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Source: Ilse van Velzen /IFProductions Acronyms ADRP Angola Demobilization and Reintegration Programme CCPM Joint Political-Military Commission CMVF Joint Ceasefire Verification and Monitoring Commission COIEPA Inter-Ecclesial Committee for Peace in Angola DDR Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration DRC Democratic Republic of Congo FAA Angolan Armed Forces FALA Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola FAPLA Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola FLEC Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda FNLA National Front for the Liberation of Angola GA Gathering Area GDP Gross Domestic Product GRAE Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile GURN Government of National Unity and Reconciliation IDP Internally Displaced Person LIMA Independent League of Angolan Women MFA Movement of the Armed Forces MMC Joint Military Commission MONUA United Nations Observer Mission in Angola MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola OAU Organization of Africa Unity OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OMA Organization of Angolan Women QF Quartering and Family Area SWAPO South West Africa People’s organization UCAH Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit UNAVEM United Nations Angolan Verification Mission UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNITA Union for the Total Independence of Angola UNITA-R Union for the Total Independence of Angola #8211; Renewed UNMA United Nations Mission in Angola UNOA United Nations Office in Angola UNSC United Nations Security Council UPA Union of the Peoples of Angola UPNA Union of the Peoples of Northern Angola Glossary Assimilado Indigenous person ‘assimilated’ by the colonial regime enjoying some of the rights of Portuguese citizens Clientelismo The practice whereby political leaders or party officials provide benefits or services in exchange for loyalty Deconcentration The redistribution of decision-making, financial and management responsibilities to lower levels of central government structures, often to provincial and district levels Mestiço Person of mixed black (African) and white (European) parentage Musseques Slums in Luanda Triple zero clause A clause in the Bicesse Accords which obliges the government and UNITA to refrain from acquiring lethal material, as well as indicating the agreement of the US and the Soviet Union to cease the supply of lethal material to any Angolan party and to encourage other countries to do the same Troika Portugal, the US and the USSR (later Russia) in their role as observers of the Angolan peace processes
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