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20Special responsibility of Director‑General in relation to functions of Organisation

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#### 20 Special responsibility of Director‑General in relation to functions of Organisation The Director‑General shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that: (a) the work of the Organisation is limited to what is necessary for the purposes of the discharge of its functions; and (b) the Organisation is kept free from any influences or considerations not relevant to its functions and nothing is done that might lend colour to any suggestion that it is concerned to further or protect the interests of any particular section of the community, or with any matters other than the discharge of its functions.

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