Making Targeted Sanctions Effective - Small Arms Survey

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§ 83
b) With Other Expert Panels
Newly established Expert Panels and Monitoring Mechanisms should
avail themselves of the accumulated experience and knowledge of
other prior and on-going panels. For this purpose, disbanded panels
should ensure that the documentation they collect is delivered to
the Sanctions Branch of the Secretariat. In order to facilitate the
dissemination of information, the Secretariat should upgrade its
capacities to provide institutional memory and manage the relevant
documentation. Regular exchange of work-plans between Panels/
Mechanisms can enhance their work in particular areas and can
greatly assist them in avoiding duplication. The convening of periodic
retreats by the Secretariat of the members of Expert Panels and
Monitoring Mechanisms to permit an informal exchange of experience
could prove useful.
Coordination of Work Plans
§ 84 Expert Panels and Monitoring Mechanisms may choose to work
together out of a centralized office or to pursue their investigations
from various locations, subject to the Security Council’s decision.
Particularly in the latter case, it is incumbent upon the Chairperson
of the Expert Panel or Monitoring Mechanism, or the members,
where a Chairperson is not designated, to regularly reconvene the
group in order to coordinate work and collectively assess their progress.
The Sanctions Branch of the Secretariat can offer administrative
and logistical support to this end, as resources allow. It is necessary,
therefore, to determine the financial needs and resources
available early in the process. A harmonized working method and
division of labor between the panels and Committees regarding
investigative functions should be agreed upon early in the process.
Likewise, follow-up activities must also be coordinated between the
groups and their respective Committees to ensure that the two bodies
do not work at cross-purposes. The Secretariat should continue
to make administrative improvements to such ends by tracking correspondence
dispatched by panels.