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WORLD SUPPLY [38 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Market globalization is the increasing tendency of the world to act as one market. Technological advances in travel and telecommunications are the driving force behind market globalization. For example, new communication technologies allow teams from all over the world to work on projects and share information without leaving their desks. At the same time, advanced technologies allow manufactures to produce their goods in foreign locations that offer an abundant supply of low-cost labor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

La mondialisation des marchés est de plus en plus au centre de la vie économique et sociale. Les sociétés et banques multinationales jouent un rôle essentiel dans un processus qui se caractérise par la libre circulation des capitaux et la recherche prédominante du profit.

CONT

La mondialisation des marchés a forcé les pouvoirs publics à se rendre à l'évidence. Il est important de promouvoir les valeurs et les principes de la concurrence, aux niveaux national et international, et de donner au concept d'accès au marché une interprétation beaucoup plus large [...]. Ce faisant, ils doivent tenir compte du lien qui existe entre les politiques commerciale, d'investissement et de la concurrence, et chercher avant tout à contenir les pratiques anticoncurrentielles publiques et privées qui entravent et faussent l'ouverture des marchés à la concurrence internationale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Transport of Goods
  • Customs and Excise
CONT

Increasingly, organized crime syndicates have been turning to the "rip-on/rip-off" concealment method which involves the exploitation of shipping containers to traffic illicit drugs around the world. As cargo moves from the country of origin to the country of destination, insiders at each port(such as corrupt port workers) tamper with legal shipments. The key to their success depends on access to the location of a specific container, insider knowledge of the port environment and the ability to coordinate insider threats at both ends of the transport supply chain.

Key term(s)
  • rip on/rip off concealment method
  • rip on/rip off method
  • rip on/rip off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

La technique de substitution de marchandises consiste à introduire des marchandises de contrebande au milieu d'une cargaison licite à l'insu des exportateurs et importateurs de cette cargaison.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

The World Health Organization(WHO) has reported that 80% of vaccine sales come from just five large multinational corporations, formed as a result of mergers and acquisitions in recent decades. It said :"Many of the individual vaccine markets are monopolies or oligopolies, either by product or presentation. "In this market environment, the balance between supply and demand needs to be closely monitored, leading the WHO to advocate for "constant management and communication between market actors" to guarantee sufficient supply of vaccines. Without an open procurement process, it's extremely difficult for the government and public to know if the procurement in these tight market conditions is being managed in their best interests as effectively as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Budget des collectivités publiques

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Canada has the best auto workers in the world, and our electric vehicle supply chain, from critical minerals extraction and processing to battery and components manufacturing and vehicle parts and assembly, will be a key pillar of Canada's clean economy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Le Canada dispose de la meilleure main-d'œuvre au monde dans le secteur de l'automobile. Un pilier clé de l'économie propre au pays sera notre chaîne d'approvisionnement de véhicules électriques, et ce, de l'extraction et la transformation des minéraux critiques jusqu'à la production de batteries et de composants, en passant par la fabrication de pièces et l'assemblage de véhicules.

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Food Safety
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Water safety plans. The most effective means of consistently ensuring the safety of a drinking-water supply is through the use of a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach that encompasses all steps in the water supply from catchment to consumer. In [the World Health Organisation Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality], such approaches are termed water safety plans(WSPs).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Hygiène et santé
CONT

Le moyen le plus efficace pour garantir en permanence la sécurité sanitaire de l'approvisionnement en eau de boisson consiste à appliquer une stratégie générale d'évaluation et de gestion des risques, couvrant toutes les étapes de l'approvisionnement en eau, du captage au consommateur. Dans [les Directives de qualité pour l'eau de boisson de l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé], les stratégies de ce type sont appelées plans de gestion de la sécurité sanitaire de l'eau (PGSSE).

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

MDRAO(Medical Device Reprocessing Association of Ontario) is a provincial non-profit medical device reprocessing(MDR) association and member organization of the World Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply.

