Glossary beginning with O
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- Ocean and islands
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Ocean: The mass of water occupying all of the Earth's surface not occupied by land, but excluding all lakes and inland seas.Island: A land mass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water .
- Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
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An organisational unit within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) responsible for leading and coordinating the U.S. GovernmentÕs response to disasters overseas.
- Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator (see also OCHA)
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UNDRO was previously a standalone organisation of the United Nations that assisted in the UN deliverance of disaster and emergency relief . In 1992 it was incorporated in the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the UN Secretariat by the Secretary General.
- Officials Domestic and External Security Committee (NZ)
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<p>A New Zealand government committee responsible for providing the Prime Minister with strategic policy advice and oversight on security and intelligence matters.</p>
- Opportunity Cost
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The cost of an economic activity foregone by the choice of another activity.
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
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An international community, created in 1970, representing 80 member states and governments (57 members and 23 observers) where French is the customary language and where there is a notable affiliation with French culture . The IOFÕs mission is to embody the active solidarity between its memberÕs states. IOF organises political activities and actions of multilateral cooperation that benefit French-speaking populations.
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
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The implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention which prohibits the use of chemical weapons and requires their destruction. OPCW is comprised of 190 member states, working together to achieve a world free of chemical weapons.