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PEACE CORPS [8 records]

Record 1 2024-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

A body of trained personnel sent as volunteers especially to assist underdeveloped nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • International Relations
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

A federal government organization, set up in 1961, that trains and sends American volunteers abroad to work with people of developing countries on projects for technological, agricultural, and educational improvement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Relations internationales
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
  • International Relations
CONT

The [U.S.] Senate Foreign Relations Committee ... is responsible for the foreign policy activities of the U.S. Senate. [It] evaluates all treaties with foreign governments; approves all diplomatic nominations; and writes legislation pertaining to U.S. foreign policy, the State Department, Foreign Programs, and many associated topics.

OBS

Our committee is one of the oldest in the Senate, dating back to the initial creation of permanent Senate committees in 1816. It plays a vital role in shaping U. S. policy around the world. The committee has oversight over the foreign policy agencies of the U. S. government, including the State Department, the U. S. Agency for International Development, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Peace Corps. The Committee reviews and considers diplomatic nominations and international treaties, as well as legislation relating to U. S. foreign policy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Comités y juntas (Admón.)
  • Relaciones internacionales
OBS

Del Senado de los EE.UU.

OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de las Cumbres de las Américas.

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Record 4 2004-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
OBS

Liberal Party of Canada-Canada in the world : A place of pride and influence. The priority is to launch a Peace and Nation Building Initiative directed to the increasing number of fragile states where poverty and weak governance combine to produce despair and desperation. Our initiative will strengthen our Armed Forces and reserves, deploy the Canada Corps, contribute to the halt of world pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, and reduce or forgive debts owed by poor and deserving countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
OBS

Parti libéral du Canada - Le Canada dans le monde : un rôle d'influence et de fierté. La priorité est de mettre sur pied une Escouade pour la paix et la restructuration de l'état pour aider le nombre croissant d'états déchus et fragilisés, où la pauvreté et la faiblesse des gouvernements ensemble produisent affliction et désespoir. Cette initiative renforcera nos Forces armées et la réserve, déploiera Corps Canada, contribuera à juguler des maladies pandémiques telle le VIH/SIDA, et réduira ou pardonnera la dette de pays pauvres et méritoires.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

Appointed by the Peace Corps.

Key term(s)
  • Youth Development Co-ordinator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Sociologie de la famille

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominación de puestos
  • Sociología de la familia
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Record 6 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Security
  • Management Control
OBS

Established; in reference to the Contadora Act on Peace and Co-operation in Central America; comprises the Permanent Commission and the International Corps of Inspectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Sécurité
  • Contrôle de gestion

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Seguridad
  • Control de gestión
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Record 7 1996-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Military Administration
OBS

Any peace officer, security policeman, provost, military policeman, or member of the Corps of Commissionaires, and includes any officer or man of the Canadian Forces or employee of the Department of National Defence or of the Defence Research Board who has been assigned duties relating to the enforcement of these regulations. QRO App VII

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

Tout agent de sûreté, agent de police de sûreté, de la prévôté, de la police militaire, ou du Corps des commissionnaires, y compris tout officier, et autre militaire des Forces armées du Canada, ou tout employé du ministère de la Défense nationale ou du Conseil de recherches pour la défense à qui ont été confiées des fonctions relatives à l'application des présents règlements. QRO App VII

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-09-25

English

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

Also referred to as Pan African Students International Peace and Voluntary Services Corps

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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