The phrase "action service" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning without context.
It could potentially be used in contexts related to service-oriented tasks or activities, but clarity is essential.
Example: "The organization focuses on providing action service to communities in need."
Alternatives: "active service" or "service action".
It is a chance for Lady Ashton, the EU's foreign and security chief, to show that her new external action service merits the name.
A key part of the job will be to oversee the external action service, the EU's embryonic diplomatic service, which has almost 200 offices all over the world.
"As there is no control over Libya's borders, nor a functioning police force, it should be assumed that migration flows will only increase," a report by the European Union external action service predicted last October.
But Britain was a winner too, handed the opportunity to shape EU foreign policy and, crucially, to build the new external action service (EAS), the EU's new diplomatic corps.
"The potential scale of such a deep transformation will require a wide societal debate in Europe," says the document, which was jointly prepared by the European commission and its foreign office, the European external action service.
And the French are still in demand: Pierre Vimont, France's ambassador to the United States, has been made head of the European Union's external-action service.
National governments have decided to keep the external-action service under their control rather than placing it under the commission, and have ignored demands from the European Parliament for legal oversight over the new body.
Top officials from the 27 national governments, commission and the council have spent weeks debating the external-action service, and how it will mesh with the High Rep as well as with the new post of full-time President of the European Council, another job created by Lisbon.
In some countries, such as Afghanistan, the majority of victims are under the age of 18. "Events on April 4 will help renew public and media interest in mine action," says UN Mine Action Service Director Maxwell Gaylard.
A summit of EU leaders on October 29th and 30th was due to approve plans for a new European External Action Servicee" (ie, diplomatic service) headed by a High Representative, a kind of foreign minister.
