Translation of "Compte ministériel " (French → English) :

departmental classification of accounts

Corporate Account and Compliance Section

European Court of Auditors [ Court of Auditors of the European Communities | Court of Auditors of the European Union | ECA [acronym] EC Court of Auditors ]

European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy

government department

account [ financial account ]

passing of accounts

ministry [ ministerial cabinet | ministerial department ]

ICT key account manager | IT account manager | ICT account manager | ICT account managers

The third is the whole idea of lessening accountability and creating a greater distance with arm's length relationships and cutting down on ministerial accountability.

2. Stresses the importance of taking full account in the negotiations of the special needs and interests of low-income developing countries and LDCs; considers a clear definition of low-income developing countries and emerging economies to be necessary; reiterates the need to ensure that the principle of special and differential treatment (S&DT) constitutes an integral part of the negotiations, reflecting the varying economic development levels of WTO members as set out in paragraph 44 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration; considers that meaningful S&DT provisions must be made more precise, subject to periodic reviews and targeted to r ...[+++]espond to the need of those developing countries and LDCs which are most in need; commends the example of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in operationalising the S&DT principle for implementation phases which could set a useful example in the reviewing and targeting of S&DT provisions;

Do you have any comments on the apparent practices in ministers' offices of senior political staff who have two BlackBerrys, one of which is for a ministerial account and the second is on a personal staffer's account and is therefore not accessible under access to information requests?

As I'm sure you know, under the act, my responsibilities as chief accounting officer in this respect are fourfold: to ensure resources are organized to deliver departmental objectives in accordance with government priorities, to ensure there are effective systems of internal control, to sign departmental accounts, and to perform other specific duties assigned by law or regulation in relation to the administration of the department.