SECRETARIAT Rule 8 (a) The secretariat of the Commission includes all persons working under the mandate establishing the Commission, with the exception of the members; (b) The secretariat shall be established and supported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights acting under the authority of the SecretaryGeneral, with staff drawn from the Office itself and from other relevant United Nations entities or especially recruited from outside the United Nations for this task, based on United Nations rules and procedures; (c) The secretariat shall be led by a coordinator/head/chief of staff who, together with the staff of the secretariat, shall be selected by the High Commissioner for Human Rights. All staff shall be held accountable for their conduct in accordance with United Nations rules and procedures and shall be responsible for upholding the independence and integrity of the Commission; (d) All secretariat staff, irrespective of their individual responsibilities or department of origin, as well as all consultants, contractors and service providers, shall act under the supervision of, and report to, the coordinator. The coordinator will distribute tasks and responsibilities within the secretariat; (e) All staff of the secretariat, as well as all consultants, interpreters or other contractors or service providers, shall sign a declaration undertaking to always act in an independent and impartial manner and to respect, during their tenure with the commission/mission and afterwards, the confidentiality of all information gathered or accessed in the course of the work of the commission/mission, to ensure the safety of such information and not to share such information with anyone outside of the commission/mission unless duly authorized to do so. Rule 9 The secretariat shall be responsible for all tasks associated with the work of the Commission including: conducting research, analysis and investigations based on a plan and work programme agreed by the members; drafting press statements, correspondence, reports and other documents as requested by the members; providing administrative, logistical and security support; filing, storing and archiving information gathered. LANGUAGES Rule 10 The Commission shall determine its working language(s) from among the official United Nations languages. 110 COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY AND FACT-FINDING MISSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW