U.N. Abbreviations - P
Abbreviations and Acronyms used on Origin Cachets, Bar Codes, Conference Cancels and Cachets, etc.-
THE UN, ITS AGENCIES, & ITS PREDECESSORS
THE UN, ITS AGENCIES, & ITS PREDECESSORS
| Where used: | UNNY-UN New York | OC-Origin Cachet | Language: | Eng.-English | Gr.-German |
| UNG-UN Geneva | BC-Bar Code | Fr.-French | Sp.-Spanish | ||
| CC-Corner Card | RM-Receiving Mark | It.-Italian | Por.-Portugese | ||
| DM-Dispatching Mark | UNV-UN Vienna | Sw.-Swedish | |||
| LON-League of Nations | FF-Free Frank | ||||
| CON-Conference Cancel or Cachet, etc. | |||||
| Abbreviation | Where Used | Language | Meaning | Image |
| PAHO | WHO OC | Eng. | Pan-American Health Organization |  |
| PAM | WFP CC | Fr. | World Food Programme |  |
| PATD | UN BC | Eng. | Dept. of Political Affairs, Trusteeship & Decolonization |  |
| PCIJ | PCIJ | Eng. | Permanent Court of International Justice | |
| PCIRO | IRO | Eng. | Preparatory Committee, IRO |  |
| PDY | ICAO OC | Eng. | Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen |  |
| PENS. | LON OC | Fr. | Pension Fund Secretariat |  |
| ILO OC | Fr. | Pension Service |  | |
| PER | WIPO OC | Personnel Section |  | |
| PER/ADM | WHO OC | Eng. | Div. of Personnel, Contract Administration |  |
| PER/GST | WHO OC | Eng. | Div. of Personnel, General Service Staff |  |
| PER/MPR | WHO OC | Eng. | Div. of Personnel, Manpower Resources Administration |  |
| PER/OMS | WHO OC | Eng. | Personnel Section |  |
| PER/P | UNESCO OC | Eng. | Personnel Section, Professionals |  |
| PER/PRC | WHO OC | Eng. | Div. of Personnel, Professional Candidates |  |
| PER/PRR | WHO OC | Eng. | Div. of Personnel, Personnel Planning and Recruitment |  |
| PERS. | GATT OC | Eng. | Personnel Section |  |
| PERS.DIV. | UNG OC | Eng. | Personnel Division |  |
| PERS/EMRO | WHO OC | Eng. | Personnel Section, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office |  |
| PERS/EURO | WHO OC | Eng. | Personnel Section, European Regional Office |  |
| PERS/OMS | WHO OC | Fr. | Personnel Section |  |
| PERS.SERV. | UNG OC | Eng. | Personnel Service |  |
| PHI | UN CC | Eng. | Philippines |  |
| PI | WHO OC | Eng. | Division of Public Information |  |
| PICAO | ICAO CON | Eng. | Provisional ICAO |  |
| PNUD | UN OC | Fr., Sp., Por. | UN Development Programme |  |
| PNUE | UN | Fr. | UN Environment Programme (1972-date) |  |
| PNUMA | UN CON | Sp. | UN Environment Programme |  |
| POL. | LON OC | Fr. | Political Section |  |
| POP.DIV. | ESCAP OC | Eng. | Population Division |  |
| PP02 | ITU CON | Eng. | ITU Plenipopotentiary Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 2002 |  |
| PP06 | ITU CON | Eng. | ITU Plenipopotentiary Conference, Antalya, Turkey, 2007 |  |
| PREALC | ILO OC | Sp. | ILO Regional Employment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean |  |
| PRES | ICAO RM | Eng. | President of ICAO Council |  |
| WHO OC | Eng. | Printing Section |  | |
| PROGRAMME | UNEP OC | Eng. | Office of Environment Programme |  |
| PROJ CT | ICAO DM | Eng. | Project ?? |  |
| PRS | UNESCO OC | Sector for General Programmes & Programme Support |  | |
| PRSY | UN OC | Eng. | Peoples Republic of South Yemen |  |
| PSCA | UN BC | Eng. | Dept. of Political and Security Council Affairs |  |
| PUB | UN BC | Eng. | Sales Section | |
| PUB/CPD | UNESCO OC | Fr. | Office of UNESCO Press, Courier & Periodicals Div. |  |
| PUB/C-PROMO | UNESCO OC | Fr. | Office of UNESCO Press, Commercial Services Div, Promotions |  |
| PUB/C-VENTES | UNESCO OC | Fr. | Office of UNESCO Press, Commercial Services Div., Sales |  |
| PUBL. | LON OC | Fr. | Publications Section |  |
| UNG OC | Fr. | Publications Section |  | |
| PUBL CIJ | UNG OC | Fr. | Publications Section, International Court of Justice |  |
| PUBL OMS | WHO OC | Fr. | Publications Section |  |
| PUBS. | GATT OC | Publications Section |
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