Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00013:schedule:1:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00013
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 10/57)
Character Range: 88335–91340

of the official languages of this Treaty.  In response the Director‑General shall use the language of the transmitted request or notification.
47. With respect to the responsibilities of the Technical Secretariat for preparing and submitting to the Executive Council the draft program and budget of the Organization, the Technical Secretariat shall determine and maintain a clear accounting of all costs for each facility established as part of the International Monitoring System.  Similar treatment in the draft program and budget shall be accorded to all other activities of the Organization.
48. The Technical Secretariat shall promptly inform the Executive Council of any problems that have arisen with regard to the discharge of its functions that have come to its notice in the performance of its activities and that it has been unable to resolve through consultations with the State Party concerned.
49. The Technical Secretariat shall comprise a Director‑General, who shall be its head and chief administrative officer, and such scientific, technical and other personnel as may be required.  The Director‑General shall be appointed by the Conference upon the recommendation of the Executive Council for a term of four years, renewable for one further term, but not thereafter.  The first Director‑General shall be appointed by the Conference at its initial session upon the recommendation of the Preparatory Commission.
50. The Director‑General shall be responsible to the Conference and the Executive Council for the appointment of the staff and for the organization and functioning of the Technical Secretariat.  The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of professional expertise, experience, efficiency, competence and integrity.  Only citizens of States Parties shall serve as the Director‑General, as inspectors or as members of the professional and clerical staff.  Due regard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.  Recruitment shall be guided by the principle that the staff shall be kept to the minimum necessary for the proper discharge of the responsibilities of the Technical Secretariat.
51. The Director‑General may, as appropriate, after consultation with the Executive Council, establish temporary working groups of scientific experts to provide recommendations on specific issues.
52. In the performance of their duties, the Director‑General, the inspectors, the inspection assistants and the members of the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any Government or from any other source external to the Organization.  They shall refrain from any action that might reflect adversely on their positions as international officers responsible only to the Organization.  The Director‑General shall assume responsibility for the activities of an inspection team.
53. Each State Party