OBS

Objectives. [...] Promote optimum standards of practice in hospital medical device reprocessing departments conducive to quality patient care; foster and promote co-operation among the membership of the association and share information with one another; encourage, arrange and promote educational programs for and on behalf of the association membership for the advancements of the medical device profession; collect and disseminate information and current data on new and improved techniques and equipment in medical device reprocessing department.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Water Supply
CONT

The Post World War II Era : The Beginning of Regionalization. During the height of the Battle of Britain, a Central Advisory Water Committee was created to address the inadequacy of the capabilities of many small water systems to maintain service, especially in fighting fires resulting from the bombing. The committee initiated the Water Act of 1945, which called on the government to promote the "regrouping" of water supply services. Large water systems were to take over service to smaller communities in their vicinity, and in the absence of a large system, the small systems were to establish regional systems.

OBS

England has chosen a different [water management] system than France, but still using the hydrographic unit .... Similar to France, Parliament created a central advisory water committee, which recommended a major reorganization of the structure of water management. This led to the Water Act of 1973 which legislated integrated, water management in a catchment basin scheme.

OBS

Central Advisory Water Committee; CAWC: term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l’environnement” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Alimentation en eau
OBS

Comité consultatif central sur les ressources en eau : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’environnement» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • National and International Economics
CONT

Canadians are justifiably proud of the quality of the country's domestic food supply, and the food commodities that Canada exports around the world.

CONT

Climate change and urban sprawl are expected to shrink crop yields and the amount of available farmland, which will in turn reduce the country’s domestic food supply ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

En raison du changement climatique et de l'expansion tentaculaire des villes, on s'attend à une diminution du rendement des cultures et de la superficie des terres agricoles, ce qui aura pour effet de réduire l'approvisionnement alimentaire intérieur [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
  • Food Safety
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

The Canadian food supply is one of the safest in the world. However, no food safety system can guarantee zero risk. At any point in the production system, food can become contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, chemicals, undeclared allergens or material such as glass or metal fragments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Hygiène et santé
CONT

L'approvisionnement alimentaire du Canada est l'un des plus sûrs au monde. Cependant, aucun système de salubrité alimentaire ne garantit l'absence de risque. Des bactéries, des virus, des parasites, des produits chimiques, des allergènes non déclarés ou des matières, comme des fragments de verre ou de métal, peuvent contaminer des aliments, et ce, à n'importe quelle étape du système de production.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamentación y normalización (Alimentación)
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
  • Higiene y Salud
CONT

El incremento del comercio internacional de alimentos y la aplicación de nuevas tecnologías a la producción, elaboración y distribución de ellos presentan [...] nuevos desafíos para las políticas, la institucionalidad y la industria alimentaria. Estos elementos [...] nos obligan a resolver los más importantes déficits de nuestro sistema de inocuidad de los alimentos como es la debilidad del proceso de evaluación de riesgos [...]. Los nuevos contextos nacionales e internacionales nos exigen, entonces, dar mayor articulación y coherencia a la política, a la institucionalidad y a los programas de control e higiene de los alimentos.

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Record 10 2014-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
CONT

The supply push(SP) scenario represents a world in which technology advances gradually and Canadians take limited action on the environment. However, major technological breakthroughs on alternative energy sources remain beyond reach and environmental action is focussed on local initiatives. The main theme of the SP scenario is security of continental energy supply and the push to develop known conventional sources of energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Le scénario pression de l'offre (PO) illustre un monde dans lequel la technologie se développe graduellement et où les Canadiens entreprennent des actions limitées sur l'environnement. Les grandes découvertes technologiques sur les sources d'énergie de remplacement demeurent toutefois hors de portée et les actions sur l'environnement se résument à des initiatives d'envergure locale. Le scénario PO a pour thèmes principaux la sécurité de l'offre énergétique à l'échelle du continent, d'une part, et la pression pour développer les sources d'énergie classiques connues, d'autre part.

Spanish

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Record 11 2013-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
DEF

Measures to influence traffic by altering the performance of existing travel facilities or by providing alternative travel facilities.

OBS

supply control : term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
DEF

Mesures pour influencer le trafic en modifiant les performances des équipements existants ou en fournissant des alternatives de déplacement.

