ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Finance

General

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Crosswords: ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Books

• Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food: Campylobacter (reference)

• The Nuclear Oracles: A Political History of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1977 (reference)

• The Staffing of mental deficiency hospitals: report of a subcommittee constituted jointly by the Standing Medical Advisory Committee and the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (reference)

• Relieving nurses of non-nursing duties in general and maternity hospitals: a report by the Sub-committee of the Standing Nursing Advisory Committee (reference)

• Office air : a worker's guide to air quality in offices, schools, and hospitals : a report of the Federal-Provincial Advisory Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee Packet (reference)

• Salton Sea Authority Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Agendas (reference)

• Canadian Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee Membership (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Advisory Committee (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Credit: NASA.

Continuous wave Doppler velocity radar unit, which provides a running record of the speed of rocket-powered models fired at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' pilotless aircraft research station on Wallops Island, Va., and two operators. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Recommendations for the Use of Lyme Disease Vaccine - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. (references)

Inactivated Japanese Encephalitis Virus Vaccine Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP]. (references)

Since 1996, all meetings of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee have included a patient representative in discussions of products under review. (references)

Business

In 1991, the government created the Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. (references)

Unlike in the United States, which imposes a federally mandated RDA on nutritional supplements, the United Kingdom has no national RDA. In light of recent scares regarding safe upper limits for such vitamins as B6, A, and C, the U.K. government's Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA, which will be renamed the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, or, SACN, in 2000) established an advisory group to recommend maximum daily allowances for vitamins and minerals. (references)

Civil Liberties

Botswana

During 2000 the Government's Refugee Advisory Committee, which includes a UNHCR representative, found that 19 Namibian asylum seekers failed to qualify for asylum. (references)

Australia

At year's end, DIMIA was making efforts to implement the M.P.s' recommendations in consultation with a new Independent Detention Advisory Committee created during the year to advise the Government. (references)

Liberia

In April the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism publicly urged journalists to portray the country in a positive light; however, there were no reports that the Government acted against journalists who did not do so. The Government also announced the creation of a media advisory committee to reduce tensions between the Government and the press; however, there were no reports that tensions were reduced following its creation. (references)

Economic History

Jamaica

Since the 1993 elections, the Jamaican Government, political parties, and Electoral Advisory Committee have worked to enact electoral reform, with limited success. (references)

Eritrea

In addition, the proclamation allows any investor, who feels aggrieved to present his case to the Eritrea Investment Center and then to the Advisory Committee if his case is not resolved by the Center. (references)

Japan

In a June 2001 report on future new energy development measures, the New Energy Subcommittee of the central government's Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy recommended targets for 2010 that would see increases in power generation capacities for solar energy, wind energy, waste energy and biomass energy of 23, 38, 5 and 6 times 1999 levels, respectively. (references)

Human Rights

Singapore

The Minister must provide a written statement of the grounds for detention to the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (CLAC) within 28 days of making the order. (references)

Uganda

Bright Gabula Africa, whose death sentence for treason (plotting an armed coup) was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1995, remained imprisoned pending the outcome of his appeal to the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, a largely autonomous constitutional body that recommends whether presidential clemency powers should be exercised in a given case. (references)

Colombia

Among the many groups are: The Colombian Catholic Bishops Conference; the CCJ; the Intercongregational Commission for Justice and Peace; CINEP; the Advisory Committee for Human Rights and Displacement; the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (dedicated to defending accused guerrillas); the Association of Families of Detained and Disappeared Persons; the Reinsertion Foundation (focused on demobilized guerrillas); the Free Country Foundation (focused on the rights of kidnap victims); several associations which promote the rights of victims of guerrilla violence; groups which provide legal assistance to victims of human rights violations; and groups which provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced. (references)

Minorities

Ukraine

In response President Kuchma created a Presidential Tatar advisory committee that included all members of the Mejlis. (references)

Political Economy

HONG KONG

A recent Advisory Committee report suggested 13 options to broaden the tax base including a general consumption tax, capital gains tax and tax on interest. (references)

TAIWAN

In view of the recent economic slump, the authorities, following the recommendation of the Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC), plan to revise the LSL and allow employers more flexibility. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

The executive advisory committee must approve any new additives. (references)

Ukraine

The STA established an advisory committee to resolve tax disputes brought by foreign companies. (references)

Guatemala

The COGUANOR is governed by an executive advisory committee which is made up of representatives from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of labor, Bar of Engineers and chambers of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. (references)

Worker Rights

Cambodia

The Labor Law requires the MOSALVY to establish minimum wages based on recommendations from the Labor Advisory Committee. (references)

Cambodia

In July 2000, the Labor Advisory Committee approved a minimum wage denominated in U.S. currency of $45 per month, but this covered only the garment and footwear industries. (references)

Cambodia

The Government has issued several instructions on workplace standards, and more detailed regulations await approval by the Labor Advisory Committee before they may be promulgated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "ADVISORY COMMITTEE": Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities ♦ bank advisory committee ♦ Census Advisory Committee ♦ Natural History Museums Advisory Committee. Additional references.

Czech

poradní výbor. (various references)

Danish

styringskomité (steering committee), RU (coarse, rough), RK, rådgivende udvalg (consultative committee), rådgivende komité (consultative committee). (various references)

Dutch

raadgevend comité (consultative committee). (various references)

Finnish

pankkien neuvontakomitea (bank advisory committee). (various references)

French

comité consultatif (Advisory Board, advisory panel). (various references)

German

Beratungsausschuss (consultative committee), Beratender Ausschuss (consultative committee), B A. (various references)

Greek 

συμβουλευτική επιτροπή (consultative committee), γνωμοδοτική επιτροπή, επιτροπή ρύθμισης (steering committee). (various references)

Italian

comitato di revisione dei prestiti a paesi esteri (steering committee), comitato consultivo (consultative committee). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

諮問�"�"�会 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しも�"いい�"かい. (various references)

Pig Latin

advisoryay ommitteecay

Portuguese

comité consultivo (consultative committee), comissão consultiva (consultative committee). (various references)

Spanish

comité de reestructuración (steering committee), comité de asesores (consultative committee), comisión consultiva, comisión asesora (consultative committee). (various references)

Swedish

rådgivande bankkommitté (bank advisory committee). (various references)

Turkish

danışma kurulu (advisory board). (various references)

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