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TOP PRIORITY [18 records]

Record 1 2023-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea and River Traffic
  • Ports
CONT

... many vessels appeared in the crowded harbor before any news of their arrival was received, and consequently no preparation for handling them was made. Shortly after discharge operations started the port refused entry to one of these ghost ships only to find that it carried top priority cargo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic (Transport par eau)
  • Ports

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[The rights] that allow people to access, use, create and publish digital media, as well as access and use computers, other electronic devices and communications networks.

CONT

They stressed that "digital rights" must be a top priority as countries rebuild civic space both during and after the crisis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits d'auteur
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Alors que le monde reconstruit l'espace civique pendant et après la pandémie de Covid-19, des experts des droits humains de l'ONU [Organisation des Nations Unies] ont déclaré vendredi que les droits numériques devaient être une priorité absolue dans le cadre de ce rétablissement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos de autor
  • Internet y telemática
OBS

derecho digital: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

PHR

gestión de derechos digitales

Key term(s)
  • derechos digitales
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Record 3 2017-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

The Thunderbird Partnership Foundation is committed to working with First Nations and Inuit to further the capacity of communities to address substance use and addiction. [The foundation promotes] a holistic approach to healing and wellness that values culture, respect, community and compassion. [The foundation's] top priority is developing a continuum of care that would be available to all Indigenous people in Canada.

OBS

The Thunderbird Partnership Foundation is the result of a merger between the National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation (NNAPF) and the Native Mental Health Association of Canada (NMHAC) [now called the First Peoples Wellness Circle] that occurred on June 25, 2015.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Peuples Autochtones
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

La Thunderbird Partnership Foundation s'engage à travailler avec les Premières Nations et les Inuits afin de renforcer la capacité des collectivités à faire face aux problèmes de la consommation de drogues et de toxicomanie. Nous favorisons une approche holistique de guérison et de bien-être axée sur la valorisation de la culture, de la communauté, du respect et de la compassion. Notre priorité absolue est d'élaborer un continuum de soins qui soient disponibles à tous les peuples autochtones au Canada.

OBS

Créée en 2000 sous le nom de Fondation autochtone nationale de partenariat pour la lutte contre les dépendances (FANPLD), la Thunderbird Partnership Foundation est née d'une fusion officialisée en 2015 avec le First Peoples Wellness Circle [anciennement la Native Mental Health Association of Canada (NMHAC)].

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

... CN Express RAPIDEX Route, a Top Priority Service designed for single piece shipments 50 lbs. and under.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

[...]RAPIDEX- Route, un service ultra-rapide des Messageries CN conçu pour le transport des colis uniques de 50 lb ou moins.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Air Transport
OBS

The Southern African Transport and Communications Commission(SATCC) was established in July 1981 as the first Commission of the Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference(SADCC). It was established under the terms of the Lusaka Declaration on April 1, 1980. The Declaration placed top priority on Transport and Communications, noting that, "Without the establishment of an adequate transport and communications system other areas of co-operation become impractical. We will therefore create the Southern African Transport and Communications Commission to co-ordinate the use of existing systems and the planning and financing of additional facilities".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 6 2009-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Organization Planning
CONT

[The] top career leadership has to give high priority to long-term strategic planning and has to follow through with attention to intradepartmental deliberative bodies dedicated to improving connectivity between missions, objectives, performance, and budgets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Planification d'organisation
CONT

[Les] principaux leaders de carrière doivent accorder une priorité élevée à la planification stratégique à long terme et maintenir le cap en portant une attention particulière aux organes de délibération interministériels voués à l'amélioration des relations entre les missions, les objectifs, le rendement et les budgets.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

Leadership capacity is seen as key to organizational performance and is a top corporate priority. In a large telecommunications company, management of top talent is considered crucial to the business...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

Le gouvernement vise à influencer positivement, par les services qu'il offre, la qualité de vie des citoyens, et cet objectif a fait apparaître comme grande priorité le renforcement de la capacité de leadership au sein de la fonction publique. Par conséquent, un certain nombre de programmes novateurs ont été créés pour favoriser l'apprentissage et le perfectionnement des cadres supérieurs.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Ground Installations (Air Forces)
CONT

