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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
CONT

From new home development to existing home remodeling, home builders are involved in all aspects of residential construction. Home builders... typically assume supervisory duties such as organizing workers, coordinating tasks, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. In addition to supervisory responsibilities, home builders work alongside laborers to lay foundations, frame walls, install doors and windows, put down flooring, and install siding and roofs.

Key term(s)
  • residential housebuilder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Diplomacy
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A peace support effort designed to assist the implementation of a ceasefire or peace settlement and to help lay the foundations for sustainable peace.

OBS

Peacekeeping is conducted with the strategic consent of all major conflicting parties.

OBS

peacekeeping; PK: term, abbreviation and definition standarized by NATO.

OBS

peace-keeping: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

PHR

Peacekeeping efforts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Diplomatie
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Effort de soutien de la paix visant à appuyer la mise en œuvre d’un cessez-le-feu ou d’un accord de paix et à permettre de jeter les bases d’une paix durable.

OBS

Le maintien de la paix est mené avec le consentement stratégique de toutes les principales parties en conflit.

OBS

maintien de la paix; PK : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

maintien de la paix : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

PHR

Mission de maintien de la paix.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
  • Diplomacia
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
PHR

Esfuerzos de mantenimiento de la paz.

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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

An officer responsible for devising and implementing a financial management organization and process in the department that will lay the foundations for good comptrollership.

CONT

The senior financial officer must report directly to the deputy head and must work with managers at all levels in the organization to ensure that they exercise their comptrollership responsibilities properly. Depending on the size of the organization, senior financial officers may delegate their authority for key financial responsibilities to senior full-time financial officers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Agent chargé d'élaborer et d'instaurer une structure ainsi qu'un processus de gestion financière qui serviront de fondement pour l'exercice d'une fonction de contrôleur efficace au sein d'un ministère.

CONT

L'agent financier supérieur doit rendre compte directement à l'administrateur général qui l'a désigné. Il doit collaborer avec les gestionnaires de tous les échelons de l'organisation pour s'assurer qu'ils s'acquittent comme il se doit de leurs responsabilités concernant la fonction de contrôleur. L'agent financier supérieur peut à son tour, en fonction de l'étendue de l'organisation, déléguer ses responsabilités financières principales à un agent financier supérieur à temps plein.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Sociology
OBS

Signed by interested parties in Tajikistan on 9 March 1996; purpose : to lay foundations for socio-political and national solidarity of the Tajik and other peoples in building an open, free and pluralistic society in Tajikistan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Sociologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Sociología
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Record 5 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

Non-State participants at the Habitat II Conference, i. e., local authorities, non-governmental organizations, unions, professionals, the private sector parliamentarians and foundations; aim to define priorities for action and lay groundwork for practical modalities of cooperation post-Habitat II Conference.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
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