An effective mission statement must be a clear, concise declaration about your business strategy.

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Most importantly, the mission has been effective in fulfilling the goals set out by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 -- protecting civilians, enforcing an arms embargo, enforcing a no-fly zone.

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Our mission is to strengthen society by making individuals more effective, organizations more responsible and work more joyful.

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As they serve taxpayers, executive departments and agencies (agencies) also must act in a fiscally responsible manner, including by minimizing their costs, in order to perform these mission critical functions in the most efficient, cost effective way.

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Agencies must establish and maintain a capital planning and investment control process that links mission needs, information, and information technology in an effective and efficient manner.

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Rice said the advance mission is an important test of whether Syria will permit the effective operation of a larger monitoring system.

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It was the culmination of the very effective Red Bull Stratos marketing program a mission to break the 50-year-old skydiving freefall record that was conceived by Red Bull, Baumgartner and former record holder Joe Kittinger some seven years ago.

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One of the most effective ways to do so is to intimately connect the nonprofits mission and message with the strong preferences of potential major donors.

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The second event, hosted by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations during the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women, focused on effective prevention and responses to intimate partner violence.

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