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.

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.

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.

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.

The Secretariat of the European Parliament, the Parliament's administrative body, is based in Luxembourg.

FSM is a full member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, the Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

The Secretariat of State is the only body of the Curia that is situated within Vatican City.

The administrative office, known as the " IUPAC Secretariat ", is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States.

The Secretariat is the professional and general service staff of the IAEA.

The Secretariat is headed by the Director General.

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.

The city is the seat of the ASEAN Secretariat.

It is a full member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, the South Pacific Tourism Organisation, the Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

The Secretariat of the European Parliament is located in Luxembourg, but the Parliament usually meets in nearby Strasbourg.

The FATF Secretariat is housed at the headquarters of the OECD in Paris.

The co-ordinating work is generally allocated to the Cabinet Secretariat which in turn acts as a nodal agency for the functioning of the various Ministries.

The Secretariat of State is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the government of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Secretariat is divided into two sections, the Section for General Affairs and the Section for Relations with States, known as the First Section and Second Section, respectively.

The General Secretariat is divided into various departments which includes planning and coordination, the secretariat ( bureau ) of H. M. the Queen, the secretariat ( bureau ) of H. R. H.

In this case, it would be 37. 5 ( 20 + 14 + 3. 5 ) divided by 12. 5 ( 3. 5 + 9 + 0 ), giving Secretariat a Dosage Index of exactly 3. 00 ( the figure almost always being expressed with two places to the right of the decimal point and rounded to the nearest. 01 ).

With the agreement of both groups, the International Secretariat divided the British section and the minority pursued the entry tactic and published the newspaper Socialist Outlook from 1948.

The Secretariat is divided into two sections, the Section for General Affairs and the Section for Relations with States, known as the First Section and Second Section, respectively.

On 28 June 1988, John Paul II promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus, which introduced a reform of the Roman Curia and divided the Secretariat of State into two sections: the Section for General Affairs and the Section for Relations with States, which incorporated the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church.

In the Tang Dynasty, the government was divided into three departments: the Department of State Affairs ( 尚書省 ), the Chancellery ( 門下省 ) and the Secretariat ( 中書省 ) and the head of each department was generally referred to as the Chancellor.

His successor Benedict XV named Gasparri as secretary of state and Gasparri took Pacelli with him into the Secretariat of State, making him undersecretary.

The Grand Secretariat (; Ma: 40px Dorgi yamun ), which had been an important policy-making body under the Ming Dynasty, lost its importance during the Qing Dynasty and evolved into an imperial chancery.

The Fourth International derives from the 1963 reunification of the two public factions into which Fourth International split in 1953: the International Secretariat of the Fourth International ( ISFI ) and the International Committee of the Fourth International ( ICFI ).

Racing on a sloppy track, Secretariat led into the straight but was overtaken by Prove Out, who pulled clear to win by 4 lengths.

Secretariat was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1974, the year following his Triple Crown.

On May 2, 2007, Secretariat was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, marking the first time an animal received this honor.

The sections of the International that recognised the leadership of the International Secretariat remained optimistic about the possibilities for increasing the International's political influence and extended the entrism into social democratic parties which was already underway in Britain, Austria and elsewhere.

The Chair represents EUREKA externally and agrees with the ESE ( Secretariat ) on the level of support it should provide, which is then incorporated into the ESE ’ s business plan.

Another notable job of the Secretariat is their duty of translating speeches and documents into the UN ’ s official languages.

The Secretariat is organised into three divisions: Assessment ; Operations ; and Policy.

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

In 1946, he joined the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat, subsequently merged into the Conservative Research Department.

After translating into English two books written by his friend Borgongini Duca, Spellman was made the first American attaché of the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1925.

Following this set of officers, the Senate as an institution can then be grouped into the Senate Proper and the Secretariat.

With the Charter Act of 1833, the Secretariat of the Government of the East India Company was reorganised into four Departments, including a Military Department.

The GEF Secretariat is based in Washington, D. C., and reports directly to the GEF Council and Assembly, ensuring that their decisions are translated into effective actions.

The leading bodies of the party were the Politburo and the Secretariat until 1991 when the two bodies were merged into an expanded Politburo with over twenty members.

The governorship of Ioannis Kapodistrias ( 1828 – 1831 ) saw a drastic reorganization of the national military: a Secretariat on Army and Naval Affairs and the Hellenic Army Academy were created, the Army engineering corps was founded ( 28 July 1829 ), and a concerted effort was made to reform the various irregular forces into regular light infantry battalions.

Kováca brought Kádár into the party leadership and gave him a seat in the Secretariat of the Central Committee.

On 19 July 1947, a gang of armed paramilitaries of former Prime Minister U Saw broke into the Secretariat Building in downtown Rangoon during a meeting of the Executive Council ( the shadow government established by the British in preparation for the transfer of power ) and assassinated Aung San and six of his cabinet ministers, including his older brother Ba Win, father of Sein Win leader of the government-in-exile, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma ( NCGUB ).

The program was renamed and morphed into CIMMYT in 1963, though it was still under the Secretariat of Agriculture ’ s jurisdiction.

The seventh CPC National Congress introduced the post of Chairman of the Central Committee into the party constitution, and in 1956 the General Secretary was given the day-to-day management of the Party Secretariat.