Director-General appointment

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... 

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. 

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a statutory body co-ordinated by a Director General and two other people appointed by the Executive. 

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. 

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 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. 

To Director General, Ministry of Health through the Director of the Pharmaceutical Administration Appliccint (Appointed pharmacist. License number) New Registration/Renewal Previous Reg. No. Fee (cunount) No. of receipt... 

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 new director-general of police, appointed just before I reached Bagdad, has said frankly in private conversation that he expects an anti-Jewish outburst, that he has prepared for it, but that he hasn t the least idea that his men, in their present frame of mind, will risk their lives to stop it. 

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau d Armenonville, died 1728. Appointed Director-General of Finance by his brother-in-law in 1702. Keeper of the Seals, 1702, dismissed in 1727. Regarded as competent but not brilliant. 

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. 

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. 

The Commission is the executive body of the EU and consists of 25 members, one appointed by each member government. Commissioners must act independently of their national government and of Council. The Commission is answerable to the European Parliament and its detailed work is carried out by 26 Directorate Generals (DGs) each dealing with a specific aspect of EU business. Those most relevant to health and safety are ... 

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 ... 

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. 

Delegates of States Parties, together with their alternates and advisers, representatives appointed to the Executive Council together with their alternates and advisers, the Director-General and the staff of the Organization shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary in the independent exercise of their functions in cormection with the Organization. 

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. 

Any other State which, in accordance with Article XX of the Convention, may accede to it may apply to the Director-General for observer status, which will be accorded on the decision of the Conference. Such a State shall be entitled to appoint an observer to attend and participate without the right to vote in the plenary meetings of the Conference other than those designated private meetings and to receive documents of the Conference. 

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