The AmericanJointCommittee on Cancer AJCC is an organization best known for defining and popularizing cancer staging standards, officially the AJCC staging system . The AmericanJointCommittee on Cancer AJCC was established in 1959 to formulate and publish systems of classification of cancer, including staging and end results reporting, which will be acceptable to and used by the medical profession for selecting the most effective treatment, determining prognosis, and continuing evaluation of cancer control measures. The AJCC is composed of six founding organizations, four sponsoring organizations, and eleven liaison organizations. Membership is reserved for those organizations whose missions or goals are consistent with or complementary to those of the AJCC. These organizations generally demonstrate involvement or activity in one or more of the following areas cancer epidemiology, patient care, cancer control, cancer registration, professional education, research, and biostatistics ... of substantial financial resources, either direct or in kind. These organizations include AmericanCancer Society American College of Surgeons American Society of Clinical Oncology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Cancer Institute College of American Pathologists The objectives ... relevant system for classification and outcome prediction of cancer that is compatible with systems of cancer population surveillance. 2. Proactively educate the oncology community through the development ..., prognostic factors, and other indicators that classify and predict cancer. 4. Foster collaborative ... of systems to diagnose and treat cancer. 5. Support and be responsive to public and private efforts to improve care and predict outcomes for cancer patients. http www.cancerstaging.org mission whatisajcc.html ... module staging cancer unit03 sec03 part00 ajcc.html Cancer.gov US health org stub oncology stub Category Joint committees ... more details
infobox Organization name Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. formation 1961 image Jbanclogo.jpg type Nonprofit organization headquarters 400 Hurley Ave. location Rockville, Maryland Rockville, MD website http jbanc.org http jbanc.org The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. JBANC is a Nonprofit organization non profit organization that monitors issues affecting Baltic American communities in the United States and the nations of Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania . JBANC functions as the public affairs bureau for its three parent organizations, the Estonian American National Council EANC , the American Latvian Association American Latvian Association, Inc. ALA , and the Lithuanian American Council, Inc. LAC http altcenter.org ?page id 10 . The organization was founded on April 27 , 1961 through a joint proclamation by Estonian National Committee in the U.S.A. Chairman Julius Kangur American Latvian Association, Inc., in the United States President Peter P. Lejins and Lithuanian American Council, Inc., President Leonard Simutis. History Since its inception, JBANC has worked with members of U.S. Congress Congress , the White House , the U.S. State Department State Department , and other federal agencies to promote the State continuity of the Baltic states Baltic American agenda . The group focuses heavily on fostering democratic principles, promoting human rights worldwide, supporting the establishment of peaceful relations among nations, and seeking the restoration ... websites http jbanc.org Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. http alausa.org American Latvian Association, Inc. http altcenter.org Lithuanian American Council, Inc. DEFAULTSORT JBANC Category ... revisionism promoting democracy beyond the Baltics strengthening transatlantic integration and American ... States Category Estonian American history Category Latvian American history Category Latvians in Maryland Category Lithuanian American history Category Lithuanians in Maryland ... more details
AmericanJointCommittee for Assisting Japanese American Orphans is an USA American private agency responsible for intracountry adoption s of Japanese American children after World War II . See also Sweden v. Yamaguchi External links http darkwing.uoregon.edu adoption topics internationaladoption.htm Adoption History Project US org stub Category Joint committees ... more details
morefootnotes date May 2010 The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee JDC or Joint is a worldwide Jew ish relief organization headquartered in New York . It was established in 1914 and is active ... judentum aktenlage hol joint Bauer joint distribution committee index.html My Brother s Keeper. A History of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1929 1939 . The Jewish Publication ... cs Americk idovsk spojen distribu n v bor de Joint Distribution Committee fr American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee he ja pl American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ... Jewish organizations the American Jewish Relief Committee, the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War, and People s Relief Committee. JDC was formally established to ensure ... sent an urgent cable to New York based Jewish philanthropist Jacob Schiff , appealing to the American ... the Eastern Front World War I Eastern Front . Under the leadership of Judah Magnes the Committee ... Russian Civil War civil war in Russia, the Committee was one of only two organisations in America .... Pages 99 108. ref Agro Joint World War I plunged Eastern Europe into chaos and subjected Jewish communities ... in the Soviet Union. It was called the Agro Joint. With the support of the Soviet government ... Union for this purpose it