Specific weaknesses in the text include: it does not stipulate guidelines for the ' non-detriment ' finding required of national Scientific Authorities ; non-detriment findings require copious amounts of information ; the ' household effects ' clause is often not rigid enough / specific enough to prevent CITES violations by means of this Article ( VII ); non-reporting from Parties means Secretariat monitoring is incomplete ; and it has no capacity to address domestic trade in listed species.

The IAEA has three main bodies: the Board of Governors, the General Conference, and the Secretariat.

Singapore is also a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) forum which has its Secretariat in Singapore.

The Politburo was eclipsed by the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in the early 1980s under Hu Yaobang, but has re-emerged as a dominant force after Hu's ousting in 1987.

If the Beyer Speed Figure calculation had been developed during that time, Andrew Beyer calculated that Secretariat would have earned a figure of 139, the highest he has ever assigned.

There has been some criticism of Secretariat as a stallion, due in part to his perceived inability to produce male offspring of his same caliber.

Parliament has asked the Secretariat to present two equal versions of the Constitution ( in Nynorsk and Bokmål ) which could be ratified prior to the anniversary in 2014.

Hu has been involved in the Communist party bureaucracy for most of his adult life, notably as Party secretary for Guizhou province and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and then later First secretary of the Party Central Secretariat and Vice-President under former leader Jiang Zemin.

Since its creation, the Secretariat has undergone extensive reforms.

The renovation of the Secretariat building has been complete and the UN staff moved into the new building on July 2012.

Frances Hutchinson, Chairperson of the Social Credit Secretariat, has co-authored, with Brian Burkitt, a book entitled The Political Economy of Social Credit and Guild Socialism.

The Secretariat has observer status in the United Nations General Assembly.

This has been subjected to a number of lawsuits challenging this, including Mohsin v Commonwealth Secretariat, and in 2005, Sumukan Limited v Commonwealth Secretariat.

The Maranhão State Extraordinary Secretariat of Tourism has been working to attract charter flights from European countries, such as Portugal, Italy, Germany and Spain.

By direct membership with the ICC International Secretariat when a national committee / group has not yet been established in your country / territory.

After the 16th Party Congress in 2002, he has been a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, a member of its Politburo and of the Politburo Standing Committee ( PSC ), the Party's central decision making body, and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.

The Presidential Secretariat has stated that there was no basis to the media report and follow up reports which intimated the same.

Since 1966 the Council has possessed a permanent administrative Secretariat based in Abidjan, the largest city of Côte d ' Ivoire.

The ASEAN Secretariat has authority to monitor and ensure compliance with AFTA measures, but has no legal authority to enforce compliance.

Again, the ASEAN Secretariat may help mediate a dispute but has no legal authority to resolve it.

The ASEAN Secretariat has no legal authority to resolve such disputes, so disputes are resolved bilaterally through informal means or through dispute resolution.

McMurtry's principal research project in Philosophy spanning over seven years has followed from the invitation by the Secretariat of UNESCO / EOLSS ( Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Paris-Oxford ) to construct, author and edit Philosophy and World Problems as a multi-volume study of world philosophy.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General is the head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central body which has served the Commonwealth of Nations since its establishment in 1965, and responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly.

According to author, Ralph Zacklin, the primary function of the Secretariat is to " implement the decisions mandated by the principle organs ".

The international Secretariat, Comecon's only permanent body, was Comecon's primary economic research and administrative organ.

The primary CPSU bodies were the Politburo, the highest decision-making organ ; the Secretariat, the controller of party bureaucracy ; and the Central Committee, the party's policy forum.

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services ( OIOS ) is a United Nations organ whose primary purpose is to perform world-wide audit, investigation, inspection, programme monitoring, evaluation and consulting services to the United Nations Secretariat and the rest of the United Nations System.

In 2006, responsibility was shifted from the Privy Council Office to the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the branch was renamed the " Official Languages Secretariat ".

The first organizational meeting was in February 1961 with ITI ( CBEMA then ) taking Secretariat responsibility.

The establishment, by the Holy Father, of a permanent Secretariat for Christian Unity in 1960 was the most dramatic mark of this concern.

The new formula for filling staff positions in the Secretariat is one of a number of recommendations made by a panel of eight in a long and detailed report.

Moreover, Moscow appeared determined to apply the tripartite veto principle to the executive organs of all international bodies, including the U. N. Secretariat and the International Control Commission for Laos.

The General Secretariat of the Council provides the continuous infrastructure of the council, carrying out preparation for meetings, draft reports, translation, records, documents, agendas and assisting the presidency.

The Secretary General of the Council is head of the General Secretariat, Uwe Corsepius since June 2011 ; previously the post holder was also the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, President of the European Defence Agency and the Western European Union.

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is the focal point for the International Year of Biodiversity.

Funding for the activities of the Secretariat and COP meetings comes from a Trust Fund derived from Party contributions.

If a " positive list " approach were taken, only species evaluated and approved for the positive list would be permitted in trade, thus lightening the review burden for member states and the Secretariat, and also preventing inadvertent legal trade threats to poorly known species.

Moreover, the CITES Secretariat itself is largely dependent on signatories ' offices for determinations on whether the trade in a given species is " non-detrimental.

" Consequently, this structure for information gathering and decision making at both the national and Secretariat level is inherently biased in favor of trade over protection.

Suggestions for improvement in the operation of CITES include: more regular missions by the Secretariat ( not reserved just for high profile species ); improvement of national legislation and enforcement ; better reporting by Parties ( and the consolidation of information from all sources-NGOs, TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network and Parties ); more emphasis on enforcement-including a technical committee enforcement officer ; the development of CITES Action Plans ( akin to Biodiversity Action Plans related to the Convention on Biological Diversity ) including: designation of Scientific / Management Authorities and national enforcement strategies ; incentives for reporting and timelines for both Action Plans and reporting.

The British government also took direct steps to counter the influence of CND, Secretary of State for Defence Michael Heseltine setting up Defence Secretariat 19 " to explain to the public the facts about the Government's policy on deterrence and multilateral disarmament ".

She was asked to provide information for Defence Secretariat 19 about leading CND personnel but was instructed to include only information from published sources.

The Coordinating Minister of Internal and External Security accords the policies and actions that will be adopted by the following institutions as regards internal and external security: the Ministry of Government and Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, and the Secretariat General for the Public administration.

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, acts as the Holy See's minister of foreign affairs.

The Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority is facilitating these activities by creating and maintaining an ongoing list of opportunities for scientific collaboration, including research cruises, deep-sea sample analysis, and training and internship programmes.

The Secretariat is also actively seeking applications from scientists and other technical personnel from developing nations to be considered for assistance under the Fund.

To maximize opportunities for and participation in the Fund, the Secretariat is also seeking donations and in-kind contributions to build on the initial investment of US $ 3 million.

Then he founded the West African National Secretariat to work for the decolonization of Africa.

Though times for non-winners were not recorded, in 1973 Sham finished second, two and a half lengths behind Secretariat in the same race.