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Abbreviations and Acronyms

D.C.                 District Commissioner

DHA                 Department of Humanitarian Affairs

D.O.                 District Officer

ECOSOC          U.N. Economic and Social Council

E.U.                  European Union

FERA                February the Eighteenth Resistance Army

FORD               Forum for the Restoration of Democracy

IASC                Inter-Agency Standing Committee

ICCPR              International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR            International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

KADU               Kenya African Democratic Union

KANU               Kenya African National Union

Kshs.               Kenya shilling [U.S.$1 = Kshs.55 in this report]

Quips              Quick Impact Projects

NCCK               National Council of Churches of Kenya

NCDP               National Committee for Displaced Persons

NGO                Nongovernmental organization

P.C.                  Provincial Commissioner

U.N.                 United Nations

UNDP              U.N. Development Program

UNHCR            Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF            U.N. Children’s Fund

UNIFEM           U.N. Development Fund for Women

U.S.                 United States

U.K                  United Kingdom

WFP                 World Food Program

WHO                World Health Organization

WPCC              Western Province Coordinating Committee