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PEACEFUL USE [28 records]

Record 1 2025-12-17

English

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

The Canadian Space Agency is responsible for managing Canada's civilian space activities, promoting the peaceful use of outer space, and advancing space knowledge and technologies for the benefit of Canadians.

Key term(s)
  • Canada Space Agency

French

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

L'Agence spatiale canadienne est chargée de gérer les activités civiles du Canada dans l'espace, de promouvoir l'utilisation pacifique de l'espace et de faire progresser les connaissances et les technologies spatiales au bénéfice des Canadiens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités federales (canadienses)
  • Astronáutica
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Record 2 2015-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Diplomacy
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A peace support effort conducted after the initiation of a conflict to secure a ceasefire or peaceful settlement, involving primarily diplomatic action supported, when necessary, by direct or indirect use of military assets.

OBS

peacemaking: term and definition stantardized by NATO.

OBS

peacemaking: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Diplomatie
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Effort de soutien de la paix poursuivi après le déclenchement d'un conflit en vue de parvenir à un cessez-le-feu ou à un règlement pacifique, qui implique principalement des mesures diplomatiques appuyées, au besoin, par l'utilisation directe ou indirecte de moyens militaires.

OBS

rétablissement de la paix : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

rétablissement de la paix; recherche de la paix; établissement de la paix : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
  • Diplomacia
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
CONT

Las actividades de las Naciones Unidas para el establecimiento de la paz facilitan que las partes beligerantes lleguen a un acuerdo por medios diplomáticos. El Consejo de Seguridad, en su empeño por mantener la paz y la seguridad internacionales, puede recomendar maneras de evitar conflictos o restablecer o lograr la paz; por ejemplo, mediante la negociación o recurriendo a la Corte Internacional de Justicia.

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Record 3 2015-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
CONT

As Canada's nuclear regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission protects the health, safety and security of Canadians and supports Canada's international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
CONT

En sa qualité d'organisme de réglementation nucléaire du Canada, la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire protège la santé et la sécurité des Canadiens et soutient les engagements internationaux du Canada en matière d'utilisation pacifique de l'énergie nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Atomic Physics
OBS

United Nations Organization created in 1957. Headquarters in Vienna. In charge of international cooperation on the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Physique atomique
OBS

Organisme des Nations Unies créé en 1957 dont le siège est à Vienne et qui est responsable de la coopération internationale en matière d'énergie atomique dans un but pacifique.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Atomic Physics
OBS

United Nations Organization created in 1957. Headquarters in Vienna. In charge of international cooperation on the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Physique atomique
OBS

Organisme des Nations Unies créé en 1957 dont le siège est à Vienne et qui est responsable de la coopération internationale en matière d'énergie atomique dans un but pacifique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Ciencia y tecnología nucleares
  • Física atómica
OBS

Organismo de las Naciones Unidas creado en 1957, con sede en Viena, responsable de la cooperación internacional en materia de energía atómica con fines pacíficos.

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Record 6 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The term "peaceful uses of outer space" appears in official government statements and multilateral treaties. However, the examination of the state practice leads to the conclusion that this term is still without an authoritative definition. It is a source of considerable confusion and creates a legal grey area. The widely accepted interpretation of this key term of space law prior to the begin of space age, namely that "peaceful" means "non-military," was soon contradicted by the practice of two space powers. In the period between 1957 and the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, these two powers had placed into orbit a number of military payloads and had come increasingly dependent on space technology in their military planning. Since the term "peaceful" continues to be used, it is useful to examine the meaning of this ambiguous adjective.

Key term(s)
  • peaceful uses of outer space

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
CONT

L'utilisation pacifique de l'espace extra-atmosphérique est menacée par le caractère militaire et paramilitaire des activités spatiales. Le droit international doit jouer un rôle plus que jamais important pour la sauvegarde de l'ordre paisible de l'espace extra-atmosphérique et pour la promotion de la coopération dans le domaine des activités spatiales.

