Below is our list of acronyms and terms commonly used in FCTC COP discourse.
AFRO: African Region
AMRO: Region of the Americas
COI: Conflict of interest
COP: Conference of the Parties
ENDS: Electronic nicotine delivery systems
ENNDS: Electronic non-nicotine delivery systems
EMRO: Eastern Mediterranean Region
FCA: Framework Convention Alliance
FCTC: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, download the treaty here
HTPs: Heated tobacco products
IGO: Inter-governmental organisation
Intersessional period: the two-year period between regular sessions of the COP
TobLabNet: WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network
MOP: Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
NGO: Non governmental organisation
Party: a country which has signed and ratified the FCTC
SEARO: South-East Asian Region
TFI: Tobacco Free Initiative
THR: Tobacco Harm Reduction
TL;DR: “Too long didn’t read”
WHO: World Health Organization
Also see WHO’s Glossary of terms used in the WHO FCTC and its instruments https://www.who.int/fctc/reporting/glossary_fctc/en/