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  Number 16/2002: SCHEDULE 4 The Director General
The director general shall perform his or her functions subject to any policies that the Board may determine from time to time and shall be accountable to the Board for the efficient and effective management of the Board and for the due performance of his or her functions.
The director general may, with the consent of the Board, delegate any of his or her functions to a member of the staff of the Board, except a function that has been delegated to the director general subject to the condition that it shall not be sub-delegated and—
The functions of the director general may be performed during his or her absence, or when the position of director general is vacant, by a member of the staff of the Board who may from time to time be designated for that purpose by the Board.
www.achtanna.ie /en.act.2002.0016.14.html   (234 words)

  
 Report of the Auditor General of Canada - September 2003 - Report on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The General Counsel said that she was not pressured to hire the student but that prior to receiving a letter from the student—hand-delivered to her by the former Commissioner—she had had no plans to hire a summer student.
The Senior Director General advised us that she travelled at the direction of the former Commissioner and believed he was allowed discretion to depart from Treasury Board travel policies.
The Senior Director General advised us that she had been concerned and uncomfortable about the excessive days that the former Commissioner scheduled on which no international business was planned or occurred.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/reports.nsf/a1b15d892a1f761a852565c40068a492/2dcc30182338fdbf85256db100590fd7?OpenDocument   (16738 words)

  
 Administration and Personnel Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The general forecast for the following three financial years shall be accompanied by general explanations indicating the basis of the calculations, especially with regard to the development of personnel costs, approved long term capital investment projects and running costs of installations.
The Director General shall, upon receipt of contributions made by a new Member State under the provisions of Article VII of the Convention, reassess the contributions due from existing Member States for the current financial year.
The Director General may give to educational and scientific research institutes and to museums any scientific and other equipment which is of no further use to ESO and of no resale value.
www.hq.eso.org /gen-fac/adm/fin/fin-rules.html   (3800 words)

  
 :: OPEC Fund for International Development :: Director-General Curriculum Vitae
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arabian Drilling Company, a joint venture Company between Petromin, Saudi Arabia, and Schlumberger, engaged in drilling oil wells in the Kingdom and the Arabian Peninsula.
Director, the Saudi Company for Precious Metals, a joint venture company between Petromin and Boliden of Sweden, operating the Sukhaibrat Gold Mine.
Attended the Second General Conference of UNCTAD in New Delhi, India (February 1968), as the youngest officially accredited representative.
www.opecfund.org /about/dg_cv.aspx   (778 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Director General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After serving with Office XIV of the Directorate General for Political Affairs, in 1973 he was posted as Second Secretary Commercial to Lima, where he was promoted First Secretary Commercial in 1976.
On his return to the Ministry, he served with the Directorate General for Personnel from 1981 and with the Secretariat of the Directorate General for Economic Affairs from 1982.
He was seconded to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic as Deputy Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the Republic from 1985 to 1987.
www.esteri.it /eng/2_10_127_195.asp   (338 words)

  
 OMC | Noticias 2001
El Director General Adjunto Paul-Henri Ravier destacó la oportunidad única que suponía haber seguido esa formación en un momento decisivo en la historia de la Organización, a saber, durante el proceso de intensos preparativos que llevaron a la adopción del Programa de Doha para el Desarrollo.
El Director General citó un estudio en el que se estima que para los países en desarrollo el beneficio resultante de una mayor liberalización del comercio ascendería a 155.000 millones de dólares EE.UU, cifra tres veces superior a las ayudas que reciben anualmente.
El Director General instó a la revisión y conciliación de las posiciones mantenidas desde hace mucho tiempo a fin de que podamos emprender un programa de negociación que beneficie a todos los pueblos.
www.wto.org /spanish/news_s/news01_s/news01_s.htm   (7159 words)

  
 Director-general - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This term is used worldwide to signify the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution.
Commonly used in international organisations and government departments, though often called an Executive Director or Managing Director in the US.
For example the chief executive of the British Broadcasting Corporation is called the Director-general.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Director-general   (153 words)

  
 Advisors
Fernando Gast is General Director of the Instituto Humboldt in Colombia.
John Peterson is former Director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, a private philanthropy that supported work to maintain biodiversity, protect the earth's climate, develop and implement economic policies that support environmental protection, protect children's health from environmental threats, and build constituencies committed to environmental protection.
Terry Yates is the Director of the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation, a Professor of Biology and Pathology and Curator of Mammals and Biological Materials, Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico.
www.all-species.org /advisors.html   (9005 words)

  
 SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE AT WORK ACT, 1989 SECTION 18
(2) The first Director General shall be appointed, and may be removed from office at any time, by the Minister; each subsequent Director General shall be appointed, and may be removed from office at any time, by the Authority with the consent of the Minister.
(4) The Director General shall hold office on and subject to such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and superannuation) as may be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
(5) The Director General shall be paid by the Authority out of moneys at its disposal such remuneration and such allowances for expenses incurred by him as the Authority, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, may determine.
www.irishstatutebook.ie /ZZA7Y1989S18.html   (218 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Carrard leaving as IOC director general   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Under a restructuring ordered by IOC president Jacques Rogge, the director general is to become a full-time employee.
Carrard will remain in the position until a new director general is hired.
As director general, Carrard was head of the administrative staff at the IOC's headquarters and played a key role in IOC matters under Rogge and former president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who stepped down in 2001.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/2003-02-05-carrard-resignation_x.htm   (317 words)

