Translation of "Amélioration des travaux de bureau " (French → English) :

Arrangements shall be made, specifying in particular the nature, extent and manner in which those countries are to participate in the Support Office's work.

Given its expertise in the field of asylum, the UNHCR should be represented by a non-voting member of the Management Board so that it is fully involved in the work of the Support Office.

To that end, the roles of the UNHCR and the other relevant international organisations should be fully recognised and those organisations should be fully involved in the work of the Support Office.

Mr. Chair, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the interim commissioner, Ron Thompson, for his many contributions to the work of our office.

Recent developments in implementing internal reforms include: * the adoption of a Communication in May setting out a strategy for improving evaluation work within the Commission services, including the creation of evaluation units in all DGs, the establishment of a network of evaluators, on annual evaluation plan and an annual review of progress; * the adoption of a Communication in October on generalising fraud proofing procedures for all legislative proposals under consideration within the Commission; * the adoption of a Communication in November on the changing role of Financial Control which will in future increasingly perform its ...[+++]ex ante controls on the basis of sampling thus releasing resources to enhance its internal audit function.

Let me tell the House what else I found. For these 11 children there were two teachers, full time I presume, and a clerk working behind the desk who greeted visitors and who, I assume, did other clerical duties.