US : United States
USSR : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Soviet Union); used for information
dated before 25 December 1991
USSR/EE : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/
Eastern Europe
VHF : very-high-frequency
VSAT : very small aperture terminal
WADB : West African Development Bank
WAEMU : West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL : World Confederation of Labor
Wetlands : Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance Especially As Waterfowl
Habitat
WEU : Western European Union