functioned from 1925 to 1938. There was also a special government committee ... of the Agro Joint initiative would turn tragic just two years later. Joseph Stalin s government, having ... Joint staff members. By 1941, all the settlers who had not already fled were killed by the Nazi s. The Holocaust ... of the crisis put new, unprecedented demands on the American Jewish community and JDC to respond. The weight ... website http www.encyclopaediajudaica.com sample articles article view.php?sid american jewish joint distribution JDC article from Encyclopaedia Judaica , 2nd edition Organized Jewish Life in the United ... Category Jewish refugee aid organizations Category Jewish American political organizations Category ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Main Committee A JointCommittee is a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization. Republic of Ireland A JointCommittee of the Irish Oireachtas parliament comprises members of both D il ireann the lower house and Seanad ireann the upper house . United Kingdom A JointCommittee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a Select Committee Westminster System Select Committee consisting of members of both the British House of Commons House of Commons and the House of Lords . In the UK the term jointcommittee can also refer to a committee of local authorities established under the provisions of Local Government Act 1972 . United States A jointcommittee of the United States Congress is a Congressional committee consisting of Members of both Houses and having jurisdiction over matters of joint interest. Most joint committees are standing committee s for example, the U.S. Congress JointCommittee on the Library JointCommittee on the Library but Select or special committee United States Congress special joint committees have been created to address specific issues such as the U.S. Congress JointCommittee on the Conduct of the War JointCommittee on the Conduct of the War . An example of a jointcommittee is the JointCommittee on Conduct of Foreign War which consists of United States Senate ... also List of United States Joint congressional committees JointCommittee on Standards for Educational Evaluation List of Joint Committees UK Local Government DEFAULTSORT JointCommittee Category Westminster system Category Joint committees of the United States Congress Category Terminology of the United States Congress Category Committees Category Joint committees es Comisi n mixta fa ... committee Gemeinsamer Ausschuss comprises members of both Bundestag two thirds and Bundesrat of Germany ... more details
The Joint Intelligence Committee is a nodal government agency in several countries, responsible for the internal and external security apparatus of the respective nations. Joint Intelligence Committee India Joint Intelligence Committee United Kingdom disambig ... more details
The Joint Strategic Survey Committee JSSC was an extraordinary committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during World War II that existed from 1942 until 1947. It was one of the most influential planning agencies in the wartime armed forces. ref Mark. A. Stoler, From Continentalism to Globalism General Stanley D. Embick, the Joint Strategic Survey Committee, and thw Military View of American National Policy during the Second World War, Diplomatic History , vol. 6, no. 3 July 1982 , pp. 303 320, quote at p. 307 ref History Members Lieutenant General Stanley D. Embick , U.S. Army, chairman, 1942 Vice Admiral Russell Willson , U.S. Navy, 1942 1945 Vice Admiral Theodore Stark Wilkinson , U.S. Navy, 1946 Major General Muir S. Fairchild , U.S. Army Air Force, 1942 References references Category United States Department of Defense Category Joint Chiefs of Staff ... more details
unreferenced date April 2012 The Joint Policy Committee of the United Kingdom British Labour Party UK Labour Party is part of the policy making system of the party, set up by leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power process. It has strategic oversight of policy development by overseeing the rolling policy making process of Partnership in Power. It acts as a steering group for the National Policy Forum , and is a jointcommittee made up of National Executive Committee , parliamentary and National Policy Forum representatives, chaired by the leader of the party. External links http www.labour.org.uk 351?id 3520 Joint Policy Committee on Labour party website Category Labour Party UK Category Joint committees UK poli stub ... more details
The Kuwaiti Joint Relief Committee is an organization that was described as being suspect of being tied to al Qaeda in Omar Rajab Amin s Combatant Status Review Tribunal . ref name CsrtOmarAmin http wid.ap.org documents detainees omarrajabamin.pdf documents .pdf from Omar Rajab Amin s Combatant Status Review Tribunal ref During his testimony before his Tribunal Amin pointed out that during the six years he worked as director of the committee s work in Bosnia he enjoyed a close working relationship with the American military there. ref name CsrtOmarAmin http wid.ap.org documents detainees omarrajabamin.pdf documents .pdf from Omar Rajab Amin s Combatant Status Review Tribunal ref He suggested that the unsubstantiated suspicions presented to his Tribunal were a misplaced reaction to the shock of the attacks on September 11, 2001 . References references Category Charitable organizations charity org stub paramilitary org stub ... more details
