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National Council of Provinces
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is South Africa's second parliamentary chamber, established February 1997 to replace the Senate. It has 90 delegates, 10 per province, votes by provincial mandate on section 76 bills, and includes 10 non-voting SALGA representatives.
National Council of Resistance of Iran (شورای ملی مقاومت ایران)
National Council of Resistance of Iran (شورای ملی مقاومت ایران, NCRI), exiled Iranian opposition coalition founded 1981 by Massoud Rajavi, MEK-dominated parliament-in-exile; secular democratic platform, Maryam Rajavi president-elect, based in Albania and France.
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) is a federally chartered nonprofit based in Bethesda, Maryland, founded in 1929 and chartered by Congress in 1964 to advise on radiation protection.
National Counties (cricket)
National Counties (formerly Minor Counties) are the 20 non-first-class county cricket clubs of England and Wales, run by the NCCA since its 2020 rebrand, competing in a three-day Championship, One Day Trophy, and T20.
National COVID Memorial Wall
The National COVID Memorial Wall is a 500-meter stretch of the Albert Embankment in London, hand-painted with over 250,000 red hearts by bereaved families in 2021.
National CPMA LLC (private equity fund issuer)
National CPMA LLC is a Miami, Florida private equity fund issuer, a Delaware company formed in 2024 that filed a Form D with the SEC in January 2025.
National Credit Union Administration
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is an independent federal agency that charters, regulates, and insures credit unions, administering the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, separate from the FDIC.
National Crime Agency
The National Crime Agency (NCA) is the UK law enforcement agency leading the fight against serious and organised crime. Established by the Crime and Courts Act 2013, replacing SOCA, led by a Director General, inspected by HMICFRS.
National Crime Records Bureau
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB, राष्ट्रीय अपराध रिकॉर्ड ब्यूरो), set up in 1986 under India's Ministry of Home Affairs, compiles Crime in India statistics, runs CCTNS, the Digital Police Portal, NAFIS fingerprints, and implements the CrPI Act 2022.
National Crime Syndicate
National Crime Syndicate: alleged coast-to-coast American organized crime alliance formed around the 1929 Atlantic City Conference by Luciano and Lansky, named by the 1951 Kefauver Committee, disputed by scholars as a Mafia myth.
National Crime Victimization Survey
The National Crime Victimization Survey is an annual Bureau of Justice Statistics household survey, run since 1973, that measures criminal victimization in the United States, including unreported crimes.
National Cryptologic Museum
The National Cryptologic Museum, NSA's public museum at Fort Meade, Maryland, opened in 1993 in a former motel; it holds Enigma, Sigaba, and Bombe machines, a research library, and about 70,000 annual visitors.
National Curriculum for England
The National Curriculum for England, also known as the English National Curriculum, is the statutory curriculum that maintained schools in England must teach pupils aged 5 to 16.
National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency
National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA), Pakistan's federal cybercrime investigator under PECA section 29, established May 3, 2024, replacing the FIA Cyber Crime Wing; Ministry of Interior body with police-grade powers, 2,902 arrests in 2025, and criticism over use against journalists.
National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is the United Kingdom's national technical authority for cyber security, part of GCHQ, established in 2016 and based in London.
National Cycad Conservation Center
National Cycad Conservation Center (Center of National Cycad Germplasm Conservation, Cycad Garden), an ex situ cycad facility at Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, China; established 18 December 2002, first nationally approved cycad conservation center, holding over 240 species in 10 genera across nearly 6 hectares.
National Dairy Development Board (राष्ट्रीय डेयरी विकास बोर्ड)
National Dairy Development Board (राष्ट्रीय डेयरी विकास बोर्ड), founded 1965 at Anand, Gujarat, India's statutory dairy development body that implemented Operation Flood (1970–1996), making India the world's largest milk producer; distinct from the New Development Bank (NDB).
National Dam Safety Program
The National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) is a United States federal program, administered by FEMA since its 1996 authorization by Congress, that supports dam safety through state assistance grants, training, and research.
National Data Buoy Center
The National Data Buoy Center is a NOAA National Weather Service organization, named in 1971 and based at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, that maintains the world's largest real-time marine observation network.
National Data Protection Authority of Brazil
The National Data Protection Authority of Brazil (ANPD) is the federal agency that enforces the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD), created in 2018 and operating since 2020.
National Database and Registration Authority
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is Pakistan's federal agency for citizen registration, established on 10 March 2000, which maintains the national database behind identity cards and biometric verification.
National day
National day: a country's official holiday marking a defining moment such as independence (July 4, Singapore's 9 August), revolution (Bastille Day), unification, founding, or a monarch's official birthday, celebrated with parades and rituals.
National Day (عيد الاتحاد) (United Arab Emirates)
National Day (عيد الاتحاد, Eid Al Etihad) is the UAE's national holiday on 2 December, marking the 1971 union of the emirates; two-day public holiday, official theme 'Spirit of the Union'.
National day of mourning
National day of mourning: an officially declared day or period of collective grief for leaders, disaster victims, or fallen workers. Covers US presidential proclamations, European comparative data, Canada's April 28 Workers' Memorial Day, and Australia's 1938 Aboriginal Day of Mourning.
National Day of Spain
National Day of Spain (Fiesta Nacional de España, formerly Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta de la Raza): national holiday on 12 October marking Columbus's 1492 landfall; governed by Law 18/1987, marked by a Madrid military parade.
National Day of the People's Republic of China
National Day of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国庆节), celebrated October 1, commemorates the 1949 founding ceremony; designated by the December 2, 1949 resolution, it is a three-day statutory holiday extended into Golden Week.
National debt of China
The national debt of China, or government debt of China, is the debt owed by China's central and local governments, 102.5 trillion yuan at the end of 2025.
National debt of Pakistan
The national debt of Pakistan, also called the public debt of Pakistan, is the debt owed by the federal government and provinces, about PKR 86.7 trillion in June 2026.
National debt of the United States
The national debt of the United States is the total the federal government owes holders of its Treasury securities, about $40 trillion as of 2026.
National Debt Repayment Movement
The National Debt Repayment Movement (국채보상운동) was a 1907 Korean campaign to repay the empire's debt to Japan, begun in Daegu and joined by about 25 percent of the population.