	ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asia Nations
ASEM	Asia-Europe Meeting
BIMP	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
CBM	Confidence-Building Measures
CMO	Civil-Military Operations
COIN	Count-insurgency
CPP	Communist Party of the Philippines
CSCAP	Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
DENR	Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DFA	Department of Foreign Affairs
DILG	Department of Interior and Local Government
DMZ	Demilitarized Zone
DND	Department of National Defense
EAGA	East Asia Growth Area
EEZ	Exclusive Economic Zone
EU	European Union
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GNP	Gross National Product
GRP	Government of the Republic of the Philippines
JCSC	Joint Command and Staff College
MDB	Mutual Defense Board
MDT	Mutual Defense Treaty
MILF	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
MNLF	Moro National Liberation Front
MOA	Memorandum of Agreement
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NDCP	National Defense College of the Philippines
NOE	National Democratic Front
NDP	National Defense Policy
NEA	Northeast Asia
NGO	Non-governmental Organization
NPA	New People's Army
NPT	Non-proliferation Treaty
NSC	National Security Council
NUPD	National Unification Program and Development
PA	Philippine Army
PAF	Philippine Air Force
PIKO	Peace keeping Operations
PLA	People's Liberation Army
PLO	Palestine Liberation Organization
PN	Philippine Navy
PNP	Philippine National Police
RAM	Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabansa
RP	Republic of the Philippines
SCS	South China Sea
SEA	Southeast Asia
SEANWFZ	Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
SRDP	Self-Reliant Defense Posture Program
TAC	Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
UN	United Nations
UNCLOS	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
WTO	World Trade Organization
ZOPFAN	Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality