Arctic Yearbook 2013
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SDWG
Sustainable Development Working Group (Arctic Council)
SIPRI
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SMC
Singapore‘s Maritime Cluster
SNP
Scottish National Party
SOE
State Owned Enterprises
SOF
Ship and Ocean Foundation
SOLAS
Safety of Life at Sea (IMO)
STCW
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers
TNC
Transnational Corporations
TPP
Trans Polar Passage
TSR
Transpolar Sea Route
UDHR
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
UK
United Kingdom
ULCC
Ultra Large Crude Carrier
UN
United Nations
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UNECE United Nations European Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP
United Nations Environmental Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNIS
University of Svalbard
USA
United States of America
USGS
United States Geological Survey
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VLCC
Very Large Crude Carrier
WCED
World Commission on Environment and Development
WDGF
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
WMD
Weapons of Mass Destruction
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WWF
World Wildlife Fund
WWII
World War II