OBS

maîtrise de l'offre : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-04-08

English

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

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is a leading international organization that enhances collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector, specifically in order to attain universal coverage of water and sanitation services for poor people around the world. WSSCC is really a cross between a professional association and an international NGO. It operates with a mandate from the United National General Assembly.

French

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

Relève de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé.

Key term(s)
  • CCAEA

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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Record 13 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
CONT

The price of crude oil is generally set by the world market based on supply and demand. As a result, when demand increases and stocks decrease, the price of crude oil increases, but many other factors can affect the price of crude oil, which is the main component in the gasoline pump price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
CONT

Le prix du pétrole brut est normalement fixé par le marché mondial, en fonction de l'offre et la demande. Ainsi, lorsque la demande augmente et que les stocks baissent, le prix du brut monte, mais bien d'autres facteurs peuvent influencer le prix du brut, lequel représente la principale composante du prix de l'essence à la pompe.

Spanish

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Record 14 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
  • National and International Economics
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Country that exports or imports in insufficient quantities to influence market price and is obliged to sell its goods at the price set by major exporters.

CONT

Canada is a net exporter of crude oil and gasoline. According to the U. S. Energy Information Administration, Canada accounts for 3% of the world supply of oil. Canada is a price taker for crude oil and gasoline. This means that Canadian producers take the price on the open market and do not directly influence the world price of gasoline independently.

Key term(s)
  • price taker country
  • price taking country

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le Canada est un exportateur net de pétrole brut et d'essence. D'après l'U.S. Energy Information Administration, le Canada contribue pour 3 % de la production mondiale de pétrole. Le Canada est un preneur de prix dans le cas du pétrole brut et de l'essence, ce qui signifie que les producteurs canadiens prennent le prix du marché libre et n'exercent pas à eux seuls d'influence sur les prix mondiaux de l'essence.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

The fact that the manufacture of sugar is one of the oldest industries in the world gives the sugar industry a special place in the cultural history of food, but other characteristics also give it a particular interest. It is unique among agro-industries in that it has both tropical and temperate sources of supply of its raw material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

La fabrication de sucre est techniquement plus compliquée et l'extraction d'huile est réalisée par une exploitation agricole qui fait la production de colza.

Spanish

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Record 16 2008-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Urban Housing
OBS

The Justice Annex is a building just north of the Supreme Court of Canada and west of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. Built in 1940 it is the last surviving representative of many similar temporary buildings erected during the Second World War to house the rapidly growing number of government employees. This building was built to house Royal Canadian Mounted Police(RCMP) officers. It later became the headquarters of C. D. Howe's Department of Munitions and Supply. After the war it was given to the Justice Department and named the Justice Annex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
OBS

Construit en 1940, l'Annexe du ministère de la Justice se situe au nord de la Cour Suprême du Canada et à l'ouest de la Colline parlementaire à Ottawa, Canada.

Spanish

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Record 17 2008-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Immunology
OBS

The Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization(GPV) was established in March 1994. This Programme incorporated two existing programmes from the World Health Organization, the Expanded Programme on Immunization and the former Programme for Vaccine Development, and a new unit for Vaccine Supply and Quality was established. The Programme thus has terms of reference that span from basic vaccine research, through vaccine production and quality control, to helping ministries of health plan and manage their immunization services and control vaccine-preventable diseases.

Key term(s)
  • Global Programme on Vaccines
  • Global Program on Vaccines
  • WHO Global Program for Vaccines and Immunization
  • WHO Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization
  • World Health Organization Global Program for Vaccines and Immunization
  • World Health Organization Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization
  • Global Program for Vaccines and Immunization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Immunologie
OBS

De l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé.

Key term(s)
  • Programme mondial de l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé pour les vaccins et la vaccination
  • Programme mondial de l'OMS pour les vaccins et la vaccination
  • Programme mondial pour les vaccins
  • Programme mondial pour les vaccins et la vaccination

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Inmunología
Key term(s)
  • Programa Mundial de Vacunas e Immunización de la OMS
  • Programa Mundial de Vacunas e Immunización de la Organización Mundial de la Salud
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Record 18 2008-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Grain Growing
OBS

Titles confirmed by the organization.

