U.N. Abbreviations - B

Abbreviations and Acronyms used on Origin Cachets, Bar Codes, Conference Cancels and Cachets, etc.-
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
BAT.LON OC Fr. Building Committee 
BDIUN CC Eng. Burundi 
BELBATUN OC Eng. UNPROFOR Belgian Battalion 
BENICAO OC Eng. Benin 
BFIWHO OC Eng. Div. of Budget and Finance 
BFI/TSYWHO OC Eng. Div. of Budget and Finance, Treasury 
BFO/EUROWHO OC Eng. Budget and Finance Office, European Regional Office 
BGDUN OC Eng. Bangladesh 
BIASAICAO OC ?? ?? (Indonesia) 
BIBL.LON OC Fr. Library 
 UNG OC Fr. Library 
 ILO OC Fr. Library 
B.I.E.BIE OC Fr. International Education Bureau 
BIREMEWHO OC Por. Latin American & Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information, Brazil 
BIRPIWIPO Fr. International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property 
BITILO OC Fr. International Labor Office 
 ILO CON Fr. International Labor Office 
BKFUN OC Eng. Burkina Faso 
B.L.SEC.LON OC Eng. Board of Liquidation Secretariat 
BOLUN CC Eng. Bolivia 
BONUCAUN Fr. UN Peace-Building Mission in Central African Republic 
BOTUN Eng. Botswana 
BPERS.LON OC Fr. Personnel Bureau 
B.PERS.UNG OC Fr. Personnel Bureau 
BP OMSWHO OC Fr. WHO Personnel Bureau 
BRAFAO CC Eng. Brazil 
BSW.LON OC Fr. Bureau of Mr. Arthur Sweetzer (Liaison with USA) 
BUDFINILO OC Eng. Budget and Finance Section 
BUDGETILO OC Eng. Budget Section 
BUD/REGILO OC Fr. Regular Budget Section 
BURICAO OC Eng. Burma (now Myanmar) 


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