FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE · STA / ART-24
THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
The Secretary General manages WUFO’s daily central administration, directs its professional staff and coordinates the execution of valid decisions. The office provides continuity and capacity, but it is not the political presidency of WUFO and possesses no independent legislative authority.
ADMINISTRATION EXECUTES AUTHORITY. IT DOES NOT CREATE IT.
SGSECRETARY GENERAL
APPOINTED AND REAPPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL BODY
4 OF 6AFFIRMATIVE VOTES FROM ITS SIX MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT POLITICAL CONTROL
TWO REPORTING LINES—ONE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
The reporting structure protects both representative oversight and efficient daily administration.
Institutional accountability to the representative authorities.
Professional administration and execution within lawful authority.
Operational accountability, supervision and administrative reporting.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHAIN
THE COMPETENT ORGAN DECIDES. THE SECRETARY GENERAL EXECUTES.
Administrative delegation never creates constitutional authority.
Adopts a valid decision, mandate or approved budget.
Coordinates lawful execution and issues the necessary administrative instructions.
Staff, departments, contracts, projects and records put the decision into operation.
WHAT THE OFFICE RUNS
THE DAILY ADMINISTRATIVE ENGINE OF WUFO
The office turns valid institutional decisions into documented professional action.
Manage WUFO’s ordinary central administrative operations.
Direct personnel and coordinate the professional administration.
Execute ordinary expenditure within approved budgets and authorised delegations.
Coordinate work across WUFO’s administrative and operational departments.
Prepare meetings, agendas, records and institutional documentation.
Negotiate or sign only within a valid mandate, approval or delegation.
Carry out decisions taken by the competent constitutional bodies.
Coordinate authorised institutional projects and monitor their implementation.
Preserve the organisation’s official administrative memory and records.
NO VOTE IN
MEN’S FOOTBALL COUNCILNO VOTE IN
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL COUNCILNO VOTE IN
MEN’S CONGRESSNO VOTE IN
WOMEN’S / JOINT CONGRESSNO VOTE IN
PRESIDENTIAL BODY
MEN’S FOOTBALL COUNCILNO VOTE IN
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL COUNCILNO VOTE IN
MEN’S CONGRESSNO VOTE IN
WOMEN’S / JOINT CONGRESSNO VOTE IN
PRESIDENTIAL BODY
A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS
AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER—NOT AUTHORITY TO RULE
Every power of the office must trace back to the Statutes, Regulations, an approved budget or a valid mandate.
WHAT THE SECRETARY GENERAL MAY DO
- Issue administrative instructions needed to execute valid decisions.
- Publicly explain positions already adopted by competent WUFO bodies.
- Execute ordinary expenditure inside an approved budget and authorised delegation.
- Negotiate and sign documents within a valid mandate or approval.
- Coordinate departments, staff, meetings, contracts, projects and records.
WHAT THE SECRETARY GENERAL MAY NOT DO
- Act as the political President of WUFO or claim a vote in a governing organ.
- Create legislation or a constitutional position independently.
- Materially commit WUFO without the required mandate or approval.
- Treat an extraordinary decision as ordinary administration instead of escalating it.
- Authorise emergency expenditure without express authority, documentation, reporting and audit.
PROFESSIONAL SELECTION SAFEGUARDS
THE PROCESS MUST SELECT CAPACITY—NOT PREDETERMINE A PERSON
Employment control is governed separately from the constitutional appointment power.
Selection criteria must exist before the final choice is made.
The appointment must correspond to a defined professional job description.
Requirements must be reasonably connected to the work of the office.
No qualification may be designed merely to exclude candidates or predetermine the appointment.
IF THE OFFICE BECOMES VACANT
CONTINUITY WITHOUT A NEW TERM CLOCK
The serving Secretary General leaves before the end of the term.
The Presidential Body appoints an interim officer for no more than 90 days, unless binding law requires longer.
A successor is appointed under ART-24 and completes only the unexpired term.
A VACANCY DOES NOT RESTART THE TERM · ACTING SERVICE CREATES NO ADDITIONAL YEARS