Key term(s)
  • utilisations pacifiques de l'espace extra-atmosphérique

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-01-23

English

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

... its mandate is to enhance security and well-being by promoting the peaceful and safe use of chemical and nuclear technologies and to ensure compliance with international commitments such as the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty(CTBT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention. The Agency also assists in the development of relevant international law and guidance, such as conventions established under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) and the Nuclear Suppliers Group regime.

OBS

Under the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada.

French

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

L'Agence a pour mandat d'accroître la sécurité et le bien-être en faisant la promotion de l'utilisation pacifique et sûre des technologies chimiques et nucléaires et de veiller au respect d'engagements internationaux comme le Traité d'interdiction complète des essais nucléaires (CTBT) et la Convention sur les armes chimiques. L'Agence contribue également à l'établissement de directives internationales pertinentes, comme les conventions établies sous les auspices de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique et le régime du Groupe des exportateurs nucléaires.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Created to promote education, capacity-building, and research as a means to enhance the peaceful and sustainable use and management of ocean and coastal spaces and their resources. The IOI was founded in 1972 by Professor Elisabeth Mann Borgese as an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation headquartered at the University of Malta. The IOI Network currently consists of ten Operational Centres spanning the globe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Appellation confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 9 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Human Relations
OBS

"IIMCR is a Washington, DC based, non-profit, 501(c)(3) institution whose mission is to promote the use of peaceful conflict resolution techniques among a generation of future leaders through the design and implementation of unique programs and services".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

The personal right to the beneficial, peaceful and uninterrupted use of the home property free from claim of creditors.

CONT

The western provinces abolished dower but replaced it with homestead rights. ... Rights in the homestead include the right to refuse consent to a change of homestead or to its sale (sales made without consent are void), a life estate in the whole of the homestead to the surviving spouse, and certain immunity from seizure of the homestead by creditors. ... Homestead rights give the wife somewhat better protection than does dower: during her husband’s lifetime she can prevent the sale of the homestead completely; and if she survives him, she has an exclusive life interest in the whole of the homestead rather than the one-third interest of dower. Homestead rights are less cumbersome than dower-they do not affect other real property of the spouse.

OBS

Homestead rights are often referred to as "dower" in the western provinces.

PHR

Inchoate homestead right

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

M. et Mme Rathwell se sont séparés en 1967 à la suite de difficultés conjugales. Par la suite M. Rathwell, avec le consentement de sa femme, a donné en location des terres à leur fils Duane et en a hypothéqué une partie pour se procurer des fonds pour lui acheter d'autres terres. Pour favoriser les intérêts de son fils, Mme Rathwell a renoncé à ses droits sur le domicile familial (homestead) en faveur du créancier hypothécaire.

OBS

À éviter : «droit sur les biens de famille», «exploitation rurale», «droit d'établissement».

PHR

Droit de propriété imparfait

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
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Record 11 1999-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
OBS

The ten Bandung Principles which are the foundation of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries are as follows : 1) Respect for fundamental human rights and for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 2) Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation. 3) Recognition of the equality of all races and of the equality of all nations. 4) Abstention from the intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country. 5) Respect for the right of each nation to defend itself singly or collectively, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations. 6) Abstention from the use of arrangements of collective defence to the particular interests of the big powers. b) Abstention by any country from exerting pressures on other countries. 7) Refraining from acts or threats of aggression or the use of force against territorial integrity or political independence of any country. 8) Settlement of all international disputes by peaceful means, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations. 9) Promotion of mutual interest and cooperation. 10) Respect for justice and international obligations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
OBS

Established by the Agreement between the Republic of Argentina and the Federative Republic of Brazil for the Exclusively Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy, Guadalajara, Mexico, 18 July 91.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
Key term(s)
  • SCCC des matières nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Ciencia y tecnología nucleares
Key term(s)
  • SCCC de Materiales Nucleares
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Record 13 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Industries - General
OBS

Organized by the China Association for Peaceful Use of Military and Industrial Technology and the Office of Legal Advisory Services for Development, Honk Kong, 7-10 July 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Industries - Généralités

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Industrias - Generalidades
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Record 14 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Laws and Regulations
  • Astronautics
OBS

