Appointment of the Director-General

C-16/DEC.9 adopted by the Conference of the States Parties at its Sixteenth Session on 30 November 2011 and entitled Future implementation of the Tenure Policy of the OPCW  

Having considered the decision by the Executive Council (hereinafter the Council ) at its Thirty-First Meeting (on 23 and 24 November 2011) concerning the future implementation of the tenure policy of the OPCW  

Decides that no staff member who receives an exceptional extension in service pursuant to subparagraph 1(c) above may remain on staff for a total length of service in excess of ten 

Decides that the Council may explore at a later stage possible options, so as to ensure the Organisation has staff with the requisite skills and expertise to meet its operational requirements and 

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Recalling the decision of the Conference of the States Parties (hereinafter the Conference ) on the terms of appointment of the Director-General (C-II/DEC.4, dated 5 December... 

Recalling further the decision of the Executive Council (hereinafter the Council ) on the terms of appointment of the Director-General (EC-Vlll/DEC.l, dated 30 January 1998) and Recalling also that the Director-General was appointed by the Conference at its First Special Session for a term of four years beginning on 25 July 2002, and ending on 24 July 2006... 

Decides further that the terms of appointment of the Director-General as provided for above shall be subject to adjustments by the Executive Council, after consultation with the Director-General, to keep them in line with those of other executive heads within the United Nations system or of members of the staff of the Technical Secretariat, as the case may be. 

Expert advice from outside advisers is commonly employed in the evaluation process and finally the application is discussed by a committee appointed by the Director General of the Ministry of Health, mostly composed of outside experts (See Expert Advisory Registration Committee on page 231). 

The preparation and review of safety standards involves the IAEA Secretariat and four safety standards committees for safety in the areas of nuclear safety (NUSSC), radiation safety (RASSC), the safety of radioactive waste (WASSC) and the safe transport of radioactive material (TRANSSC), and a Commission on Safety Standards (CSS), which oversees the entire safety standards programme. AU IAEA Member States may nominate experts for the safety standards committees and may provide comments on draft standards. The membership of the CSS is appointed by the Director General and includes senior government officials having responsibility for estabhshing national standards. 

The First Review Conference stressed the responsibility of the Director-General, as the head and chief administrative officer of the Secretariat, for the appointment of staff and for the organisation and functioning of the Secretariat. The First Review Conference, furthermore, recalled the provisions of paragraph 44 of Article VIll. 

Decides to establish the following terms of appointment for the Director-General, equivalent to the terms of appointment of other executive heads within the United Nations system who... 

The Board shall consist of 25 members appointed by the Director-General in consultation with States Parties from a fist of nominees put forward by the States Parties. The members of the Board shall serve in their individual capacity as independent experts. 

Each State Party may present to the Director-General one or more experts available and qualified to serve on the Board. The 25 members shall be appointed by the Director-General through a process of consultations with States Parties. These consultations shall take into account the need for a comprehensive spread of relevant fields of scientific and technological expertise, and result in a fair distribution of appointments from the regions. Only citizens of States Parties are eligible to serve as members of the board. 

A temporary working group shall be chaired by a member of the Scientific Advisory Board appointed for that purpose by the Chair of the Board, with the approval of the Director-General. 

The OPCW shall recognise the accrued benefits of those staff members of the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Commission who are appointed by the Director-General to the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW. The accrued benefits shall be specified in the Letter of Appointment. 

Immediately after the conclusion of the First Session of the Conference of the States Parties, the Office of the Liquidator for the Commission shall be established. The Liquidator shall be appointed by the Director-General at the same time. The Executive Secretary of the Commission shall initially imdertake the liquidation of the Commission until his contract expires. 

All IAEA Member States may nominate experts for the safety standards committees and may provide comments on draft standards. The membership of the Commission on Safety Standards is appointed by the Director General and includes senior governmental officials having responsibility for establishing national standards. 

Malaysia has the DCA, whose members are appointed by the Minister of Health. The National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau (NPCB), within the Pharmaceutical Services Division, is the secretariat to the DCA. Advisory boards are semi-independenf stmctures whose chairperson is either the Director-General of Health or the Director of the Pharmaceutical Services Division. These advisory boards report to the Minister of Health. 

Transport and delivery of sample containers from the Point of Exit to the OPCW Laboratory and from the OPCW Laboratory to the designated laboratories is subcontracted to a specialist company. The Director-General will appoint an OPCW staff member to escort the samples during transportation to the extent possible and to hand carry the respective documentation. 

The OPCW is thus the implementing body of the Convention. The two bodies vested with the responsibility for making decisions on policy matters and disputes over interpretation or implementation are the Executive Council and the Conference of States Parties. The Executive Council, comprising representatives of 41 member states elected for two-year terms, meets four five times per year. The Conference of States Parties includes all CWC states, meets annually (or more often if required), and oversees the implementation of the Convention. The day-to-day administration and implementation, including inspections, is the responsibihty of the Technical Secretariat under the leadership of a Director-General appointed by the Conference of States Parties on the recommendation of the Executive Council. All three principal organs of the OPCW are... 

The committee consists of professionals from the Ministry of Health and outside experts. The outside experts are well-known clinicians appointed to the committee by the Director General of the Ministry of Health. All the decisions of the committees are of an advisory nature and in exceptional cases the Director General may not accept them. 

The Agency is a corporate body with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. It has an established council with a chairman appointed by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on the recommendation of Minister of Health. The Director-General of the Agency is the Chief Executive Officer who will be responsible for the day-to-day administration and will keep the books and records of the Agency. He shall, however, be subject to the supervision and control of the chairman and council. 

The Lord Chancellor, and the English Attorney General and Solicitor General act also for Northern Ireland. The Director of Public Prosecutions is appointed by the Attorney General, and is a barrister or solicitor with ten years of practice in Northern Ireland. His chief function is responsibility for prosecutions in serious cases (compare the Crown Prosecution Service in England, and the Lord Advocate and procurators fiscal in Scotland). 

In the interests of efficiency, the advisory bodies will each have a maximum membership of 15 persons. The terms of appointment of the members will be four years in the case of the ACSS and three years in the case of the advisory committees. In appointing the members of the advisory bodies, the Director General will ensure a balance of regional approaches and experience. 

Appoint the Director-General of the Technical Secretariat (hereinafter referred to as the... 

Foster international cooperation for peaceful purposes in the field of chemical activities Review scientific and technological developments that could affect the operation of this Convention and, in this context, direct the Director-General to establish a Scientific Advisory Board to enable him, in the performance of his functions, to render specialized advice in areas of science and technology relevant to this Convention, to the Conference, the Executive Council or States Parties. The Scientific Advisory Board shall be composed of independent experts appointed in accordance with terms of reference adopted by the Conference ... 

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