The JointCommittee on Statutory Instruments is a Select Committee Westminster System select committee of both the British House of Commons House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the committee is to scrutinise all statutory instruments made in exercise of powers granted by Act of Parliament. Instruments laid before the House of Commons alone are considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments , which is composed of the Commons members of the jointcommittee. Membership As of 15 November 2011, the members of the committee are as follows George Mudie Chair , Labour Party UK Labour Robert Buckland , Conservative Party UK Conservative Michael Ellis British politician Michael Ellis , Conservative Party UK Conservative John Hemming politician John Hemming , Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Ian Liddell Grainger , Conservative Party UK Conservative Toby Perkins , Labour Party UK Labour Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway Lord Campbell of Alloway , Conservative Party UK Conservative Stanley Clinton Davis, Baron Clinton Davis Lord Clinton Davis , Labour Party UK Labour Diana Eccles, Viscountess Eccles Baroness Eccles of Moulton , Conservative Party UK Conservative Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark Lord Kennedy of Southwark , Labour Party UK Labour James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar Earl of Mar and Kellie , Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat William Rees Mogg Lord Rees Mogg , Crossbencher Crossbench Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern Baroness Stern , Crossbencher Crossbench See also List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament External links http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees jointcommittee on statutory instruments.cfm JointCommittee on Statutory Instruments UKParliamentCommittees Category Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament Category Joint committees Category Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2011 primarysources date December 2008 The EEA JointCommittee is an institution of the European Economic Area EEA . It is composed of representatives Iceland , Liechtenstein, Norway , the European Commission and the European Union Member States. Its main function is to approve the application of European Union directive s in the three EEA states which are not EU members. External links http www.efta.int content eea institutions eea institutions eea jointcommittee Official site , with links to Decisions Category European Economic Area Category Joint committees EU stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Nottingham Joint Station Committee was incorporated by the Great Central and Great Northern Railway Act 1897 to manage the railway station which was to become Nottingham Victoria railway station Nottingham Victoria . The Committee comprised representatives of the two railway companies to use the station the Great Northern Railway Great Britain Great Northern and the Great Central Railway Great Central . The Committee was no longer required when both companies were grouped with others on 1 January 1923 to form the London and North Eastern Railway Company. LNERconstituents Category British joint railway companies Category LNER constituents ... more details
of a Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Pakistan Chairman , and the military chiefs from Chief ... Commission , the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee does not have operational command authority, as the chain of unified command of Pakistan Armed Forces. Instead, the Joint Chief of Staff Committee ... news index.shtml?231562 format doi accessdate ref The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee is headed by the four star rank four star officer who is designated as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Pakistan Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee CJCSC . ref name Pakistan Tribune The chairman ... authorlink coauthors title Pak Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee satisfied with military s operational ... doi accessdate ref The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Secretariat JCSCS , is headquartered in Rawalpindi ... Ali Bhutto created Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee as his Government adopted the recommendations of the White ... A formal jointcommittee was established, the membership of which comprised the three services ..., the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee JCSC became an important tier of higher defence military administrative ... authorlink coauthors title Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee JCSC work Global Security.org publisher ... fourteen full four star Pakistan military officers who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee ... admirals from the Pakistan Navy Navy , have been made chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee ... yet. ref name Pakistan Tribune The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee is headed by a four star rank four ... Current Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee The Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee ... of Staff Committee Pakistan Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wynne ... Members of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee class wikitable Position Name of current officeholder ... 444.html Armed Forces Overview Military of Pakistan DEFAULTSORT Joint Chiefs Of Staff Committee, Pakistan Category Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan Category Chiefs of staff Category ... more details