Signed by the member States of INTERCOSMOS, 1976

Key term(s)
  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Exploration and Use of Outer Space

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements internationaux
  • Astronautique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos internacionales
  • Astronáutica
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Record 15 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Astronomy
  • International Relations
Key term(s)
  • Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Astronomie
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Astronomía
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 16 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
OBS

Office for Disarmament Affairs/China Association for Peaceful Use of Military Industrial Technology/Centre for Science and Technology for Development. Held in Beijing, 22-26 October 1991.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
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Record 17 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Atomic Physics
OBS

Established by the Agreement between the Republic of Argentina and the Federative Republic of Brazil for the Exclusively Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Física atómica
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Record 18 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
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Record 19 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Military (General)
  • International Relations
OBS

Proposed by Warsaw Treaty Member States to NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] Member States in their Appeal of June 1984 and Political Declaration of January 1983.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Militar (Generalidades)
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 20 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Astronautics
OBS

Concluded in Moscow; 76/07/13

Key term(s)
  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Astronáutica
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Record 21 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Nuclear Physics
  • War and Peace (International Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Física nuclear
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
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Record 22 1996-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
OBS

Earlier definitions of "activism" made reference to the use of violence to achieve one's political goals. However, today activism often implies the use of peaceful demonstrations and protests, rather than violence.

OBS

An expression such as "political activist advocating violence" would be appropriate for contexts involving the use of violence.

OBS

Terms proposed for this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
DEF

Militante qui défend de façon violente et spectaculaire une cause politique.

CONT

Nationaliste forcenée, cette avocate se voue corps et âme à une seule cause : entraver la venue d'Aristide. La résistance armée? Ce pourrait être «un baume sur l'infamie». Même si, cette fois, la pasionaria, dans un rare moment de doute, s'avoue «un peu perdue».

Spanish

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Record 23 1994-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

We must be prepared to make the best use of these technologies in meeting our security requirements, while upholding Canada's long-standing commitment to the peaceful development of space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

Nous devons donc être prêts à appliquer ces technologies à nos besoins de sécurité, tout en respectant les engagements canadiens de longue date à l'égard de l'exploitation pacifique de l'espace.

Spanish

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Record 24 1993-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
CONT

Le Comité des utilisations pacifiques de l'espace (des Nations Unies)

Spanish

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Record 25 1990-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements

Spanish

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Record 26 1987-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Information Technology (Informatics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

Renseignements confirmés par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 27 1987-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

settlement procedure. The conclusion to be drawn is that the parties to a dispute must solve their differences by such means as they may choose except that they must try to find a solution on peaceful lines. In addition, institutionalised procedures may be available to the parties to a dispute or if they are members of a particular organisation they may be obliged to use particular settlement procedures. Finally, States may undertake by treaty or through submission to a political or judicial international body to respect the decision of a recognised authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
OBS

règlement. Opération consistant à mettre fin à une situation litigieuse ou qui peut le devenir, à rendre nette la situation entre les parties, cette opération pouvant consister : a) à mettre fin à un conflit, à résoudre un différend, un litige international. Dans ce sens : règlement pacifique, judiciaire, amiable, direct, diplomatique; procédure de règlement.

Spanish

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Record 28 1987-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

The outlawry of war.... Although the many attempts which have been made in the past and are still being made at present to prevent war in the future do not strictly belong to the subject of the laws of war, I can hardly pass them by in complete silence.(...) Arbitration, judicial settlement and other procedures may help to substitute the peaceful solution of disputes for a resort to war. A world-wide international organization may contain the outbreak of hostilities or arrest them. Aggressive nations have been demilitarized. Regional demilitarization, agreed upon by multilateral treaties, can serve as an obstacle to the use of military force.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
CONT

La question de la mise de la guerre hors la loi, la guerre étant déclarée illégale, a pris, dans ces dernières années, une importance croissante. A côté de l'arbitrage et du désarmement, c'est le problème central de l'organisation internationale et du droit des gens. L'opinion publique est plus fermement que jamais convaincue que la guerre doit cesser d'être un moyen légitime de régler les conflits internationaux.

Spanish

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