Central operation console : from this console the two operators can control the whole system in both radar and TV modes. The battery commander, seated on the right, has a panoramic airspace surveillance display(or PP1) and a rolling bal for marking targets to be tracked, as well as controls for designating the current top priority threat to the tracking radar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Installations au sol (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2004-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

It agreed on the need to give top priority to the development of management and leadership skills, and requested HRD to proceed with the development of a common corporate training curriculum in this area for all sectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Il convient d'accorder la priorité au perfectionnement des compétences en gestion et en leadership, et demande à la DRH d'élaborer un programme de formation interne commun dans ce domaine pour tous les secteurs.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Space Centres
  • Spacecraft
OBS

The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System(CERES) experiment is one of the highest priority scientific satellite instruments developed for EOS. CERES products include both solar-reflected and Earth-emitted radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. Cloud properties are determined using simultaneous measurements by other EOS instruments such as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS). Analyses of the CERES data, which build upon the foundation laid by previous missions such as the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment(ERBE), will lead to a better understanding of the role of clouds and the energy cycle in global climate change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Centres spatiaux
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

CERES - en anglais Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (les Nuages et le Système d'Énergie Radiative de la Terre) - est un instrument scientifique de haute priorité qui est maintenant en orbite autour de la Terre. Il fait partie de l'Entreprise de Sciences de la Terre de la NASA. Les chercheurs l'utilisent pour étudier comment les nuages peuvent affecter le climat terrestre.

OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Centros espaciales
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 11 2001-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Security
CONT

The Envirotips series of manuals was developed to fill a need for in-depth spill countermeasures and strategy planning information for top priority substances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Sécurité
CONT

La collection «Enviroguide» vise à fournir une information poussée sur les techniques d'intervention et l'établissement de stratégies en cas de déversement de substances d'intérêt très prioritaire.

OBS

substance d'intérêt prioritaire : Loi sur les contaminants de l'environnement, janvier 1982, Gazette, Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The contractor must share in the interests of : maintaining the condition of Crown assets; ensuring that the well being of tenants is a top priority; and achieving high value for expenditures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Il est essentiel, pour TPSGC [Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada], de mettre au point une relation contractuelle dans le cadre de laquelle l'entrepreneur chargé de AFPS [autres formes de prestation de services] sera intéressé à : préserver les biens de l'État; s'assurer que le bien-être des locataires est une priorité absolue; et rentabiliser au maximum les dépenses.

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Getting first-class training and world-class skills is fast becoming the top priority for workers, employers, and entire industries across the country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

De plus en plus, obtenir une formation de premier ordre et développer des compétences de niveau international sont en voie de devenir des priorités absolues pour les travailleurs, les employeurs et des industries entières à travers le pays.

Spanish

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Record 14 1997-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Getting first-class training and world-class skills is fast becoming the top priority for workers, employers, and entire industries across the country.

Key term(s)
  • world-class skill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

De plus en plus, obtenir une formation de premier ordre et développer des compétences de niveau international sont en voie de devenir des priorités absolues pour les travailleurs, les employeurs et des industries entières à travers le pays.

Key term(s)
  • compétence de niveau international
  • compétence de calibre mondial

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

Privatization is top priority in Eastern Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 16 1990-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

The EnviroTIPS series of manuals was developed to fill a need for in-depth spill countermeasures and strategy planning information for top priority substances. Each manual is intended as a monograph containing information relevant to its behaviour control, dispersion, effects, and cleanup of spills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
OBS

Source : Coût social de la pollution par les hydrocarbures : l'exemple de l'Amoco Cadiz, Brest, 1984, p. 119.

OBS

Ou encore : "nettoyage par suite, à la suite, d'un déversement". A éviter : "nettoyage d'un déversement".

Spanish

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Record 17 1990-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

Where possible, the commercial grades shipped have been identified, so that spill behaviour and hazards may be correctly anticipated.

OBS

(of a substance).

OBS

The EnviroTIPS series of manuals was developed to fill a need for in-depth spill countermeasures and strategy planning information for top priority substances. Each manual is intended as a monograph containing information relevant to its behaviour, control, dispersion, effects, and cleanup of spills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
OBS

Fuite, évaporation, migration, etc., selon les propriétés de la substance déversée.

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

The Envirotips series of manuals was developed to fill a need for in-depth spill countermeasures and strategy planning information for top priority substances.

OBS

compare "strategic planning".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution

Spanish

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