Acronyms
ABAS Proposed new province in Aceh, Southwest Aceh (Aceh Barat Selatan)
ALA Proposed new province in Aceh (Aceh Leuser Antara)
AMM Aceh Monitoring Mission
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASNLF Aceh Sumatra National Liberation Front
BIN National Intelligence Agency (Badan Intelijen Nasional)
BRA Aceh Reintegration Board (Badan Reintegrasi Aceh)
BRR Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board
CMI Crisis Management Initiative
CoHA Cessation of Hostilities Agreement
CRT Civilian Response Team
CSO Civil society organization
DPD Senate (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)
DPR People's Legislative Assembly (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)
DOM Military operations zone
GALAKSI Gayo-Alas-Singkil, three ethnic groups represented in a proposed new province in Aceh
GAM Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka)
GoI Government of Indonesia
FKK Communication and Coordination Forum (Forum Komunikasi dan Koordinasi)
FPSG Resistance Front Against GAM Separatists (Front Perlawanan Separatis GAM )
HDC Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
JSC Joint Security Committee
KOMNAS HAM National Commission on Human Rights
KPA Aceh Transitional Committee (Komite Peralihan Aceh, demobilized GAM armed forces)
LoGA Law on the Governing of Aceh
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MOI Mobil Oil Indonesia
MPR People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)
NAD Aceh province (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, lit. Aceh Land of Peace)
NGO Non-governmental organization
NII Islamic State of Indonesia (Negara Islam Indonesia)
PAN National Mandate Party
PETA Indonesian army-backed militias (pembela tanah air, 'homeland defenders')
PKS Justice and Welfare Party
POLRI Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Republik Indonesia)
PPP United Development Party
SIRA Aceh Referendum Information Centre (Sentral Informasi Referendum)
TNA Military wing of GAM (Tentara Negara Aceh)
TNI Indonesian military (Tentara Nasional Indonesia)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
Glossary
Brimob paramilitary police in Aceh (abbr. of Brigade Mobil)
Bupati administrative chief in a rural district, mayor
Geuchik village head
Kabupaten administrative district
Kecamatan subdistrict
Kota city
Makar rebellion
Organic/non-organic forces 'Organic' denotes troops recruited within their own province and permanently attached to the local territorial command structure. 'Non-organic' refers to troops deployed to a province on a short-term basis for specific combat exercises and counterinsurgency operations.
Pancasila the founding ideology of the Indonesian state which emphasizes unity
Pemekaran procedure for creating new administrative units (lit. blossoming)
Provokator a term widely used to attribute violence to unknown actors, though over time associated increasingly with the Indonesian military
Qanun provincial administrative regulation
Reformasi process of social and political liberalization following the fall of the Suharto regime
Ulama Islamic religious scholars
Wilayah district