Infobox Bus transit name Halifax JointCommittee logo logo size 250px image Halifax JointCommittee bus 10 C424 BUV MCW Metrobus.JPG image size 250px image caption Halifax JointCommittee. company slogan parent founded headquarters service area West Yorkshire service type bus routes 8 destinations fleet operator ceo website Image Halifax JointCommittee heritage vehicles.jpg thumbnail Heritage vehicles on charter work Halifax JointCommittee is an independent bus company operating in and around Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax , West Yorkshire , England . Its buses are painted in the livery of the former County Borough of Halifax a whose buses and services were taken over by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive on 1 April 1974. Today s vehicles are almost all elderly ex London buses , Dennis Darts and ex Dublin Bus Leyland Oympians. Buses run from about 7am to 7pm Monday Saturday. The company has a number of school bus contracts and also a couple of zero fare supermarket bus services. The proprietor also operates a growing heritage fleet of ex municipal vehicles on private charters, e.g. weddings. Routes Halifax JointCommittee mainly run services in the Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax area with some services running to Brighouse , Dewsbury , Hebden Bridge , Huddersfield and Todmorden . The company also runs school services in the Calderdale and Kirklees area. From July 2009, the company started its first commercial service wholly outside of the Halifax area when they took over the operation of the 357 service from First West Yorkshire with a second gained in January 2010, when they took over the 629 operations from the same operator. In October 2010, Halifax JointCommittee stopped running four of its Halifax services, the 28A, 31, 34 and 36, with the services passing over to Centrebus and K Line. ref cite web url http www.halifaxcourier.co.uk news Firm takes on bus services.6590329.jp title Firm takes on bus services publisher Halifax Courier accessdate ... more details
The JointCommittee on Human Rights is a Select Committee Westminster System select committee of both the British House of Commons House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The remit of the committee is to consider human rights issues in the United Kingdom . Purpose quote The Committee undertakes thematic inquiries on human rights issues and reports its findings and recommendations to the House s of Commons and Lords . It scrutinises all Government Bills and picks out those with significant human rights implications for further examination. The Committee also looks at Government action to deal with judgments of the UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights where breaches of human rights have been found. As part of this work, the Committee looks at Remedial Orders, the legislative mechanism that allows legislation to be amended in response to these judgments. Source Committee website ref http www.parliament.uk parliamentary committees jointcommittee on human rights.cfm Purpose of Committee, from homepage . ref Membership As of 23 May 2011, the current members of the committee are as follows class wikitable colspan 2 Member Party Constituency bgcolor Labour Party UK meta color Hywel Francis MP Chair Labour Party UK Labour Aberavon UK Parliament constituency Aberavon bgcolor Conservative Party UK meta color Rehman Chishti MP Conservative ... jointcommittee on human rights.cfm JointCommittee on Human Rights UKParliamentCommittees DEFAULTSORT JointCommittee On Human Rights Category Committees of the British House of Commons Category Joint committees Category Commons Select Committees Category Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament ... UK Conservative align center Source http www.parliament.uk business committees committees a z joint select human rights committee membership JointCommittee on Human Rights Changes Occasionally, either house may order changes to its membership on the committee. Such changes are shown below. class wikitable ... more details
Joint Parliamentary Committee is one type of ad hoc Parliamentary Committees ref http www.parliamentofindia.nic.in ls intro p21.htm ref constituted by Indian parliament . ref cite web title Parliamentary Committees url http india.gov.in knowindia parliamentary.php ref Formation of JPC Joint Parliamentary Committee is formed when motion is adopted by one house and it is supported or agreed by the other house. Another way to form a Joint Parliamentary committee is that two presiding chiefs of both houses can write to each other, communicate with each other and form the joint parliamentary committee. ref http realityviews.blogspot.com 2010 11 know and understand what is joint.html ref Members of JPC The Lok Sabha members are double compared to Rajya Sabha. for e.g. If Joint Parliamentary committee has 10 Lok Sabha Members then 5 members will be from Rajya Sabha and total member of JPC will be 15. The strength of a JPC may be different each time. Powers of JPC A JPC can obtain evidence of experts, public bodies, associations, individuals or interested parties suo motu or on requests made by them. If a witness fails to appear before a JPC in response to summons, his conduct constitutes a contempt of the House. The JPC can take oral and written evidence or call for documents in connection ..., but in the case of the jointcommittee which went into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions , the committee decided that considering the widespread public interest in the matter, the chairman ... endorsed it a week later. The committee, headed by B Shankaranand, held 50 sittings and gave its report on April 26, 1988. Opposition parties boycotted the committee on the ground that it was packed ... Lt Gen Prakash Mani Tripathi retd was named the chairman. The committee held 105 sittings and gave its report on December 19, 2002. The committee recommended sweeping changes in stock market regulations ... safety standards. The committee, headed by NCP chief Sharad Pawar , held 17 sittings and submitted ... more details
