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Record 1 2022-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Laws and Legal Documents
OBS

The rules were first adopted August 30, 1955, by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders.

OBS

A resolution adopted by the General Assembly [of the United Nations] on 17 December 2015... adopted the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, but also approved that [these rules] should be known as the "Nelson Mandela Rules" in order to honour the legacy of the late President of South Africa, [Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques internationaux
OBS

Les règles ont été adoptées pour la première fois le 30 août 1955 par le premier Congrès des Nations Unies pour la prévention du crime et le traitement des délinquants.

OBS

[Le 17 décembre 2015,] l'Assemblée générale [des Nations Unies] a [...] adopté l'Ensemble de règles minima des Nations Unies pour le traitement des détenus sous sa forme révisée, mais a également approuvé sa dénomination «Règles Nelson Mandela» pour rendre hommage à l'œuvre accomplie par l'ancien Président sud-africain, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Idiomatic Expressions
DEF

At a distance ...

CONT

Obama puts Syria at arm's length as carnage drags on... It was typical of the arm's-length approach the president has taken toward the Syria conflict on the world stage in recent weeks... At the United Nations, he scarcely mentioned Syria in a wide-ranging farewell address to the General Assembly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expressions idiomatiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • International Bodies (Intl. Law)
OBS

UN [United Nations].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Organismes internationaux (Droit)
OBS

ONU [Organisation des Nations Unies].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominación de puestos
  • Organismos internacionales (Derecho internacional)
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Record 4 2012-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

During his October 1977 address to the United Nations General Assembly, U. S. President Jimmy Carter described zig-zag diplomacy as it pertains to the Middle East crisis(Israeli-Arab States) :"A Geneva settlement is like a tall mountain, full of crevices and sharp rocks. Therefore, you don’t go to it in a straight line. You go through zigs and zags. You even go down a little bit, then you keep moving. As long as you know where you’re going, that's what's important. And we know where we’re going. We know we’ve got to make zigs and zags. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Aussi la posture pro-occidentale de la Jordanie fut préservée tout le long du processus de désengagement, bien que la diplomatie du pas à pas n’ait pas offert [au président irakien] de vrais bénéfices.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-11-16

English

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

United Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Diplomatie
OBS

Nations Unies.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Damage in the posterior perisylvian sector disrupts the assembly of phonemes into words and the selection of entire word-forms. Patients with such damage may fail to speak certain words, or they may form words improperly("loliphant" for "elephant"). They may, in addition, substitute a pronoun or a word at a more general taxonomic level for a missing one("people" for "woman") or use a word semantically related to the concept they intend to express("headman" for "president").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Les lésions de la région périsylvienne postérieure perturbent l'assemblage des phonèmes en mots et la sélection des mots. Les patients présentant une telle lésion sont incapables de prononcer correctement certains mots (ils disent par exemple «phéléphant» à la place d'«éléphant») et ils remplacent parfois un mot qui leur manque par un autre mot de sens plus général (par exemple, «personne» au lieu de «femme») ou par un mot dont le sens est lié au concept qu'ils veulent exprimer (comme «chef» à la place de «président»).

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-11-11

English

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

Under the chairmanship of the President of the General Assembly; to study the issue of the strengthening and reform of the UN system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
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Record 8 1997-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

The Constitution of the Fourth Republic created... the French Union, comprising metropolitan France and the Overseas Departments and Territories on the one hand, and on the other the Associated Territories and States, each of which defined its relationship with France in a particular manner. The organs of the Union were : the Presidency, occupied ex officio by the President of the French Republic; the High Council, presided over by the President and composed of delegates from France and each Associated State, whose function was to assist the government in the general conduct of the affairs of the Union; and an Assembly composed half of representatives of metropolitan France and half of members representing the Overseas Departments and Territories and the Associated States, these being elected by the respective Assemblies.

Key term(s)
  • associated state

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Expression parfois employée pour désigner l'ensemble des États groupés dans une Union internationale en vue de marquer ainsi que le lien conventionnel qui les unit, les groupe d'une manière particulièrement étroite.

Key term(s)
  • état associé

Spanish

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