Article 127 Duties of the Director General

1. The Director General shall organize, administer and direct the International Bureau, of which he is the legal representative.

2. Regarding the classification of posts, appointments and promotions:

2.1. the Director General shall be empowered to classify posts in grades G 1 to D 2 and to appoint and promote officials in those grades.

2.2. for appointments in grades P 1 to D 2, he shall consider the professional qualifications of the candidates recommended by the member countries of which the candidates are nationals or in which they exercise their professional activities, taking into account equitable geographical distribution with respect to continents and languages. D 2 posts shall as far as possible be filled by candidates from different regions and from regions other than those from which the Director General and Deputy Director General originate, bearing in mind the paramount consideration of the efficiency of the International Bureau. In the case of posts requiring special qualifications, the Director General may seek applications from outside;

2.3. he shall also consider, for the appointment of a new official, that, in principle, persons occupying grade D 2, D 1 and P 5 posts must be nationals of different member countries of the Union;

2.4. for the promotion of an official of the International Bureau to grades D 2, D 1 and P 5, he shall not be bound to apply the same principle as under 2.3;

2.5. the requirements of equitable geographical and language distribution shall rank behind merit in the recruitment process;

2.6. the Director General shall inform the Council of Administration once a year of appointments and promotions in grades P 4 to D 2.

3. Furthermore, the Director General shall have the following duties:

3.1. acts as depositary of the Acts of the Union and as intermediary in the procedure of accession and admission to and withdrawal from the Union;

3.2. notifies the decisions taken by Congress to all the Governments of member countries;

3.3. notifies all member countries and their designated operators of the Regulations drawn up or revised by the Postal Operations Council;

3.4. prepares the draft annual budget of the Union at the lowest possible level consistent with the requirements of the Union and submits it in due course to the Council of Administration for consideration; communicates the budget to the member countries of the Union after approval by the Council of Administration and executes it;