THE MONITORING ROLE
4. OUR TERMS OF REFERENCE REQUIRED US TO OBSERVE THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS' AND TO ANSWER FOUR
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:-
(A) HAS THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE ''DISCHARGED ITS DUTIES''
PROPERLY?
(B) HAS IT DISCHARGED THEM ACCURATELY?
(C) HAD IT DISCHARGED THEM IMPARTIALLY?
(D) IN DISCHARGING ITS DUTIES, HAS IT FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED
THE PROCEDURES PRESENTED IN ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE?
5. TO SOME EXTENT THOSE QUESTIONS OVERLAP EACH OTHER: WE APPROACHED
THEM AS FOLLOWS:-
(A) IF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WAS TO DISCHARGE ITS DUTIES.
PROPERLY, IT HAD NOT ONLY TO PERFORM THEM ACCURATELY
AND IMPARTIALLY, BUT ALSO TO CARRY THEM OUT WITH THE
MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY ON THE BASIS OF FAITHFULLY APPLIED
PROCEDURES. WE NEEDED TO BE SATISFIED, THEREFORE, THAT THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE HAD MADE, AND WAS OPERATING, EFFICIENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING ALL THE LETTERS, SUBMISSIONS, AND MEDIA MATERIAL IT RECEIVED THROUGH THE PROCESSES OF RECEIPT, REGISTRATION, TRANSLATION, PHOTOCOPYING, ANALYSIS, ASSESSMENT AND FINAL DISPOSAL.
(B) WE CONSIDERED THAT THE ACCURACY OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE'S
WORK WOULD NEED TO BE JUDGED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ANALYSES, ASSESSMENTS, AND FACTUAL SUMMARIES IT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE OF ALL THE MATERIAL IT RECEIVED, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE **OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT OF ACCEPTANCE'' OF THE
DRAFT AGREEMENT.
(C) WE TOOK THE VIEW THAT OUR ROLE OF OBSERVING, OVER A PERIOD
OF TWO MONTHS, ''THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS'' SHOULD ENABLE US TO JUDGE WHETHER IT HAD DISCHARGED ALL ITS DUTIES IMPARTIALLY AND HAD FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED ITS
PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES.
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