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Record 1 2024-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Government Accounting
OBS

The International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) operates as an umbrella organisation for the external government audit community. For more than 50 years it has provided an institutionalised framework for supreme audit institutions to promote development and transfer of knowledge, improve government auditing worldwide and enhance professional capacities, standing and influence of member SAIs [Supreme Audit Institutions] in their respective countries.

OBS

INTOSAI is an autonomous, independent and non-political organisation. It is a non-governmental organisation with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC) of the United Nations.

Key term(s)
  • International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Comptabilité publique
OBS

L'Organisation internationale des institutions supérieures de contrôle des finances publiques (INTOSAI) est l'organisation parapluie du contrôle externe des finances publiques. Elle assure un cadre institutionnel depuis plus de 50 ans aux Institutions supérieures de contrôle des finances publiques (ISC), pour le transfert des connaissances et la multiplication des connaissances afin d'améliorer à l'échelle internationale le contrôle externe des finances publiques et accroître, par conséquent, la compétence professionnelle, l'image et l'influence des ISC dans les pays respectifs.

OBS

L'INTOSAI est une organisation autonome, indépendante et apolitique. Elle est une organisation non gouvernementale avec statut spécial auprès de l'ECOSOC [Conseil économique et social] des Nations Unies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Contabilidad pública
OBS

La Organización Internacional de Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores (INTOSAI) es la organización central para la fiscalización pública exterior. Desde más de 50 años la INTOSAI ha proporcionado un marco institucional para la transferencia y el aumento de conocimientos para mejorar a nivel mundial la fiscalización pública exterior y por lo tanto fortalecer la posición, la competencia y el prestigio de las distintas EFS [Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores] en sus respectivos países.

OBS

La INTOSAI es un organismo autónomo, independiente y apolítico. Es una organización no gubernamental con un estatus especial con el Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas (ECOSOC).

OBS

INTOSAI, por sus siglas en inglés.

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Record 2 2024-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

In 1980, Minister of Employment and Immigration, Lloyd Axworthy, established a task force with the goal of improving and streamlining the refugee determination system. The task force made three recommendations, all of which were later implemented. First, a Refugee Status Advisory Committee(RSAC) was formed as an independent body in an attempt to distance its work from the Departments of External Affairs and Employment and Immigration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

En 1980, le ministre de l'Emploi et de l'Immigration, Lloyd Axworthy, a établi un groupe de travail dont l'objectif était d'améliorer et de simplifier le système de détermination du statut de réfugié. Le groupe de travail a formulé trois recommandations, lesquelles ont toutes éventuellement été mises en œuvre. Premièrement, un Comité consultatif sur le statut de réfugié (CCSR) a été constitué comme organisation autonome afin de distinguer son travail de celui que faisaient les Ministères des Affaires étrangères et de l'Emploi et de l'Immigration.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Botany
  • Zoology
OBS

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada(COSEWIC) is an independent advisory panel to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada that meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species at risk of extinction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Botanique
  • Zoologie
OBS

Le Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada (COSEPAC) est un comité consultatif indépendant qui agit auprès de la ministre fédérale de l'Environnement et du Changement climatique et qui se réunit deux fois par année pour évaluer la situation des espèces sauvages menacées de disparition.

OBS

Il est reconnu que, d'après la récente réévaluation de la situation du COSEPAC[,] l'état des populations de plusieurs sites d'étude s'est détérioré depuis 2009.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

Jack.org is [a Canadian] charity training young leaders to revolutionize mental health.

OBS

[In 2013, ] The Jack Project rebrands as Jack. org and receives charitable status, becoming a fully independent registered charity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sociologie
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

Jack.org est un organisme caritatif national qui forme et autonomise les jeunes leaders pour qu'ils militent pour une meilleure santé mentale dans leurs communautés.

OBS

[En 2013,] Le Projet Jack change d'image et devient Jack.org, un organisme caritatif enregistré entièrement indépendant.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

The Health Status Registry(HSR) in British Columbia operates an independent comprehensive database on congenital anomalies, other genetic conditions, as well as selected disabilities and handicapping conditions.

OBS

First established in 1952 as the Crippled Children’s Registry, the name was changed to the Health Status Registry in 1992 with a legal mandate under the Health Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

Le Health Status Registry (HSR) de la Colombie-Britannique est une base de données complète et indépendante sur les anomalies congénitales, les troubles génétiques ainsi que sur certaines incapacités et certains troubles invalidants.

OBS

Créé en 1952 sous le nom de Crippled Children's Registry, il a été rebaptisé Health Status Registry en 1992 et investi d’un mandat en vertu de la Health Act.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

A contract that is additional to another contract, as "a contract the consideration" for which is the making of some other contract... It is collateral to the main contract, but each has an independent existence, and they do not differ in respect of their possessing to the full the character and status of a contract.(Yogis, 2nd, p. 42)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Les contrats accessoires supposent un autre contrat auquel ils se rattachent, dont ils assurent l'exécution.

