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Record 1 2010-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology (General)
OBS

The International Labour Organization(ILO) launched a top-level commission comprising Presidents, politicians, academics, social experts and a Nobel Economics laureate which, for the first time, will address the social dimension of globalization. The ultimate goal of the World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization is to use the process of globalization as a resource to reduce poverty and unemployment, to foster growth and sustainable development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

L'Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) a mis en place une commission de haut niveau composée d'un certain nombre de chefs d'État, de personnalités politiques, d'universitaires, de spécialistes des questions sociales et d'un Prix Nobel de l'économie. Cette commission est investie d'une mission qui consistera à étudier la dimension sociale de la mondialisation. La Commission mondiale sur la dimension sociale de la mondialisation a pour objectif ultime de parvenir à ce que la mondialisation soit un moyen de faire reculer la pauvreté et le chômage, au profit de la croissance et d'un développement durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Sociología (Generalidades)
OBS

La Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) anunció la creación de una comisión de alto nivel integrada por Presidentes, personalidades políticas, eminencias académicas, especialistas en cuestiones sociales y un Premio Nobel de Economía, comisión que abordará, por vez primera, la dimensión social de la globalización. El objetivo último de la Comisión Mundial sobre la Dimensión Social de la Globalización es utilizar el proceso de globalización como recurso para reducir la pobreza y el desempleo e impulsar el crecimiento y el desarrollo sostenible.

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Record 2 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

A value representing the volume expected to ultimately be found by the time all exploratory and development activity has ceased.

CONT

Clearly, the oil sands are a tremendous Canadian resource. The ultimate volume of crude bitumen in place is estimated to be some 400 billion cubic metres, with 12 percent or 49 billion cubic metres estimated to be ultimately recoverable...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
  • Bitumes
DEF

Valeur représentant le volume que l'on aura présumément établi au terme des activités d'exploration et de mise en valeur.

CONT

Manifestement, les sables bitumineux représentent pour le Canada une richesse naturelle fabuleuse. Le volume ultime en place de bitume naturel est estimé à quelque 400 milliards de mètres cubes, dont 12 p. 100 ou 49 milliards de mètres cubes sont jugés ultimement récupérables [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Economic Geology
CONT

Ultimate petroleum resources.

OBS

The ultimate reserves include both the produced and what remains hence the term ultimate resources include all categories of reserves plus the undiscovered potential.

OBS

ultimate resources : term rarely used in singular(ultimate resource).

Key term(s)
  • ultimate resource

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Ressources ultimes en pétrole.

OBS

ressources ultimes : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (ressource ultime).

Key term(s)
  • ressource ultime

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Silviculture
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Management for biomass is well established as the new technological fix... Management for biomass is being sold as a "scientific" short run saviour with respect to man's energy needs. It may also turn out to be the ultimate ruination of real management of the forest resource.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Sylviculture
  • Biochimie

Spanish

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