The publics want to know about them.

Premier Président de la Cour des Comptes de France

The First President of the Cour des comptes President

Two senior counsellors attached to the Cour des comptes.

Mr. Jean François Bernicot, Conseiller à la Cour des comptes

Ms. Laurence Fradin, Conseiller référendaire à la Cour des comptes

The Cour des comptes. (Of the cases referred to the Budgetary and Financial Disciplinary Tribunal since 1 January 1971, 182 were referred by the Cour des comptes.)

FRANCE Mr. Pierre Lelong, Conseiller Maître de la Cour des comptes

Its seat is in the premises of the Cour des comptes.

France Mr. Pierre Lelong, Conseiller, Maitre de la Cour des Comptes

Second, new mechanisms are needed to energize policymakers and publics.

Approximately 75 per cent of the cases are referred by the Cour des comptes.

The prosecutorial functions for the Tribunal are carried out by the Procureur général (Prosecutor) attached to the Cour des comptes.

The reporting judges are appointed from among the members of the Conseil d apos Etat or of the Cour des comptes.

Defending the national interest still rallies their publics the exercise of power remains at the heart of their diplomatic calculations.

It is the example of democratic governance and the traditions of regular elections and accountability to the publics whom we serve.

Since 1950, when the Budgetary and Financial Disciplinary Tribunal began to function, until the end of 1970, only 69 cases were referred to it (44 by the Cour des comptes (State Audit Office) and 11 by the Commission de vérification des comptes des entreprises publiques (Commission responsible for auditing the accounts of public enterprises)).

We must help our publics to understand this distinction domestic renewal is an overdue tonic but isolationism and protectionism are still poison.

But statesmen, if they are to deserve the name, sometimes must take the politically uncomfortable high ground and then bring their publics along.

The IMF s expression of its economic views to local publics should then be protected by international agreement, much like embassies and their activities.

But statesmen, if they are to deserve the name, sometimes must take the politically uncomfortable high ground and then bring their publics along.

The evolution of public diplomacy from one way communications to a two way dialogue treats publics as co creators of meaning and communication.

Digital Media and Disruptive Publics , a workshop for academics studying citizen media that takes place in parallel with the Global Voices organisational meeting

It will continue to act as a sounding board for my ideas, as well as interacting with the Governments and publics of its members.

It will require less reliance on the traditional print media, just as the publics of the US and the world are relying less on newspapers.

Those who refuse to put tough choices to their publics may have an easier time now, but when catastrophe strikes, they will lose credibility and legitimacy.

For the US, sympathy for Arab publics yearning for freedom cannot exclude compassion for Palestinians dreaming of lives of dignity, which for them includes ending the occupation.

No single report can create a more secure world, but those who support that goal must hope that governments and their publics will consider seriously the Panel s recommendations.

Technological advances have led to an information explosion, and publics have become more sensitized to propaganda. The world is awash in information, some of it accurate, some misleading.

In Canada as in a number of other countries, governments are facing difficult fiscal circumstances and publics that are demanding more effective, efficient and economical service from government.

STANFORD Around the world, raging debates about whether, when, how, and how much to reduce large budget deficits and high levels of sovereign debt are dividing policymakers and publics.

Representatives, administrators or officials of agencies subject to the control of the Cour des comptes (including public institutions, social security agencies, subsidized agencies and public enterprises) or of the regional audit offices.

The absence of well articulated common analyses and policy coordination has accentuated legitimacy deficits, encouraging leaders and publics to opt for partial narratives and eroding confidence in existing institutional structures.

Though Iranians are not Arab, Arab publics in six countries also believe that Iran has the right to its nuclear program and should not be pressured to stop that program.

In addition, the Procureur générale attached to the Cour des comptes, who serves as Procureur générale for the Budgetary and Financial Disciplinary Tribunal, may refer cases to the Tribunal on his own initiative.

Of course, the institutions charged with supervising France s public sector, such as the Cour des comptes or the Inspection générale des finances , have the skills and capacities that are needed to fulfill their tasks.

To make this happen, all major players must remain committed to free trade within the context of a fair and equitable global system, and they must communicate this commitment respectfully, forcefully, and repeatedly to their own publics.

States in the Middle East are becoming weaker than ever, as traditional authorities, whether aging monarchs or secular authoritarians, seem increasingly incapable of taking care of their restive publics. As state authority weakens, tribal and sectarian allegiances strengthen.

The regional and multilateral dimensions are similarly inadequate. The absence of well articulated common analyses and policy coordination has accentuated legitimacy deficits, encouraging leaders and publics to opt for partial narratives and eroding confidence in existing institutional structures.

The lack of outrage mainly reflects the Sri Lankan government s success in embedding in the minds of policymakers and publics an alternative narrative that had extraordinary worldwide resonance in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

But, while many Japanese feel (with some justification) that South Korea and, in particular, China, exploit the Yasukuni issue to reduce Japan s influence in the region and to pander to their publics strong nationalism, they are missing the point.

Unlike in Pakistan, moreover, the Afghan insurgents could resume fighting with the expectation that their main adversary, the international forces, would be considerably hobbled in their response, because Western publics would prevent their governments from sending their troops back to battle.

Many also stressed the importance of devolving decision making to the community level, of sensitizing their publics to the provisions of the Convention, of increasing popular participation in desertification control programmes and of working closely with non governmental organizations (NGOs).

This will require considerable patience from governments and publics in the core and periphery alike in the former to maintain large scale financing, and in the latter to avoid a social and political backlash against years of painful contraction and loss of welfare.

The question for the coming months is whether European leaders will have enough political capital to embark on further reforms and make the case for them to angry publics. If not, it is to be feared that they will agree only on platitudes and hope for the best.