OBS

Solution valable aussi pour le sens métonymique.

OBS

contrat accessoire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Customs and Excise
OBS

The World Customs Organization, established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council, is an independent intergovernmental body with world-wide membership whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations... In 1994, the Council adopted the informal working name "World Customs Organization"(WCO) for the Customs Co-operation Council, in order to give a clearer indication of the nature and world-wide status of the Organization. The WCO has two official languages, English and French. However, Spanish is also used for Customs Valuation matters arising from the GATT/WTO Valuation Code. Spanish and Russian are used for the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Recently, Spanish was introduced as official language of the technical Committee of Rules of Origin.

OBS

The 149 Member World Customs Organization was established to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Customs Administrations. The WCO adds value to the national economic wealth and social protection of its Members by encouraging a transparent and predictable Customs environment within which legitimate international trade may flourish and effective barriers to illicit goods and illegitimate trade may be raised.

OBS

World Customs Organization (WCO), is the commonly used name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

L'Organisation mondiale des douanes, comptant 149 Membres, a été créée pour améliorer l'efficacité des administrations des douanes. Elle apporte une valeur ajoutée au bien-être économique et à la protection sociale de ses Membres en favorisant l'instauration d'un environnement douanier transparent et prévisible, propice à l'essor des échanges internationaux licites et à la mise en place d'obstacles qui s'opposent efficacement à la circulation des biens illicites et aux opérations commerciales frauduleuses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
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Record 8 - external organization data 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
06.01.124 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

<radio communications> inventory process comprised of an interrogator and an associated tag population

OBS

Example : An interrogator chooses one of four sessions and inventories tags within that session; the interrogator and associated tag population operate in one and only one session for the duration of an inventory round(defined above) ;for each session, tags maintain a corresponding inventoried flag; sessions allow tags to keep track of their inventoried status separately for each of four possible time-interleaved inventory processes, using an independent inventoried flag for each process.

OBS

session: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-4:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Social Problems
OBS

Status of Women Canada's Policy Research Fund was instituted in 1996 to support independent, nationally relevant policy research on gender equality issues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Le Fonds de recherche en matière de politiques de Condition féminine Canada a été créé en 1996 dans le but de soutenir la recherche indépendante en matière de politiques, valable à l'échelle nationale, qui porte sur des enjeux liés à l'égalité entre les sexes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
DEF

An independent sport federation recognized by the IPC [International Paralympic Committee] as the sole worldwide representative of the specific sport for athletes with a disability and being granted the status of Paralympic sport by the IPC Governing Board.

OBS

For example, the international Paralympic sport federation for wheelchair tennis is the International Tennis Federation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
OBS

Chaque sport paralympique est chapeauté par une fédération internationale de sport paralympique chargée d'en établir les règles.

OBS

À titre d'exemple, le rugby en fauteuil roulant est régi par l'International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF), un comité de l'International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS).

Spanish

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Record 11 2010-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • International Public Law
DEF

To acknowledge formally... to admit as being of a particular status...(1) : to acknowledge the de facto existence of(as a government in a state)(2) : to acknowledge the independence of(as a community or body that has thrown off the sovereignty of a state to which it was subject) and treat as independent or as otherwise effective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Droit international public
DEF

Énoncer qu'un État ne conteste pas mais accepte la position prise par un autre État au sujet d'une situation donnée, spécialement d'une situation nouvelle; au lieu d'une divergence de vues, on se trouve alors en présence d'une vue commune fournissant la base sur laquelle s'établira le régime juridique futur.

PHR

Reconnaître un État, un gouvernement, l'indépendance d'un État.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Derecho internacional público
CONT

El reconocimiento de un nuevo Estado o de un nuevo Gobierno es un acto que sólo los Estados y los Gobiernos pueden otorgar o no. Como las Naciones Unidas no son ni un Gobierno ni un Estado no poseen autoridad alguna para reconocer a un Estado o a un Gobierno.

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Record 12 2009-07-28

English

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

The Tribunal is the independent, quasi-judicial agency established to administer the framework governing professional relations that is prescribed by the Status of the Artist Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Tribunaux
OBS

Le Tribunal est l'organisme quasi judiciaire indépendant établi pour administrer le régime de relations professionnelles prévue par la Loi sur le statut de l'artiste.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités federales (canadienses)
  • Tribunales
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Record 13 2008-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

The SAANB [Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick] pointed out that municipalities have no independent constitutional status but are subject to the terms of the Charter as creations of a provincial legislature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

La SAANB [Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick] a également mentionné que les municipalités n'ont pas de statut constitutionnel indépendant mais qu'elles sont assujetties aux dispositions de la Charte d'une manière générale en tant que créations d'une législature provinciale.