  
 Sweeping ESA Reorganization Boosts Authority of Director General’s Office
Achache is not the only director to be leaving the agency with the new organization.
Claudio Mastracci of Italy, director of applications programs including the Galileo satellite navigation project, is leaving his post with several months remaining on his contract.
Mastracci’s directorate has been dissolved into a new Directorate of European Union and Industrial Programs, to be run by Giuseppe Viriglio, a veteran manager at Alenia Spazio of Rome.
www.space.com /spacenews/archive04/esaarch_040504.html   (888 words)

  
 WIPO/PR/2002/325: Assembly Addresses Question of Appointment of Director General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have considered the procedures for the appointment of a Director General in 2003 and decided to convene a special session of the General Assembly to endorse the nomination of a Director General by the WIPO Coordination Committee, which is scheduled to meet next March.
Meeting in Geneva from September 23 to October 1, 2002, the General Assembly decided to adopt this accelerated procedure for the appointment of a Director General in light of the overwhelming support expressed by delegations for the re-election of Dr. Kamil Idris, the incumbent Director General, for a second mandate.
To enable the Director General and his new team to conduct a smooth transition, Ambassador Albin requested the current General Assembly to give the Coordination Committee the authority to call for a special session of the General Assembly before September 2003 to appoint the Director General.
www.wipo.int /pressroom/en/releases/2002/p325.htm   (417 words)

  
 Regina v Director General of Fair Trading, Ex parte Benhams Ltd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The court rejected the applicant's submissions that the Director General should have invoked his powers under s3(1)(c) (relying on a failure to provide prescribed information) or by reference to s3(1)(d) (relying on a failure to provide a list of services).
It had been in issue whether such a single act could constitute engagement in 'a practice' for the purposes of s3(1)(d) but it was clear that the section was to be construed so as to include the commission of a single act of the kind alleged.
Therefore on the alleged facts a triggering event had occurred so as to require the Director General to consider exercising his powers under s3 or s4 of the Act, and a declaration would be granted accordingly.
www.lawreports.co.uk /qbsep2.htm   (346 words)

  
 Kearns named director of General Education - UCA Today
Kearns said that as the director of General Education, he has been tasked with setting the agenda for the general education component at the university and coordinating that agenda with the university’s deans and chairs.
The council is responsible for reviewing the current general education program, for approving new courses to fulfill the general education requirement and for initiating policies that are relevant to general education requirements.
The General Education program also seeks to prepare students to be lifelong learners with the intellectual and emotional skills that are needed to tackle the changes they will certainly face during their adult lives, to recognize the connectedness of human life and develop a sense of how humanity's diverse pursuits relate to one another.
www.uca.edu /news/index.php?blogid=3&catid=39&itemid=600   (378 words)

  
 STATISTICS ACT, 1993 SECTION 12
—(1) The Director General of the Office shall be appointed by the President on the nomination of the Taoiseach.
(2) The Director General shall be a corporation sole by the name of the Director General of the Central Statistics Office with perpetual succession and a seal and may sue or be sued by that name.
(4) The Director General shall hold office on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Taoiseach after consultation with the Minister for Finance.
www.irishstatutebook.ie /ZZA21Y1993S12.html   (153 words)

  
 WTO | 2005 Press Releases -  Four candidates nominated for the post of Director-General   - Press 393
A formal General Council meeting will be held on 26 January 2005 where candidates will present themselves to the membership.
The procedures for the appointment of Director-General, adopted by the General Council on 10 December 2002 (WT/L/509), stipulate that the appointment process must start nine months prior to the expiry of the term of the incumbent Director-General.
The process shall conclude with a meeting of the General Council convened not later than three months prior to the expiry of the incumbent’s term (i.e.
www.wto.org /english/news_e/pres05_e/pr393_e.htm   (345 words)

  
 Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1266
Where a complaint regarding the conduct of a seconded police member of the National Crime Squad is submitted to the Director General, he shall take any steps that appear to him to be desirable for the purpose of obtaining or preserving evidence relating to the conduct complained of and shall record the complaint.
(4) If it appears to the Director General that the complaint is not suitable for informal resolution, he shall appoint a member of the National Crime Squad or a member of NCIS or of a police force to investigate it formally.
the Director General shall, at the same time as he sends the PCA a memorandum under paragraph (3) or (4), send them a copy of the complaint, or of the record of the complaint, and a copy of the report of the investigation.
www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1999/19991266.htm   (3332 words)

  
 Director General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To the Director General is entrusted the function of assuring the proper operation of SIS and that it maintains faithful, in its performance, to its legal aims and objectives.
The nomination of SIS Director General is preceded by hearing of the appointee before a parliamentary commission.
The Director General is assisted by two Deputy Director Generals, and is replaced in case of absence and any impediments, by the one who has been appointed to that effect.
www.sis.pt /ingles/DG.htm   (177 words)

