The Secretariat shall be comprised of a Supreme-Secretariat and such staff as the United Federation may require. The Supreme-Secretariat shall be appointed by the Supreme Assembly upon the recommendation of the Federation Council, and shall be the chief administrative officer of the United Federation;

The Supreme-Secretariat shall act in that capacity in all meetings of the Supreme Assembly, of the Federation Council, of the economic and social council, and of the trusteeship council, and shall perform such other functions as are entrusted to the Secretariat by these bodies. The Supreme-Secretariat shall make a periodic report to the Supreme Assembly on the work of the United Federation of Planets;

The Supreme-Secretariat may bring to the attention of the Federation Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of interplanetary please and security;

1. In the performance of their duties the Supreme-Secretariat and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the United Federation of Planets. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their positions as interplanetary officials responsible only to the United Federation;

2. Each member of the United Federation undertakes to respect the exclusively interplanetary character of the responsibilities of the Supreme-Secretariat and the staff and shall not seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities;

1. The staffs shall be appointed by the Supreme-Secretariat under regulations established by the Supreme Assembly;