AUSTRALIA’S OVERSEAS AID PROGRAM
2005–06
STATEMENT BY
THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER DOWNER MP
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
10 MAY 2005
© Commonwealth of Australia 2005
ISBN 1741614 74 0
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Abbreviations and acronyms
ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADF Asian Development Fund
ADRP AusAID Development Research Program
ADS Australian Development Scholarships
AFP Australian Federal Police
AIPRD Australia–Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development
AMS Activity Management System
ANCP AusAID–NGO Cooperation Program
APEC Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARDS Australian Regional Development Scholarships
ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development
AYAD Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development
CFTC Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
DAC Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)
DAP Direct Aid Program
DPLGA (Papua New Guinea) Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs
ECP Enhanced Cooperation Program
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEF Global Environment Facility
GNI Gross National Income
GST Goods and Services Tax
HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IDA International Development Association
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IOM International Organisation for Migration
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation
LAPIS (Indonesia) Learning Assistance Program for Islamic Schools
MDB Multilateral Development Bank
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MPMF Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund
NGO Non Government Organisation
NHASP (Papua New Guinea) National HIV/AIDS Support Project
OCHA (United Nations) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OGD Other Government Department
PNG Papua New Guinea
PPII (Papua New Guinea) Provincial Performance Improvement Initiative
RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SNI (Papua New Guinea) Sub-National Initiative
SPA Strategic Partnership Agreement
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease
UN United Nations
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency
WFP World Food Programme
WHO World Health Organisation
WTO World Trade Organisation