United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (also known as UNCTAD according to abbreviationfinder) is a permanent intergovernmental body. Principal body of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment and development. As the central UN focal point for least developed countries, he has played a leading role in organizing UN conferences on least…
Category: Geography
UTC – Universal Time Coordinated
Coordinated universal time ―known by its acronym in English UTC ( universal time coordinated) ― or civil time and civil time is the reference time zone with respect to which all other zones of the world are calculated. It is the successor of GMT (Greenwich mean time: Greenwich mean time), and is still colloquially called…
National University of Austral Patagonia (Argentina)
National University of Austral Patagonia. Public university of Argentina with headquarters in the city of Río Gallegos, province of Santa Cruz. Formed from the resizing of the National University of the South and has more than 6,000 students. Historical review In 1962, the first Center for Higher Studies attached to the National University of the…
OAS – Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (or OAS according to Abbreviationfinder.org) was created in 1948 when the Charter of the OAS was signed in Bogotá (Colombia), which entered into force in December 1951, with the objective of achieving in its member states, as stipulated in the Article 1 of the Charter, an order of peace and justice, promote…
Buffalo
Buffalo. They are extremely docile animals and easily adapt to adverse tropical conditions where cattle hardly survive. They are very long-lived animals, they can live more than 18 years of age in production. General characteristics The water buffalo is a domestic animal native to the swampy or semi-swampy areas of Asia. The species “Bubalus bubalis”…
ICJ – International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice, abbreviated as ICJ by Abbreviationfinder.org, French Cour Internationale de Justice [ku ː r ε tεrnasj ɔ nal də ʒ ys tis], abbreviation C. I. J. [was ʒ i], English International Court of Justice [ ɪ ntə næ ʃ nl k ɔ ː t ɔ f d ʒ ʌ st ɪ s], abbreviation I….
LN – League of Nations
Short for LN by Abbreviationfinder.org, League of Nations, French Société des Nations [s ɔ sje te ː de na sj ɔ ], English League of Nations [li ː g əv ne ɪ ʃ nz], 1920-46, an international organization dedicated to safeguarding world peace; The seat was in Geneva. Organization The highest body was the Federal…
Meaning of BRICS
According to abbreviationfinder, the acronym BRICS is used to name the group formed by Brazil (B), Russia (R), India (I), China (C) and South Africa (S). These are the five most important nations with emerging or recently industrialized economies on the planet. In 2001, the English economist Jim O’Neill postulated the idea of BRIC: the…