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  • Of course you must make allowances for the traditional and friendly enmity of District Administration Officers for their colleagues who use pen and ink all day in Secretariats: It is however interesting that the Colonial Office selects its personnel for dealing with the complex problems of finance and budgeting from among administrative officers-men who have no experience in business nor any training in economics.

    What Is To Become of the British Protectorates? 1944

  • Perhaps, too, for the same reasons, there is a tendency towards over-centralization in the "Secretariats" or permanent departments at the seat of government, whether in Simla or in the provincial capitals, and the less favoured civilian who bears the heat and burden of the day in the _mofussil_ is both more dependent upon them and more jealous of the many advantages they naturally enjoy.

    Indian Unrest Valentine Chirol 1890

  • Ms. VANKAVAGE: If DNA was the be-all and end-all, all of Secretariats 'foals would be champions, you know, and win the Triple Crown.

    DNA Is New Weapon In Fight Against Dogfighting 2010

  • The government has taken a number of important measures, both at home and abroad, including the establishment of special Secretariats on human rights, women's policies and racial equality, and the adoption of ambitious programmes to reduce poverty, increase access to education, eliminate discrimination and fight against hunger.

    Navi Pillay: Brazil's indigenous and Afro-Brazilian populations face serious discrimination 2009

  • This September the firm is involved in a "Nopal Fair" in Tokyo, Japan, supported by the federal Economy and Agriculture Secretariats.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report May 2005 2006

  • Symnetics México has now been contracted to apply the method to other areas of government including the Economy, Labor and Social Development Secretariats, in line with the goals of the National Development Plan and its drive to improve efficiency.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report July 2003 2006

  • United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva (1 or 2 last accessed 1 June 2007) from MEA Secretariats, —

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6 2008

  • Symnetics México has now been contracted to apply the method to other areas of government including the Economy, Labor and Social Development Secretariats, in line with the goals of the National Development Plan and its drive to improve efficiency.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report July 2003 2006

  • This September the firm is involved in a "Nopal Fair" in Tokyo, Japan, supported by the federal Economy and Agriculture Secretariats.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report May 2005 2006

  • The challenge of coordination is not limited to coordination between environmental and other institutions, it is also the coordination among environmental institutions (for example, the MEA Secretariats) and, even more important, coordination among the various agencies and actors that are involved in producing knowledge and science that can influence good environmental decision-making.

    Global Environmental Governance~ Key Challenges to Effective Global Environmental Governance 2007

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