Spanish

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Record 14 2006-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

A scale that is used to measure a patient’s progress to function independently while in rehabilitative care.

CONT

A FIM [functional independence measure] score is typically collected within 72 hours after admission to the rehabilitation unit, within 72 hours before discharge, and between 80 to 180 days after discharge. ... The FIM score ranges from 1 to 7, with 1 (Total Assistance) being the worst possible score and 7 (Complete Independence) being the best possible score.

CONT

... the Features-Resource Trade-Off Game(Features Game) of functional recovery... compares preferences for recovery that foster independent living among 18 functional status items that make up the functional independence measure used in rehabilitative care. These status items include both motor skills(eating, grooming, bathing, dressing, bladder management, walking/wheelchair mobility) and cognitive skills(comprehension, expression, social interaction, problem solving, memory). The game's 18 functions are rated in seven levels ranging from complete dependence on assistance to total independence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
DEF

Instrument sensible et fidèle permettant d'apprécier les progrès d'un sujet souffrant d'une déficience fonctionnelle et se trouvant en phase de réhabilitation et de réadaptation.

CONT

La MIF [mesure d'indépendance fonctionnelle] comprend 18 tâches (on parle d'items) avec 7 niveaux d'évaluation. [...] La note varie de 18 points (si le sujet est totalement dépendant) à 126 points (si le sujet est totalement autonome).

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
CONT

These independent truckers have their own operating authority, direct relationship with shippers and receivers(freight brokers), their own insurance, tax filing status, carrier registration numbers, and so on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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Record 16 2002-09-30

English

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

The Cave Hill Campus is one of the three campuses of the University of the West Indies(U. W. I.). The U. W. I. is an independent institution, serving fourteen countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean. It started as a single campus at Mona, Jamaica in 1948(as the University College of the West Indies), affiliated to the University of London. It achieved full University status in 1962, one year after the St Augustine Campus in Trinidad was established, and one year before the Cave Hill Campus was opened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pédagogie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Pedagogía
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Record 17 2002-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Education (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 18 2002-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Food Industries
OBS

The European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation(FEFAC) was founded in 1959 by five national compound feed associations from France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. FEFAC membership today consists of national associations(pdf) from EU Member States as full members and of an increasing number of observer members form non-EU countries. FEFAC is the only independent spokesman of the European Compound Feed Industry at the level of the European Institutions. FEFAC holds observer status in CODEX Alimentarius.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 19 2001-03-09

English

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

The PFRCC is an independent body reporting annually on the status of British Columbia's salmon stocks and their habitat.

Key term(s)
  • Pacific Fisheries Resources Conservation Council

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Le CCRHP est un organe indépendant qui fait rapport chaque année sur l'état des stocks de saumons de Colombie-Britannique et sur leur habitat.

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council(PECC) was formed in 1980 following the Pacific Community Seminar in Canberra, Australia. It was attended by 11 economies(Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the US), and the Pacific Island Nations. The Seminar called for the establishment of an independent, regional mechanism to advance economic cooperation and market-driven integration. A vital characteristics of the new body, asserted there, was its independent, unofficial status which would permit it to address economic issues and measures free from constraints of formal governmental policies and relationships. It, hence, agreed on the need for an informal process involving business and independent research institutions alongside governments. PECC is the only non-governmental official observer of APEC since the APEC' s formation in 1989. PECC has provided information and analytical support to APEC ministerial meetings and working groups. Also it channels and facilitates private sector participation in the formal process.

OBS

APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council].

Key term(s)
  • Pacific Economic Co-operation Council

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Observateur officiel de l'Organisation de coopération économique Asie-Pacifique (APEC).

Key term(s)
  • CCEPP
  • Conseil de co-opération économique
  • Conseil de coopération économique avec les pays du pacifique
  • Conseil de coopération économique de la région du Pacifique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 21 1999-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A measure of a person's reaction to a situation that requires an actual adaptive response, rather than a mere "test" response. The situation may be contrived by the examiner but must be recognized as posing a real problem to be solved, independent of its status as a test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Test permettant d'observer les réactions d'un individu dans une situation particulière.

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 23 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Laws and Regulations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

Of May 15, 1992; signed by States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements internationaux
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
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Record 24 1997-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Source(s) : La réforme de la poste : un bon investissement.

Spanish

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Record 25 1982-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Certain relatives who are not eligible under the family class because of age, marital status, or other reasons, can apply to immigrate under the independent class. Source document is a pamphlet entitled "Helping a Relative Immigrate" published by Employment and Immigration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
Key term(s)
  • parents de la catégorie des immigrants indépendants

Spanish

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