Translation of "secrétaire d'agence " (French → English) :

The EU should continue its close collaboration with the UN Secretary General on food security issues and strengthen its dialogue with the Rome-based agencies, supporting closer coordination between them and, where necessary, the re-focusing of their mandates and activities on their comparative advantages; FAO mainly on knowledge and policy advice, IFAD on long-term sustainable investment and WFP on situations of emergency and fragility.

For the purposes of this Agreement, DHS means the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of the Secretary and the entities that directly support it, but does not include other components of DHS such as the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Transportation Security Administration, United States Secret Service, the United States Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

2. The initial general budget shall be financed by contributions from the participating Member States payable as soon as possible and in any case no later than within 45 days from despatch of the calls for contributions by the Head of the Agency, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union.

The Secretary-General/High Representative (SG/HR), in accordance with Article 26 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), should have a leading role in the Agency’s structure and provide the essential link between the Agency and the Council.

The Commission also considers that it is for international financial institutions and United Nations agencies (not only the HCR but also the UNDP, OCHA, OHCHR, UNRWA, UNICEF, the WFP, WHO etc...), under the supervision of the Secretary-General, to better define the functions of each in improving the governance of refugees and to establish a strategic coordinated action plan to make practical improvements to the prospects for durable solutions in the application of each of these functions, having regard both to the fate awaiting refugees and to the capacities of the host countries and countries of origin concerned by flows related to asyl ...[+++]um, integration and durable returns.

2. Asks the secretaries-general of the institutions to consider the administrative, budgetary and financial implications of the forthcoming enlargement, with particular reference to staffing requirements, office space and the need to refurbish buildings currently in use; asks in particular that a report be provided by 31 May 2000 showing what steps could be taken in this context to ensure cost-effective translations of a good standard, e.g. by freelance and other outside sources; takes the view that current recruitment methods are not an appropriate and efficient means of recruiting capable staff from the applicant countries; asks the secretaries-general therefore to explore other recruitment policies, such as the setting-up of an interinst ...[+++]itutional agency for the recruitment of staff, on the assumption that the Staff Regulations will be revised in time to allow for this new form of recruitment; requests that such an agency be integrated with other inter-institutional efforts for rationalising staff recruitment;