Translation of "Société du Centre national des Arts " (French → English) :

34. Believes that the Centre plays an important role in disseminating information at local, regional, national, and Community level, and in relation to civil society; urges it to become more effective still in fulfilling its purpose; again applauds the work carried out by the Centre, which is performing the tasks entrusted to it unstintingly and to invaluable effect;

28. Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou;

17. Welcomes the UN's annual programme impact review and the decision to open a UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe in Brussels, from the beginning of 2004; notes that this Centre will focus its activities on providing information for citizens of the EU Member States and other European countries; invites it to include in its annual activity programme information actions on the relations between the EU and the UN; invites the EU Commission to launch, if possible jointly with this Centre, an information initiative on the relations between the EU and the UN, including on the EU's financial contribution to the activities of ...[+++]the UN, its Agencies, Programmes and Funds; also encourages the UN Regional Centre to develop its activities in close cooperation with the UN Associations and educational institutions, which are vital structures of civil society to bring to citizens the common values of the EU and the UN;

15. Welcomes the UN's annual programme impact review and the decision to open a UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe in Brussels, from the beginning of 2004; notes that this Centre will focus its activities on providing information for the citizens of the EU Member States and other European countries; invites it to include in its annual activity programme information actions on the relations between the EU and the UN; invites the EU Commission to launch, if possible jointly with this Centre, an information initiative on the relations between the EU and the UN, including on the EU's financial contribution to the activities ...[+++] of the UN, its Agencies, Programmes and Funds; also encourages the UN Regional Centre to develop its activities in close co-operation with the UN Associations and educational institutions, which are vital structures of civil society to bring to citizens the common values of the EU and the UN;

However, despite this forward vision, it has never forgotten or neglected its past, indeed it treasures and protects its history and culture, in the ballet, the Opera House, the Everyman Theatre, Triskel Arts Centre, National Sculpture Factory, Crawford Art Gallery, Crawford College of Art and Design, University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, the School of Music, the College of Commerce, to mention just a few.

The French text of the bill uses the previous name of this corporation, i.e., “Corporation du Centre national des Arts”. The current French name, as stated in section 3 of the National Arts Centre Act (R.S., 1985, c. N-3), is the “Société du Centre national des Arts”.