Staffed by international civil servants and responsible for servicing the COP and ensuring its smooth operation, the secretariat makes arrangements for meetings, compiles and prepares reports, and coordinates with other relevant international bodies. The Climate Change secretariat is administratively linked to the United Nations.
Staffed by international civil servants and responsible for servicing the COP and ensuring its smooth operation, the Secretariat makes arrangements for meetings, compiles and prepares reports, and coordinates with other relevant international bodies. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is administered by UNEP and located in Montreal, Canada.
An NB that has been assigned, by mutual agreement, the responsibility for providing technical and administrative services to JTC 1 or one of its subsidiary bodies.
Headed by the Secretary-General and comprised of over 13,500 staff from all around the world, the members of the Secretariat work as international civil servants in administering policies and programs of the UN organs.