OBS

The Canola Council of Canada is a non-profit association representing the entire canola industry-growers, input suppliers, researchers, crushers, processors, exporters and marketers. The Council' s Mission is to enhance the Canadian canola industry's ability to profitably produce and supply seed, oil and meal products that offer superior value to customers around the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

Appellation confirmée par l'organisme.

OBS

Le Conseil canadien du canola est composé de producteurs, de compagnies de semences et d'agrofournitures, de manutentionnaires de grain, d'exportateurs, d'usines de transformation et de manufacturiers de produits d'alimentation humaine et animale.

OBS

L'objectif global est l'avancement de toutes les facettes de l'industrie du canola : production agricole, transformation, manutention, fabrication, exportation, commerce, ou toute autre activité reliée au canola et aux produits du canola.

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Econometrics
  • Metallurgy - General
OBS

The ILZSG [International Lead and Zinc Study Group] was formed by the United Nations in 1959 to : provide opportunities for regular intergovernmental consultations on international trade in lead and zinc; provide continuous information on the supply and demand position of lead and zinc and its probable development and to make special studies of the world situation in lead and zinc; consider possible solutions to any problems or difficulties which are unlikely to be resolved in the ordinary development of world trade.

OBS

Not to be confused with the International Lead-Zinc Research Organization, founded in 1958, which is sponsored by the industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Économétrie
  • Métallurgie générale
DEF

Organisme international réunissant régulièrement 21 pays membres dans le cadre d'un forum international visant à échanger de l'information sur le plomb et le zinc.

OBS

Le Groupe d'étude international sur le zinc et le plomb a été mis en place par l'Organisation des Nations Unies en 1959 avec les objectifs suivants : présenter des occasions de consultations intergouvernementales régulières sur le thème du commerce international du plomb et du zinc; fournir des informations en continu sur l'état de l'offre et la demande de plomb et de zinc et son évolution probable; effectuer des études spécifiques sur la situation mondiale concernant le plomb et le zinc et tenter de trouver des solutions éventuelles à des problèmes ou à des difficultés qui seraient susceptibles de ne pas être résolus dans le cadre «normal» du développement du commerce mondial.

OBS

Ne pas confondre ce groupe d'étude avec l'International Lead Zinc Research Organization, fondée en 1958, qui est parrainée par l'industrie.

Spanish

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Record 20 2006-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • National History
  • Sea Operations (Military)
OBS

Without a doubt the greatest battle the RCN fought was the Battle of the Atlantic ... fought from September, 1939 to May, 1945.

OBS

From the very outset of hostilities in the Second World War the Atlantic supply route from North America to the United Kingdom was threatened. Eventually gaining control of the entire coast of Europe, from Narvik to the Pyrenees, the Germans set out from every harbour and airfield in western Europe to sever the lifelines to Britain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Histoires nationales
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
OBS

Dès le début des hostilités de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la route de ravitaillement sur l'Atlantique, allant de l'Amérique du Nord au Royaume-Uni, est menacée. Éventuellement maîtres de toute la côte européenne, de Narvik aux Pyrénées, les Allemands tentent de couper les lignes vitales de ravitaillement de la Grande-Bretagne à partir de tous les ports et de tous les aérodromes de l'ouest de l'Europe.

Spanish

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Record 21 2006-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Emergency Management
OBS

RedR stands for "Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief". It is the name used by an international organisation which provides technical and administrative experts to help in disaster and emergency situations anywhere in the world. RedR is an organization to which relief agencies can apply when they require experienced and professional expertise from people such as engineers, administrators, logisticians and accountants to work in New Zealand or overseas in the aftermath of a disaster, whether natural or manmade. RedR aims to supply these people at very short notice. RedR also gives technical advice to relief agencies on most aspects of disaster relief engineering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Gestion des urgences
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Bancos y bases de datos
  • Gestión de emergencias
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Record 22 2003-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
CONT

Canada is a world leader in the supply of oil and gas equipment, particularly of :... ;drilling rigs and ancillary tools;...

