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Secretary-General has decided that the time has come to recognize the stage of development which the Fund has now reached through the creation of the most of Executive Director of the United Netions Fund for Drug Abuse Control. The incumbent of this post, when appointed, will take over from the Personel Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Carl Schurmann, who has given outstanding leadership in the establiciment and direction of the Fund's programme of activity during its formative years.
The Executive Director of the Fund will report directly to the Secretary-General. He will be entirely responsible for developing the programme of activities to be carried out under the auspices of the Fund; for deciding on those projects to be financed out of the resources of the Fund; for assignment of responsibility for individual projects to the appropriate executing agency or agencies; for following up the implementation of the projects and evaluating the results obtained; and last, but not least important, for raising the sums of money required to carry out the programme
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All project proposals, whether originating from one of the specialized agencies, the Narcotics Division, governments or other sources will be submitted in the first instance to the Executive Director. He will, in turn, after preliminary discussion, refer the project for technical evaluation and advice to the Director of the Division of Narcotic Drugs who, together with his staff, will serve as the principal source of professional and technical advice in narcotic matters to the Executive Director.
The Director of the Division, on receiving a proposed project for evaluation, will consult with the agency or other source putting forward the project as well as with other possible interested participants and will, after examining all aspects of the proposal, report to the Executive Director, giving his advice as to whether, from a technical and professional point of view, the project is sound and merits financial support from the Fund. He will also offer advice to the Executive Director as to the executing agency or agencies best equipped to carry out the project if approved. The final decision as to Fund support is of course in the hands of the Executive Director, who not only decides on the approval or non-approval of projects, and the amount of financial support to be provided, but also designates the executing agency or agencies to implement the project.
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