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SOCIAL ACTION CENTER [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
Key term(s)
  • public social action center
  • public social assistance center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
DEF

Service public autonome, installé dans chaque commune, et chargé de l'octroi d'une aide sociale généraliste.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center confronts important contemporary issues including racism, antisemitism, terrorism and genocid and is accredited as an NGO both at the United Nations and UNESCO. With a membership of over 400, 000 families, the Center is headquartered in Los Angeles and maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Jerusalem, Paris and Buenos Aires. Established in 1977, the Center closely interacts on an ongoing basis with a variety of publi and private agencies, meeting with elected officials, the U. S. and foreign governments, diplomats and heads of state. Other issues that the Center deals with include; the prosecution of Nazi war criminals; Holocaust and tolerance education; Middle East Affairs; and extremist groups, neo-Nazism, and hate on the Internet.

OBS

Title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Appellation tirée du document «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Derechos y Libertades
OBS

Extraido de "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", con la autorizacion de UNESCO.

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Record 3 1997-11-11

English

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

United Church of Christ

Key term(s)
  • Centre for Social Action
  • Social Action Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Sociologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Sociología (Generalidades)
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