Key term(s)
  • ancillary tool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
CONT

Le Canada est un leader mondial dans le domaine du matériel d'exploitation du pétrole et du gaz. Il se spécialise surtout dans : [...]; le matériel de forage et l'outillage auxiliaire; [...]

Spanish

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Record 23 2003-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

WHYCOS is based on a global network of reference stations, which transmit hydrological and meteorological data in near real-time, via satellite, to NHSs and regional centres. These data enable the provision of constantly updated national and regionally-distributed databases, of consistently high quality. WHYCOS aims to support, in all parts of the world, the establishment and enhancement of information systems which can supply reliable water-related.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Le WHYCOS est fondé sur un réseau mondial de stations de référence qui, par l'intermédiaire de satellites, transmettent des données hydrologiques et météorologiques en temps quasi réel aux Services hydrologiques nationaux et aux centres régionaux. Ces données permettent de maintenir des bases de données nationales et régionales réparties d'une qualité régulièrement élevée, constamment mises à jour. Le WHYCOS se propose de soutenir, dans le monde entier, la création et l'amélioration de systèmes d'information susceptibles de fournir des données fiables sur l'eau aux planificateurs des ressources, aux décideurs, aux scientifiques et au grand public.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 24 2003-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Rubber
OBS

The IIRSP is an international not-for-profit trade association with 50 corporate members domiciled in 20 countries who produce 95 percent of the world supply of rubber. Incorporated in 1960 and headquartered in Houston, Texas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Caoutchouc

Spanish

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Record 25 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
OBS

The Military Engineering Experimental Establishment was formed in 1946 from the Experimental Bridging Establishment(from 1919) and the Experimental Demolition Establishment(World War II). Between 1946 and 1959 it was under the Ministry of Supply, between 1959 and 1970 under the War Office, and in 1970 it was amalgamated with the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment to form the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 26 2002-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Water Distribution (Water Supply)
OBS

The American Water Works Association(AWWA) is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. Founded in 1881, AWWA is the largest organization of water supply professionals in the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Génie civil
  • Distribution de l'eau

Spanish

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Record 27 2002-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Climate Change
  • Atmospheric Physics
OBS

[World Meteorological Organization]. GAW was established in 1989 as a coordinated system of networks of observing stations some of which began data-gathering in the 1950s and includes associated facilities and infrastructure encompassing measurement and related scientific assessment activities. The overall role of GAW is to supply basic information... indicative of the atmospheric environment that transcends specific issues. The measurement programme includes : greenhouse gases, ozone..., radiation... and optical depth, precipitation chemistry, chemical and physical properties of aerosols, reactive gases, radionuclides, and related meteorological parameters. National and international policy decisions affecting the environment in the 21st century will thus relay heavily on the scientific data gathered through GAW.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Changements climatiques
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
OBS

Le Centre mondial des données sur l'ozone et le rayonnement ultraviolet (WOUDC) est un des sept Centres mondiaux de données reconnus qui font partie de la Veille de l'atmosphère du globe (VAG) de l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM).

Key term(s)
  • Veille de l'atmosphère globale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Cambio climático
  • Física de la atmósfera
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Record 28 2001-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
CONT

The importance of Canada's grain industry to the country's economic health and the world grain supply situation should not be underestimated. Grain is one of Canada's major earners of foreign exchange, being one the three main contributors(along with pulp and paper and mining) to the net balance of payments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

L'industrie céréalière du Canada occupe une place qu'on ne peut sous-estimer ni dans l'approvisionnement des marchés céréaliers mondiaux ni dans la prospérité économique nationale. Les céréales étant, avec les industries du grain, les pâtes et papier et l'industrie minière, l'un des trois principaux déterminants de la balance nette des paiements. Elles sont aussi l'une des trois principales sources de devises étrangères du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 29 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

... nobody in today's world can afford to take their food supply for granted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

... personne au monde ne peut aujourd'hui se permettre de -- la question des ressources alimentaires. (Voir DAFRA 64 44)

Spanish

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Record 30 1998-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Continuous Handling
CONT

With one of the largest 8 Bobbin closing machines in the world, 120 metric tons, we can manufacture 6 or 8 strand ropes up to 7"(178 mm) diameter, 12"(305 mm) cable laid ropes, and extremely long single lengths of rope such as 29, 000’(8800 meters) of 2"(51 mm) diameter. These specialized capabilities allow us to supply some of the largest equipment in use today including drag line excavators and long cable belt conveyor systems.

