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xix Abbreviations and Acronyms ACS Association of Caribbean States ALBA Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation BNDES Brazilian National Development Bank CES Eurasian Common Economic Space CGETI Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (BRICS) CHIMEA China-India-Middle East-Africa ‘Indian Ocean Nexus’ COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CSD South American Defense Council CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organisation DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa DIRCO Department of International Relations & Cooperation (S. Africa) EAC East African Community FOCAC Forum for China Africa Cooperation FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas GCC Gulf Cooperation Council GEMs Global Economic Models IBSAMAR IBSA Maritime Exercises (India-Brazil-South Africa) ICC International Criminal Court IOR-ARC Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation IPEA Brazilian Institute for Economic Applied Research IPRI Research Institute on International Relations, Brazilian Foreign Ministry ITEC Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation MDGs Millennium Development Goals MEA Ministry of External Affairs (India) MENA Middle East and North Africa MERCOSUR Southern Common Market (South America) NAM Non-Aligned Movement NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group ONGC Videsh National Oil & Natural Gas Company of India REC Regional Economic Community xx ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS RIC Russia-India-China Ministerial RMB Renminbi (China’s currency) R2P Responsibility to Protect Doctrine SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SACOIR South African Council on International Relations (DIRCO) SACU Southern African Customs Union SADPA South African Development Partnership Agency (DIRCO) SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SSM Special Safeguard Mechanism (agricultural import protection) TTA Trilateral Trade Agreement (IBSA/Mercosur, SACU, India) UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UNASUR Union of South American Nations UNECLAC UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ZPCSA Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic ...

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