Article 119 Constitutie van de Postunie van de Staten van het Amerikaanse Werelddeel, Spanje en Portugal
GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE UNION
1 The General Secretariat of the Union shall be directed and managed by a Secretary General, assisted by a Counsellor. Both officials shall be elected by the Congress by secret ballot from among the candidates nominated. The Secretary General and Counsellor shall be elected for a single term and may be reelected for an additional term. For purposes of this paragraph, “term” means the interval between two consecutive Regular Congresses.
2 Candidates for the post of Secretary General or Counsellor must satisfy the following requirements:
a) They must have extensive experience in the organization and operation of postal services, acquired in a member country or territory, and must be citizens of the country or territory presenting their candidacy; or
b) They must hold the position of Secretary General or Counsellor of the Union.
3 The following formalities shall be observed in electing the Secretary General and Counsellor:
a) Candidates for these positions must be nominated by the governments of member countries or territories. Both positions may not be held simultaneously by citizens of the same member country or territory.
b) The member countries and territories shall formally present their candidates, both to the Government of the country in which the Union has its headquarters and to the General Secretariat, at least three months prior to the scheduled date of the Congress, accompanied by their curricula vitae. The General Secretariat will immediately inform the other member countries and territories of this candidacy or these candidacies.
c) Any Secretary General or Counsellor wishing to run for reelection shall present his or her candidacy to the government of the country in which the Union has its headquarters by this same deadline, accompanied by his or her curriculum vitae.
d) The election shall be by secret ballot, by a simple majority of members present and entitled to vote.
4 In the event of a vacancy in the position of Secretary General, this post shall be temporarily filled by the Counsellor, who shall retain his own responsibilities.
5 In the event of a vacancy in the position of Counsellor, the Secretary General shall assume the duties of this official.
6 In the event of vacancies in both positions, the Supervisory Authority shall temporarily assume responsibility for the management and direction of the General Secretariat.
7 In the event of any of the circumstances described in paragraphs 4 through 6 above, the General Secretariat shall promptly invite member countries and territories of the Union to nominate candidates to the General Secretariat. As an exception to the rule in paragraph 1 above, the Council shall hold the election for the position or positions involved from among the candidates nominated, at the first meeting held by the Council after the date on which the vacancy occurs. The term of office of the official elected in this manner shall run for the duration of the interval until the next Congress, which shall not be taken into account for the purposes of reelection under paragraph 1 above.
8 The procedure established in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to vacancies occurring after the last regular meeting of the Council in the interval between two consecutive Congresses.
9 The Secretary General shall have the following functions in addition to those expressly assigned by the Constitution and these General Regulations:
a) appointing and dismissing General Secretariat personnel in accordance with the regulations approved by the Council;
b) attending meetings of the Congress, the Council, its Management Committee and its Working Groups, with a right to take parts in debates, but without the right to vote;
c) attending Universal Postal Union Congresses and meetings of its Councils as an observer and informing member countries or territories on issues discussed at these meetings of importance to the Union;
d) participating in the organization of coordination meetings for the member countries or territories of the Union that attend Universal Postal Union Congress or Council meetings;
e) negotiating loans, signing debt instruments and furnishing guarantees for up to two twelfths of the annual budget, all of which shall be cosigned by the Secretary General and Counsellor;
f) opening bank accounts;
g) transfering items between headings and subheadings within the same group in the same program in accordance with operating requirements; consulting and securing approval from the Chairman of the Council to make major budget transfers under Article 114, paragraph 11.14 of these General Regulations as required to cover major emergency expenditures, and subsequently submitting these transfers for confirmation by a plenary session of the Council as provided in the aforesaid Article, together with any other expenditure entailing major changes in budget programs or in cost groups within the same program.
10 The Counsellor, who shall assist and replace the Secretary General in his absence and assume his duties, shall have the following basic functions:
a) overseeing administrative tasks;
b) formulating Union budget proposals;
c) preparing annual accounts;
d) collaborating with the Secretary General in studies and technical cooperation activities.
11 Carry out the functions indicated in the Regulations of the General Secretariat.
- Regeling
- Constitutie van de Postunie van de Staten van het Amerikaanse Werelddeel, Spanje en Portugal
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- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 01-01-2014
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- BWBV0006309
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- 2014-01-01_0