Key term(s)
  • cable belt conveyer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention continue

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Manutención continua
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Record 31 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Water Distribution (Water Supply)
OBS

Jointly sponsored by UNDP [United Nations Development Programme]/WHO [World Health Organization]/UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund]/IBRD [International Bank for Reconstruction and Development] ;at end of Decade, evolved into the Steering Committee for Water Supply and Sanitation.

Key term(s)
  • Interagency Steering Committee for Cooperative Action for the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Distribution de l'eau

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Comités y juntas (Admón.)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Distribución del agua
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Record 32 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
OBS

Set up in September 1969 at the Federal Institute for Water Supply, Sewage Purification and Water Pollution Control; Dübendorf; WHO [World Health Organization].

Key term(s)
  • WHO International Reference Center for Waster Disposal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 33 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

In reference to the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation decade. ECA [Economic Commission for Africa] includes WHO [World Health Organization], LAS [League of Arab States], AGFUND [Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations Arab Gulf Fund]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
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Record 34 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Private-Sector Programs
OBS

BC TEL Interactive joined the Royal British Columbia Museum and the provincial government in conducting two electronic field trips beneath the waters off Vancouver Island. The BC TEL Advanced Communications fibre-optic Ubiquity network was used to supply two-way interactive video and audio communications with divers. The Underwater Safari Project was broadcast by satellite to students around the world and segments were carried by CNN and the Japanese Television Network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes du secteur privé
OBS

BC TEL Interactive a collaboré avec le Royal British Columbia Museum et le gouvernement provincial pour faire deux expériences de communications électroniques sous-marines au large de l'Île de Vancouver. Le réseau optique Ubiquity des Communications évoluées BC TEL a servi à l'établissement des communications vidéo et audio bidirectionnelles interactives avec les plongeurs. Le Underwater Safari Project a été présenté par satellite à des étudiants du monde entier et certaines parties ont été diffusées par CNN et le Japanese Television Network.

Key term(s)
  • projet de safari sous-marin

Spanish

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Record 35 1995-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

... when the Bessemer process was being invented, in the mid-nineteenth century, world supplies of iron ore were assumed to be slight. But when the new furnace revolutionized steel making, huge new iron mines were opened up.

CONT

... some of the developers of nuclear power believed that reactors could not be much more than a toy, given that the world supply of uranium was apparently limited to reserves in the former Belgian Congo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 36 1993-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
CONT

We are entering a world that will be dominated by engineering,... when the driving force of the global economy will no longer be inexpensive microchips in plentiful supply but cheap genes by the bushelful.... Among the potential big engines of growth in the fourth circle : genetic engineering and biotechnology, artificial intelligence, the business of space, [and] new materials, including ceramic composites and combinations of metals or plastics with fibers.

CONT

In the next great circle of growth, the Fourth Circle, the economy will be driven by a whole new set of engines....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques

Spanish

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Record 37 1988-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The forest industry(of the Atlantic provinces) is feeling the effects of soft world markets and stiff competition from the USA while its own supply base is being adversely affected by insect infestation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

L'industrie forestière (des provinces de l'Atlantique) ressent le contrecoup de la faiblesse des marchés mondiaux et de l'intense concurrence des Etats-Unis alors que sa propre base d'approvisionnement est touchée par des épidémies d'insectes.

Spanish

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Record 38 1980-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Work and Production
OBS

If world physical production was increasing in the years 1875 to 1895 at the rate of 5 per cent per year, the gold supply would(...) have to increase by 5 per cent per year to keep prices stable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et production

Spanish

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