with respect to temporary staff in grades AD5 to AD13 who do not have a management post at the level of head of unit or above and all grades of the assistants’ function group, by the secretary-general;

with respect to officials in grades AD5 to AD13 who do not have a management post at the level of head of unit or above and all grades of the assistants function group, by the secretary-general.

[81] "Any official who, in the course of or in connection with the performance of his duties, becomes aware of facts which gives rise to a presumption of the existence of possible illegal activity, including fraud or corruption, detrimental to the interests of the Communities, or of conduct relating to the discharge of professional duties which may constitute a serious failure to comply with the obligations of officials of the Communities shall without delay inform either his immediate superior or his Director-General or, if he considers it useful, the Secretary-General, or the persons in equivalent positions, or the European Anti-Fraud ...[+++]Office (OLAF) direct".

41. Underlines the importance of the adoption of the new Financial Regulation which entered into force on 1 January 2003 and the fact that it applies to all Institutions equally; congratulates the Secretary-General on the speed and effectiveness with which the Administration made the necessary internal preparations for the implementation of the new Financial Regulation; calls on the Secretary-General to ensure that its principles and provisions are fully respected throughout the Institution and that all authorising officers receive adequate training before taking up posts with financial responsibility; notes with satisfaction that 12- ...[+++]day modular management courses are now obligatory for all appointments to A3 posts and above;

1. The Secretary or Secretaries and Deputy Secretary or Deputy Secretaries of the Council of ACP Ministers and the other permanent members of the staff of senior rank as designated by the ACP States, of the Council of ACP Ministers shall enjoy, in the State in which the Council of ACP Ministers is established, under the responsibility of the Chairman-in-Office of the Committee of ACP Ambassadors, the advantages accorded to the diplomatic staff of diplomatic missions.

Dr Rasha Al-Sabah, the long-serving Under-Secretary of Higher Education, is joined by Dr Fayezah Al-Khorafi, President of the University of Kuwait; Her Excellency Nabila Al-Mulla, who is Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Austria; Siham Ruzuqi, the Assistant Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Oil; another Assistant Under-Secretary: Sarah Duwaisan at the Ministry of Planning; and in civil society: Shaikha Hussah Al-Salim Al-Mubarek Al-Sabah, the President of Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiya, the Islamic Museum of Kuwait.