The Joint Himalayan Committee was the name given in 1947 to the body that was previously known as the Mount Everest Committee . Like its predecessor, it was composed of high ranking members of the Alpine Club UK Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society . The Joint Himalayan Committee was responsible for organising and financing United Kingdom British attempts on Mount Everest , including the first ascent in 1953 1953 Everest expedition Background The Committee began the organisation for the full scale 1953 attempt in case the Swiss attempt in 1952 failed in 1951, when it arranged a Reconnaissance expedition to the mountain. The following year, 1952, a training expedition which included Edmund Hillary was undertaken to Cho Oyu , although the mountain was not climbed. Ref John Hunt, The Ascent of Everest , Hodder and Staughton, 1953, p. 22 Ref Selecting members John Hunt, Baron Hunt John Hunt , the leader of the 1953 expedition, wrote that the various British mountaineering clubs had been requested to submit lists of qualified candidates that would be considered by the Committee, whose responsibility it was to issue the formal invitations . Ref The Ascent of Everest , p. 23 4 Ref Financing According to Hunt, the Committee s responsibility for drumming up funds for the 1953 expedition was not a welcome one quote One of the principal tasks of the Joint Himalayan Committee in addition to those of conceiving the idea of an Everest expedition, seeking political sanction, deciding matters of policy in preparation, is to finance it it. Only those who have had this care can fully ... security other than the pockets of the Committee members themselves. Ref The Ascent of Everest , p. 22 Ref A number of organizations contributed to the Committee, including The Times newspaper, which ... Committee saying that I proposed to bring Tenzing Norgay Tenzing and Hillary to England ... Category Mountaineering in the United Kingdom Category Royal Geographical Society Category Joint ... more details
The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee JOMIC is a Zimbabwe an multipartisan panel that was first launched on January 30, 2009, pursuant of the wikisource 2008 Zimbabwean power sharing agreement 2008 Zimbabwean power sharing agreement . Goals to ensure the implementation, in letter and spirit, of the Global Political Agreement to assess the implementation of the Global Political Agreement from time to time and consider steps which might need to be taken to ensure the speedy and full implementation of the Agreement in its entirety to receive reports and complaints in respect of any issue related to the implementation, enforcement and execution of the agreement to serve as catalyst in creating and promoting an atmosphere of mutual trust and understanding between the parties to promote continuing dialogue between the parties ref http www.info.gov.za speeches 2009 09013016451004.htm Zimbabwean political parties launch the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee JOMIC , published by Department of Foreign Affairs South Africa on 30 January 2009 ref . Composition MDC M Welshman Ncube co chairperson Frank Chamunorwa Edward Mkhosi Priscilla Misihairambwi Mushonga MDC T Elton Mangoma co chairperson Elias Mudzuri Tabita Khumalo Innocent Changonda ZANU PF Nicholas Goche co chairperson Patrick Chinamasa Emmerson Mnangagwa Oppah Muchinguri References reflist 2008 elections, Zimbabwe Category Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 ... more details
ref improve date November 2011 The Joint Nature Conservation Committee JNCC is the statutory adviser to the UK Government on national and international nature conservation. Its work contributes to maintaining and enriching biological diversity, conserving geological features and sustaining natural systems. The JNCC is a non departmental public body . JNCC delivers the UK and international responsibilities of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside CNCC , the Countryside Council for Wales CCW , Natural England , and Scottish Natural Heritage SNH . The functions that arise from these responsibilities are principally to advise Government on the development and implementation of policies for, or affecting, nature conservation in the UK and internationally provide advice and disseminate knowledge on nature conservation issues affecting the UK and internationally establish common standards throughout the UK for nature conservation, including monitoring, research, and the analysis of results commission or support research which it deems relevant to these functions. The Committee comprises 14 members a Chairman and five independent members appointed by the Secretary of State the Chairman of CNCC the Chairmen or deputy Chairmen of CCW, Natural England and SNH and one other member from each of these bodies. JNCC, originally established under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, was reconstituted by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. Support is provided to the JNCC by a company limited by guarantee JNCC Support Co that the Committee established in 2005. See also Geological Conservation Review Seabird Colony Register External links http www.jncc.gov.uk JNCC Official website http www.record lrc.co.uk rECOrd Local Biological Records Centre for Cheshire Category Conservation in the United Kingdom Category Department for the Environment, Food and Rural ... Category Organizations established in 1990 Category Joint committees Category Geology of the United ... more details
