RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARIAT. The Secretariat shall be responsible for:
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARIAT. 1. The Secretariat shall have the responsibility of assisting Panels, especially on legal, historical and procedural aspects of the matter dealt with and of providing secretarial support.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARIAT. Paragraph 2 While the Secretariat assists Members in respect of dispute settlement at their request, there may also be a need to provide additional legal advice and assistance in respect of dispute settlement to developing country Members. To this end, the Secretariat shall maintain a roster of qualified legal experts, from which an expert shall be made available to any developing country Member which so requests. These experts shall assist the developing country Member in a manner ensuring the continued impartiality of the Secretariat. 104. Though the WTO Secretariat currently provides technical assistance, such assistance proves to be inadequate in assisting developing country Members to take full advantage of the Dispute Settlement mechanism. Though the developing country Members had tabled many proposals in this regard, none of these is reflected in the above paragraph 2.72 The only addition to this paragraph is that the Secretariat shall maintain a roster of qualified legal experts, from which an expert shall be made available to any developing country Member which so requests.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARIAT. The Secretariat shall be responsible for: the maintenance of the landscape parking facilities and fencing and the remodeling thereof; the maintenance of the budding and any remodeling or partitioning thereof; the cost of maintenance of facilities fixtures, furniture and furnishing provided by the Government; the cost of any additional furniture and furnishing desired by the Secretariat; the cost of janitorial services, security services, electricity, telephone and water bills and all other charges for public services supplied by the Government to the Secretariat; the cost of maintenance and replacement, if necessary, of office equipment other than fixtures, furniture and furnishings provided by the Government, minor repairs of recurring nature, the upkeep through the provision of services and general maintenance of the premises of the Secretariat in a proper and suitable condition; allowing duly authorized representative of public utilities to inspect repair, maintain, reconstruct, and relocate utilities, conduits, mains and sewers within the premises of the Secretariat and its facilities.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARIAT. The decision to appoint a permanent secretariat was made in July 2020, when a majority share voted in favour of this proposal. It was also agreed by a majority that ICLEI could act as a suitable secretariat, due to the consistency it would offer, their knowledge of the Network and their experience of providing such services. The role of a professional, permanent secretariat is to support the Network and the co-chairs with administrative tasks and digital support. The objective of the secretariat is to ensure continuity in the administrative functions of the network while freeing-up time for co-chairs to focus on thematic topics and strategic activities. The secretariat will help ensure all CCs get equal opportunity to take on the role of chair, regardless of their different organisational capacities. Two levels of secretariat support (full and minimised) were proposed, and Members voted on their preferred option (minimised) in October 2021.
