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[UN Charter, Article 98](https://legal.un.org/repertory/art98.shtml)", "questions": [ { "text": "Which provision, resolution or instrument supports this specific action by the Secretary-General?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "action-authority-q01" }, { "text": "Which decisions remain with the General Assembly, Security Council, member states or another competent actor?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "action-authority-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "mandate-validity-and-delegation", "name": "Mandate validity and delegation", "description": "Determine whether an authority remains usable and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-remit", "name": "Usable remit", "description": "Record amendments, expiry, preconditions and any authority transferred to an envoy, representative or Secretariat official.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the mandate still applicable, and which conditions must be satisfied before the proposed act?", "kind": "action", "id": "usable-remit-q01" }, { "text": "What instrument establishes the delegate's remit, duration and reporting relationship?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "usable-remit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "secretariat-stewardship", "name": "Secretariat stewardship", "description": "Represent administrative responsibility, practical capacity and institutional independence.", "rationale": "Agents must distinguish the office's managerial responsibilities from its ability to obtain resources or direct other UN-system entities.", "layers": [ { "id": "administrative-capacity", "name": "Administrative capacity", "description": "Connect executive responsibilities to applicable rules and available means.", "findings": [ { "id": "administrative-action-envelope", "name": "Administrative action envelope", "description": "Record required approvals and resource constraints; staff appointment operates under General Assembly regulations. [UN Charter, Article 101](https://legal.un.org/repertory/art101.shtml)", "questions": [ { "text": "Which staffing, financial or administrative rules govern the intended decision?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "administrative-action-envelope-q01" }, { "text": "Which resources and approvals are available, missing or conditional for carrying it out?", "kind": "action", "id": "administrative-action-envelope-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "independence-and-system-coordination", "name": "Independence and system coordination", "description": "Assess external influence and the difference between coordination and directive authority.", "findings": [ { "id": "institutional-relationship-boundaries", "name": "Institutional relationship boundaries", "description": "Record the capacity in which the Secretary-General engages governments and UN-system executives; the role includes chairing the Chief Executives Board for Coordination. 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[UN role description](https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/the-role-of-the-secretary-general)", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes the offer, relevant parties' responses and the Secretary-General's or envoy's remit?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "engagement-basis-and-access-q01" }, { "text": "What contact or facilitation is currently possible, and which access or confidentiality conditions constrain it?", "kind": "action", "id": "engagement-basis-and-access-q02" }, { "text": "Which observations establish engagement progress without assuming that meetings produced agreement?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "engagement-basis-and-access-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "article-99-escalation", "name": "Article 99 escalation", "description": "Distinguish an evidenced Article 99 action from other warnings and Council briefings.", "findings": [ { "id": "formal-referral-and-follow-up", "name": "Formal referral and follow-up", "description": "Record the identified threat, official communication, claimed authority and subsequent Council handling as distinct events.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which official document establishes use of Article 99 rather than a general appeal or mandate-based report?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "formal-referral-and-follow-up-q01" }, { "text": "What Council response is documented, and which further decisions require the Council's own authority?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "formal-referral-and-follow-up-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "official-voice-and-accountability", "name": "Official voice and accountability", "description": "Establish what the office has said, undertaken and reported.", "rationale": "Agents must avoid converting advocacy into binding decisions or treating a spokesperson's summary as an unrestricted commitment.", "layers": [ { "id": "communication-attribution", "name": "Communication attribution", "description": "Determine authorship, capacity and intended effect of communications.", "findings": [ { "id": "attributable-official-act", "name": "Attributable official act", "description": "Distinguish statements, recommendations, administrative decisions and commitments through the original record and speaking capacity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Was this issued directly by the Secretary-General, on the Secretary-General's behalf or only reported by a third party?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "attributable-official-act-q01" }, { "text": "Does its wording and authority establish advocacy, a recommendation, an administrative decision or a commitment?", "kind": "definition", "id": "attributable-official-act-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reporting-and-follow-through", "name": "Reporting and follow-through", "description": "Connect duties and commitments to observable delivery and review.", "findings": [ { "id": "reporting-obligation-status", "name": "Reporting obligation status", "description": "Track required recipients, deadlines, submissions and responses, including the annual report to the General Assembly. 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