The JointCommittee on Vaccination and Immunisation JCVI is an independent expert advisory committee of the United Kingdom Department of Health United Kingdom Department of Health . JCVI was established, in 1963, To advise the Secretaries of State for Health, Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland on matters relating to communicable diseases , preventable and potentially preventable through immunisation . The advisory body makes recommendations to the British government concerning mandatory vaccination schedule s and vaccine safety. JCVI is recognized as a non departmental public body NDPB in the UK. It is a statutory expert Standing Advisory Committee established in England and Wales under the National Health Service NHS Act 1977, and the NHS Order 1981, as the Standing Advisory Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation . It is also a Sub Committee of the National Professional Advisory Council covering Scotland. Roles and Responsibilities The JCVI has a responsibility to provide high quality and considered advice and recommendations to the UK Health Ministers. This includes giving advice on recommendations on matters of both a routine nature and also on any specific or special matters that Ministers may request. In formulating any advice and recommendations, the Committee must take into account the need for and impact of vaccines, the quality of vaccines and the strategies to ensure that their greatest benefit to the public health can be obtained from the most appropriate use ... to the Committee and contribute to the provision of high quality and considered advice to UK ministers ... of the Committee s deliberations. A full explanation of confidentiality matters will be given ... and report as one Committee usually three times a year. Its recommendations, as accepted by the Secretaries ... , Mark Watts, Daily Telegraph March 5, 2007 See also Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ... Category Joint committees ... more details
Politics of Trinidad and Tobago The National Joint Action Committee is a black nationalism nationalist political party in Trinidad and Tobago . ref http www.caribbeanelections.com svg candidates ulp edwin snagg.asp Edwin Snagg Caribbean elections ref History The party was established in February 1969 by Makandal Daaga then known as Geddes Granger , who was dissatisfied with the fact that most businesses in Trinidad at the time were owned by the white minority. The party first contested national elections in Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1981 1981 , ref name N1 Dieter Nohlen Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , p638 ISBN 9780199283576 ref when it received 3.3 of the vote, but failed to win a seat. In the Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1986 1986 elections the party s vote share was reduced to 1.5 and it remained seatless. In the Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1991 1991 elections it received just 1.1 of the vote and again failed to win a seat. The party has not contested a national election since, but remains active and was part of the victorious People s Partnership alliance for the Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2010 2010 general elections . References reflist External links http www.njactt.org Official website Trinidad and Tobago political parties Category Political parties in Trinidad and Tobago Category Political parties established in 1969 ... more details
Multiple issues orphan April 2012 context November 2009 notability November 2009 The Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth and Community Workers commonly known as the JNC is a United Kingdom committee that endorses professional qualifications for Youth and Community workers and negotiates employment conditions for Youth and Community Workers. ref http www.nya.org.uk Templates Internal.asp?NodeID 89448 accessed 16 Feb 2007 ref Following pressure throughout the 1950s from the voluntary sector and the Community and Youth Workers Union , the government in 1961 as a part response to the Albemarle report, agreed to establish a national collective bargaining committee for youth and community workers. This was established to negotiate pay and conditions and to approve qualifications in youth and community work. The JNC delegates the responsibility for the validation of training courses for youth and community workers to the Education and Training Committees of England, Wales and Ireland. Once the training courses have been validated they are entered into the JNC Report and those qualifying on those courses are entitled to JNC terms and conditions. The JNC is made up of two sides and a total of 25 members. One side represents the employers another side represents Youth and Community workers the staff side . The employers side consists of 9 members, 6 from local government, 2 from the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, and 1 from the Council for Wales Voluntary Youth Services. The staff side consists of 16 members, eight from the Community and Youth Workers Union , 2 from the National Union of Teachers , 2 from the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education and 4 from Unison . ref http www.cywu.org.uk cgi bin upload cywu 2005jncreport.pdf accessed 16 Feb 2007 ref The Employers Side of the JNC has a Secretariat managed by the Local Government Employers association. The Staff Side Secretariat of the JNC is managed by The Community, Youth Workers ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network Non profit logo File ... R. Seffrin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer CEO AmericanCancer Society ACS , and ACS CAN, br Chris Hansen ... AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network url http www.cancer.org docroot AA AA 2.asp?sitearea ... The AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network ACS CAN is a nonprofit , nonpartisan