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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is Nigeria's federal regulator of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, packaged water, chemicals, and detergents, established in 1992.
National Agrarian Commission
The National Agrarian Commission (Comisión Nacional Agraria) was a Mexican body created by Carranza's Agrarian Law of 6 January 1915 to decide land restitution and grants to pueblos.
National Agricultural Library
The National Agricultural Library is the primary agricultural information resource of the United States, a federal research library in Beltsville, Maryland, holding more than 3.5 million items on agriculture.
National AI Research Institutes
The National AI Research Institutes are a US program led by the National Science Foundation, launched in 2020, funding 29 distributed artificial intelligence research institutes.
National AI Research Resource
The National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) is a US public-private initiative led by the National Science Foundation giving researchers access to AI computing and data.
National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum is a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C. holding the world's largest aviation and spaceflight collection, opened on the National Mall in 1976.
National Air Cargo
National Air Cargo is an American air freight forwarder and cargo airline group founded in 1991, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and a contract carrier for the US Department of Defense.
National Air Races
The National Air Races were annual American aviation competitions first held in 1920, centered on Cleveland, Ohio from 1929 until they ended after a fatal 1949 crash.
National Airlines Flight 102
National Airlines Flight 102 (NCR102), a Boeing 747-400 BCF freighter, crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on April 29, 2013, killing all seven aboard, after improperly restrained MRAP cargo shifted aft and destroyed pitch-control systems.
National Alliance (Italy)
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN), Italian conservative party founded January 1994 by Gianfranco Fini from the neo-fascist MSI; 'post-fascist', won 13.5% in 1994, merged into Berlusconi's People of Freedom (2008/2009); predecessor of Brothers of Italy.
National Alliance (United States)
National Alliance (NA), American neo-Nazi organization founded by William Pierce in 1974, headquartered in Mill Point, West Virginia; publisher of The Turner Diaries; largest US neo-Nazi group in the 1990s, in steep decline under successor Erich Gliebe after Pierce's 2002 death.
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools: US national 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2005, the charter school movement's principal advocacy group; model charter law, state law rankings, Charter Schools Program advocacy at $440 million, led by Starlee Coleman.
National alpine skiing cup circuits
National alpine skiing cup circuits are season-long domestic race series run by national ski federations, sitting below the FIS Continental Cups and ranking racers on national points lists.
National Aluminium Company
National Aluminium Company, known as NALCO, is an Indian state-owned aluminum producer founded in 1981 and based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, operating integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining, and smelting.
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are legally binding EPA limits on six common air pollutants, including ozone, lead, and particle pollution, set under the Clean Air Act.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), formed 1890 from the NWSA–AWSA merger; led state-by-state and federal campaigns for women's vote under Carrie Chapman Catt; became League of Women Voters in 1920.
National Amusement Park of Mongolia
National Amusement Park of Mongolia (Үндэсний Соёл Амралтын Хүрээлэн), the Children's Park, is Ulaanbaatar's largest amusement park: founded 1965, opened 1966, reorganized in 2005 with Itochu, 74% Bodi International-owned, free entry with paid rides.
National Amusements
National Amusements (NAI), formerly Northeast Theatre Corporation, is a Norwood, Massachusetts theater operator (Showcase, Cinema de Lux, Multiplex brands) and former Redstone family holding company that controlled Viacom, CBS and Paramount Global until the 2025 Skydance acquisition.
National and regional societies of international law
National and regional societies of international law are learned societies that promote international law within countries and regions, beginning with the ILA and Institut de Droit International in 1873.
National Animal Health Laboratory Network
National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN): USDA APHIS-NIFA-AAVLD network of 66 State, Federal, and university veterinary diagnostic labs in 43 states, founded 2002 with 12 labs, providing foreign animal disease surveillance, HPAI testing, and outbreak response.
National Animal Identification System
The National Animal Identification System, also called the National Animal Identification Plan, was a voluntary USDA program to trace livestock within 48 hours of a disease diagnosis, abandoned in 2010.
National anthem
A national anthem is a state's official patriotic song, performed at ceremonies and international events as the musical equivalent of the flag. Covers legal designation (US, Canada), themes, adoption, sport use, and anthem protests.
National anthem of Mongolia
The National Anthem of Mongolia (Монгол улсын төрийн дуулал), music by B. Damdinsüren and Mördorj, lyrics T. Damdinsüren, adopted 1950 and revised in 1961, 1990 and 2006.
National anthem of Russia
National anthem of Russia (Государственный гимн Российской Федерации): official anthem since 25 December 2000, using Alexandrov's Soviet-anthem melody with new lyrics by Sergei Mikhalkov; preceded 1990–2000 by Glinka's Patriotic Song.
National anthem of Scotland
National anthem of Scotland: none is official. Flower of Scotland, written by Roy Williamson of the Corries in the mid-1960s, is the de facto anthem at football, rugby, and Commonwealth Games events, with Scotland the Brave as the main alternative.
National anthem of South Africa
National Anthem of South Africa: hybrid anthem adopted 1997, combining Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (Enoch Sontonga, 1897) and Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (Langenhoven/de Villiers), sung in five languages, the only neo-modal national anthem.
National anti-doping organization
A national anti-doping organization (NADO) is the body designated within a country to test athletes, investigate suspected doping, and sanction violations under the World Anti-Doping Code.
National Apology to the Stolen Generations
The National Apology to the Stolen Generations was a formal apology delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008 to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
National Aquarium Denmark
National Aquarium Denmark (Den Blå Planet, Danmarks Akvarium) is Denmark's national aquarium at Kastrup near Copenhagen, opened 21 March 2013, successor to Denmark's Aquarium (1939, Charlottenlund), with 53 tanks, 7 million litres of water, and a whirlpool-shaped 3XN building.
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro (Parque Arqueológico Nacional de Tierradentro), a UNESCO World Heritage site in Inzá, Cauca, Colombia, inscribed 1995, protecting 162 pre-Columbian hypogea (600-900 AD) with painted chambers and stone statues.