  
 General Education Director Position Description
To this end, the Director will work closely with the academic and student life deans as well as with leaders of freshman experience, student transition, and professional development programs including the Critical Issues Symposium, Orientation, Academic Affinity Housing, and the Teaching and Learning Center.
Within this context, the Director is an advocate for the General Education program, ensuring that the needs of General Education are taken into account in staffing, professional development, resource allocation, and space-planning decisions as well as policy planning and implementation.
The Director of General Education is a member of the Academic Leadership Council and works with his or her colleagues in recruiting and training faculty, scheduling courses, registering students, orienting students into the university community, and explaining the program to internal and external audiences.
www.winthrop.edu /universitycollege/GenEd/DirectorPosition.htm   (353 words)

  
 KOICHIRO MATSUURA OF JAPAN IS APPOINTED DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO {12 November 1999}   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Paris, November 12 {No.99-255} - Koichiro Matsuura of Japan was appointed today to serve a six-year term as Director-General of UNESCO by the Organization's General Conference which is presently holding its 30th session.
Earlier this morning, the General Conference examined in private session the Executive Board's proposal concerning the candidate and his draft contract.
The President of the General Conference and the Chairperson of the Executive Board, Jaroslava Moserová (Czech Republic) and Christopher J. Chetsanga (Zimbabwe), will also address the session, as will the representatives of the different electoral groups and the representative of France, the Organization's host country.
www.unesco.org /opi/eng/unescopress/99-255e.htm   (372 words)

  
 PR47: OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Visits the United Nations and Meets UN Secretary General
Director-General Pfirter informed the Secretary General of the progress made by the OPCW in its quest for universal adherence to, and full and effective implementation of, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), including the progress in the process of destruction of declared chemical weapons.
Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed his satisfaction with regard to the on-going cooperation between the OPCW and the UN, in particular through the Department for Disarmament Affairs, and reaffirmed UN’s strong support for the Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW.
The Secretary General expressed his intention to visit the OPCW on the occasion of his next visit to the Netherlands.
www.opcw.org /html/global/press_releases/2k4/PR47_2004.html   (452 words)

  
 The Role of the Director-General
The Executive Council represents the Board of Directors of the OPCW.
He is appointed by the member states and he serves at their pleasure.
The Director-General implements the policies established by the Conference (shareholders) and the Council (board of directors) and reports to them.
www.state.gov /t/ac/rls/rm/10010.htm   (654 words)

  
 Director General Biography
Giovanni Bisignani has served as IATA Director General and CEO since June 2002.
His airline experience includes 5 years at the helm of Alitalia as CEO and Managing Director, during which time he also served on the IATA Executive Committee and was Chairman of the AEA (Association of European Airlines).
He served as President of Tirrenia di Navigazione, the largest Italian ferry company and as CEO and Managing Director of SM Logistics, a group of logistics and freight forwarding companies, partially-owned by GE Capital.
www.iata.org /about/dgbio.htm   (229 words)

  
 General Metcalf, Director - National Museum of the US Air Force   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Major General Charles D. Metcalf, USAF (Ret) is director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
General Metcalf was born June 18, 1933 in Anamosa, Iowa, where he graduated from Anamosa High School in 1951.
He assumed his present duties as director of the National Museum of the US Air Force in December 1996.
www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/director.htm   (276 words)

  
 Director General Films | Documentary | Drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Guided by the code of candid communication and mutual respect, Director General creates films that light up larger social issues by telling the stories of everyday people.
When filming a teenager affected with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a group of diabetics or an Aboriginal dipping a net into the Fraser River, Director General reveals the common and essential humanity of people, without diminishing or romanticizing their distinctive differences.
In addition, Director General’s knowledge and cultural sensitivity allow our film subjects to be comfortable, honest and real.
www.directorgeneral.ca   (119 words)

  
 UNIDO - Director-General's Visits
The Director-General discussed with heads of UNDP, UNFCC, UNEP and DESA various aspects of inter-agency cooperation related to the follow-up of the climate change convention, including the UNIDO project A win-win approach to Kyoto Protocol to be financed by the UN Turner Foundation.
Magariños and UNEP Executive Director Klaus Topfer signed an agreement on expanding their existing cooperation in cleaner production, waste management, integrated coastal zone management and mercury pollution abatement in artisanal gold mining.
Magariños and the UNEP Executive Director Klaus Töpfer discussed a draft agreement on renewed cooperation to be signed in the near future.
www.unido.org /zh/doc/3692   (1001 words)

  
 2004 Archives
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei spoke of the nuclear threat and the urgent need for countries to seize a window of opportunity for strengthening the world's security, in an address 6 October 2004 to the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in Seoul.
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei ended his official visit to Israel, striking a positive note for efforts toward a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei met 16 March with George Tenet, head of the US Central Intelligence Agency, for discussions centred on cooperative efforts to counter the nuclear "fl market" and illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and equipment.
www.iaea.or.at /FpArchive/2004archive.html   (3500 words)

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