sister advocacy organization to the AmericanCancer Society . It was founded in December 2001 to directly advocate the goals of the AmericanCancer Society, which is subject to restrictions on advocacy activities .... AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. http action.acscan.org site PageServer?pagename ... Protection and Affordable Care Act , supported by the AmericanCancer Society and ACS CAN, was signed ... Patient Protections. AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. June 29, 2011. http www.acscan.org .... The recent failure of the United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction ... for Tobacco Prevention Programs by 36 Percent. AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. Nov ... Cancer Prevention Feb 14, 2011. AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. http www.acscan.org ... Still Exist in Cancer Detection and Treatment April 19,2006. AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action .... AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. Oct. 15, 2010. http www.acscan.org mediacenter ... speakers, and a host of onsite activities, as well as the erection of the AmericanCancer Society ... a National Priority. Nov. 4, 2011. AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. http www.acscan.org ... Cancer Society and the AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network. ref http action.acscan.org site PageServer?pagename johnseffrinbio John R. Seffrin Chief Executive Officer of AmericanCancer .... Smith President AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network ref Publications http www.acscan.org ... Card Notes Reflist 2 External links http acscan.org AmericanCancer Society Cancer Action Network ... more details
The Association of AmericanCancer Institutes AACI is a membership association of 95 academic and freestanding cancer research centers in the United States . AACI s membership roster consists of National Cancer Institute NCI designated centers and academic based cancer research programs that receive ... . AACI cancer centers serve as the headquarters for most of the NCI sponsored clinical trials. In addition to providing their local populations ready access to a wide array of cancer specialists&mdash multidisciplinary experts in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cancer care&mdash AACI cancer centers have developed partnerships with local community and state health agencies to design and implement programs aimed at reducing the overall cancer burden of the region. AACI members Alabama UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Arizona Arizona Cancer Center ... Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences California City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute UCLA s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center , UCLA Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda University Cancer Center UCSD Medical Center Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center , University of California at San Diego Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute Stanford University Medical Center Stanford University Comprehensive Cancer Center UC Davis Medical Center Cancer Center UC Davis Cancer Center , The University of California, Davis Medical Center UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California at Irvine UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Colorado University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Denver Connecticut The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University ... more details
Infobox Organization name American Association for Cancer Research formation 1907 motto Accelerates progress toward the prevention and cure of cancer by promoting research, education, communication and advocacy ... aacr.org The American Association for Cancer Research AACR is the world s oldest and largest professional association to advancing cancer research . Based in Philadelphia , AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research including Basic research basic , clinical and translational research into the etiology medicine etiology , Preventive medicine prevention , diagnosis , and therapy treatment of cancer ... date 2008 06 15 accessdate 2008 07 06 quote The Annual Meeting for the American Association for Cancer Research AACR is widely viewed by scientists as the main forum to present and disucss cancer related ... Journal The American Association for Cancer Research puts out a journal for cancer research ... and communication. The Foundation funds programs deemed by the American Association for Cancer ... External links http www.aacr.org American Association for Cancer Research http www.aacr.org page13839.aspx ... and discuss cancer related research . ref name Wong2008 cite news author John F. Wong title Turning Research into Viable Cancer Drugs url http www.genengnews.com articles chitem.aspx?aid 2518 ... presentations on significant discoveries in basic, clinical, and translational cancer research. Scientific ... out this comprehensive program. Publications AACR publishes six peer reviewed journals Cancer Research journal Cancer Research , Clinical Cancer Research , Molecular Cancer Therapeutics , Molecular Cancer Research , Cancer Prevention Research and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention . In October 2010, the AACR announced the launch of a seventh journal, Cancer Discovery journal Cancer Discovery ... to its print publications, the AACR provides online access to the latest in cancer research, cancer prevention, and cancer reviews with online versions of each of its seven journals and two new virtual ... more details
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