ACRONYMS

ACF-USA

Action Against Hunger – USA

ARLPI

Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative

CMI

Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence

CPU

Child Protection Units

EDF

Equatorian Defence Force, a Sudanese armed group supported by the Sudanese government

FHRI

Foundation for Human Rights Initiate

GAM

Global Acute Malnutrition

GUSCO

Gulu Save Our Children

HRC

Uganda Human Rights Commission

HSM

Holy Spirit Movement

HURIFO

Human Rights Focus, Gulu, Uganda

HURIPEC

Peace and Human Rights Center of Makerere University

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

IDP

Internally displaced person

IRC

International Rescue Committee

ISO

Internal Security Organization

KAP

Kalangala Action Plan

LAPEWA

Laroo Peace Women's Association

LC

Local Councils, formerly known as Resistance Councils (RC)

LCIII

Sub county leaders

LDU

Local Defence Unit

LRA

Lord's Resistance Army

NGO

Non Government Organization

NRA

National Resistance Army, subsequently renamed the UPDF

NRM

President Museveni's political organization

OLS

Operation Lifeline Sudan, a U.N. emergency relief operation serving Sudan

PRO

Public Relations Officer

RDC

Resident District Commissioners

RPG

Rocket propelled grenade launcher

SPLM/A

Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army

STD

Sexually Transmitted Disease

UHRC

Uganda Human Rights Commission

UNAIDS

U.N. AIDS program

UNEDOC

Uganda Human Rights Education and Documentation Center

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNLA

Uganda National Liberation Army

U.N. OCHA

U.N. Organisation for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UNRF II

Uganda National Rescue Front II

UPDA

Ugandan People's Democratic Army

UPDF

Uganda People's Defence Force

WFP

World Food Programme