Title: Argentina. White Paper on National Defense
ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
ABACC:
Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Nuclear Material Control and Accounting
Ad:
Administration
AFJP:
Pension Fund Manager
AFNE:
Sttate-owned Naval Shipyards and Factories
AM:
Material Area (in Air Force Material Command)
AMAS:
South Atlantic Maritime Area
ANLIS:
National Health Laboratories and Institutes Administration "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán"
ARN:
Nuclear Regulating Authority
BAM:
Air Military Base
BR. A:
Air Brigade
Br. Aerot:
Airborne Brigade
Br. Bl:
Armored Brigade
Br. Ec:
School Brigade
Br. M:
Mountain Brigade
Br. Mec:
Mechanized Brigade
Br. Mte:
Forest Brigade
BWC:
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
CAECOPAZ:
Argentine PKO Joint Training Center
CAMAS:
South Atlantic Shipping Area Coordinator.
CCEEOO:
Strategic Operational Commands
CEILAP:
Center for Laser Research and Uses
CEICOR:
Center for Corrosion Research
CEIPEIN:
Center for Pests and Pesticides Research
CEPAL:
Economic Commission for Latin America
CICR:
International Red Cross Committee
CITEFA:
Armed Forces Scientific and Technical Research Institute
GRUMOVI:
National Mobilization Working Team
GRUTEN:
National Strategy Working Team
IAF:
Financial Assistance Institute for Military Retirement and Pensions
ICC-SHAPE:
International Coordination Center - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe
Icia:
Intelligence
ID:
Research & Development (R& D)
IGM:
Military Geographic Institute
IM:
Marine Corps
INA:
National Water and Environment Institute
INAP:
National Civil Service Institution
INIDEP:
National Fishing -R & D Institute
INTA:
National Agribusiness Technology Institute
INTEMIN:
National Mining Technology Institute
INTI:
National Industrial Technology Institute
Instruc:
Training
INVAP:
Applied Research
J/JEF:
Chief/Chief's Office
JEMCFFAA:
Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces
JEMGA:
Chief of the Navy General Staff
JEMGE:
Chief of the Army General Staff
JEMGFA:
Chief of the Air Force General Staff
JID:
Inter-American Defense Board
JSL:
Senior Logistics Board
Km:
Kilometer
Km2:
Square Kilometers
LAASA:
Lockheed Aircraft Argentina SA
MERCOSUR:
South Common Market
Min:
Ministry
MINUGUA:
UN Mission in Guatemala
MINURSO:
UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MIPONUH:
UN Mission in Haiti
MISIÓN PERM ARG ONU:
Argentine Permanent Mission in the UN
MOMEP:
Military Observers Mission in Ecuador-Peru
MONUA:
UN Observers Mission in Angola
MSU-SFOR:
Multinational Specialized Unit-Stabilization Force in Bosnia
MTCR:
Missile Technology Control Regime
NATO:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
OEA:
Organization of American States(OAS)
OIEA:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
OMI:
International Maritime Organization
OMP:
Peacekeeping Operations
ONG:
Non-Government Organizations
ONU:
United Nations (UN)
PBI:
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
PECIFA:
Armed Forces Civilian Personnel Union
PEN:
National Executive Branch
PFA:
Argentine Federal Police
PG:
General Purpose
PNA:
Argentine Coast Guard
PRINSO:
Research Program in Solids
PYMES:
Small and Medium-sized Companies
QBN:
Chemical Biological Nuclear
RA:
Air Region
RAE:
Specific Allocation Resources
RENAR:
National Weapons Register
RREE:
Foreign Affairs
SA:
Corporation
SAR:
Search and Rescue
SECODENA:
National Defense Council Secretary
SEC.GEN.ONU:
UN Secretary General's Office
SECYT:
Science and Technology Secretariat
SEGEMAR:
Argentine Geology Mining Service
SENC:
National Catalog Service
SHIRBRIG:
Multinational Fast Deployment Brigade
SIDE:
Central Intelligence Agency
SIN:
Naval Intelligence Service
SIJP:
National Retirement and Pension System
SINAPA:
National Civil Service Career System
SMO:
System of Conscript
SMV:
Volunteer Service
S3P:
Planning, Programming and Budgeting System
TAM:
Argentine Medium-sized Tank
TAMSE:
Argentine Medium-sized Tank State-owned Company
TIAR:
Inter American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty
TLATELOLCO:
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Tlatelolco Treaty)
TNP:
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
UAI:
Internal Audit Unit
UNFICYP:
United Nations PKO Force in Cyprus
UNIKOM:
UN Iraq-Kuwait Observers Mission
UNMIBH:
UN Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
UNMOP:
UN Mission in Prevlaka-Croatia
UNPREDEP:
UN Preventive Deployment Force
UNTSO:
UN Truce Oversight Mission in the Middle East
VICEA:
Air Space Surveillance and Control (Group)
ZEE:
Exclusive Economic Zone