In particular, success will require turning the European External Action Service (EEAS) into an effective diplomatic corps that can convert the EU s huge resources into real power.

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The European External Action Service (EEAS), which is meant to enable the EU to speak with one voice, was launched only at the end of 2010 and many senior positions remain unfilled.

Meanwhile, the European Union has established a new foreign policy apparatus called the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is meant to represent the common interests of all 27 of the EU s member states.

Instead of providing a service to internal users wanting to access an external network, it provides indirect access for an external network (usually the Internet) to internal resources.

The United Nations Mine Action Service had played a crucial coordinating role.

The European External Action Service (which serves as the EU s foreign ministry and diplomatic corps) is a work in progress, and the divisions between member states have affected High Representative Catherine Ashton s ability to speak for Europe on Libya.

Comment by the Administration. An external service provider is conducting an independent review of the internal controls for Atlas.

This evaluation will also prepare the UNHCR Audit Service for the external audit envisaged by the United Nations Board of Auditors.

The Mine Action Service had an important role to play as the focal point within the United Nations for action against personnel mines.

The Civil Service Commissioner added a segment in tender announcements regarding affirmative action for women.

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In the United Nations system, 10 partners were concerned with mine action, with the United Nations Mine Action Service acting as the overall coordinator.

(b) Applying information and communication technologies to improve internal management processes and external service delivery systems, and promoting civil service automation (this is especially the case in well established and rapidly changing administrative systems)

Two external shocks first from the US, and now from Europe have transformed the Four Uns into an action plan.

Lastly, he commanded the work carried out by the Mine Action Service and by non governmental organizations.

Although action for development must be largely local, it is critically dependent in our globalized world on the external economic environment.

This internal benchmarking can also be used to market test and provide a value comparison between an in house department and an external service provider.

The coordination of external efforts will serve to rationalize the use of resources and to mobilize greater material and financial resources for optimizing service delivery.

The Programme of Action recognized that LDCs would not be able to provide such resources themselves and thus required significant external support.

The Governor, who is appointed by the Queen, is responsible for defence, external affairs, internal security, including the police, international financial services, and public service appointments and the application to public servants of their terms and conditions of service.

The outsourcing of payroll processing could be either internal within the United Nations system where some organizations would act as service providers for others, or external in which some private or public service providers would deliver payroll processing services.

He welcomed the integrated approach that the Organization was taking with regard to mine action by coordinating the departments, programmes, funds and agencies concerned through the Mine Action Service and the Steering Committee on Mine Action.

Current application external service providers rarely take over non standard, non commercial systems, and, therefore, at this stage it would not be a cost effective solution.

The provision of 32,000,000 for contractual services is made for third party service providers ( 31,750,000) and external legal consultants ( 250,000), primarily for the real estate portion.

The Union s capacity as a global actor will be enhanced by merging the High Representative with the Commissioner for External Relations and establishing a single diplomatic service.

In 2004 2005, the Affirmative Action Casual Inventory, which provided members of the designated affirmative action groups with entry level casual public service opportunities, was renamed the Diversity Talent Pool.

Concerned about the critical financial situation of the Mine Action Service of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat,

Concerned at the critical financial situation of the Mine Action Service of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat,

Freedom of choice describes an individual's opportunity and autonomy to perform an action selected from at least two available options, unconstrained by external parties.

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The Mine Action Service played a key role in policymaking, coordination and advocacy, and the Organization was open to Member States' suggestions on the coordination, integration and scope of mine action.

The documentary check of persons at the Portuguese external borders is exclusively incumbent upon the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) Borders and Foreigners Service Ministry of Interior.

At one in 10, external recruitment of visible minorities among new entrants to the public service is also well below the Embracing Change benchmark of one in five.

Prior to version 2.0, Ruby on Rails also included the Action Web Service package that is now replaced by Active Resource.

Mr. Flanagan (Mine Action Service, Department of Peacekeeping Operations) reviewed several notable achievements over the past five years under each of the six strategic goals of the United Nations mine action strategy.

The Office of External Relations had a staffing complement of six posts (one ASG, one D 1, one P 4, one P 3 and two General Service (Other level)).

The Mine Action Service will continue to oversee the development and implementation of internationally agreed standards that will provide a framework for efficient, effective and safer mine action activities and provide guidance and coordination for the development of new mine action technologies.

But it is not yet clear, whatever the Lisbon Treaty says, that Ashton has full control of either the EU external budget or of appointments to the new diplomatic service.

To accomplish this, the Section validates and monitors trades, ensures accurate pricing and position valuation, and is responsible for monitoring external relationships, including all service provider and sub adviser relationships.

The UNHCR Audit Service works in close cooperation with UNHCR's Inspector General's Office and liaises with the United Nations Board of Auditors to ensure coordination between external and internal audit.

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Furthermore, it wondered whether, in the Secretariat's view, such action would help to reduce the fragmentation of the important functions of that Service.

Kenya continues to struggle with its huge debt burden, with about 30 per cent of all our revenues from the export of goods and services going to service the external debt.