80 Commentary Regulation 2 (b), which is similar to staff regulation 1.2 (d), flows from the first sentence of Article 100, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations (see ICSAB report, paras. 7, 18 and 31). Regulation 2 (c) Officials and experts on mission shall discharge their functions and regulate their conduct with the interests of the Organization only in view. Loyalty to the aims, principles and purposes of the United Nations, as set forth in its Charter, is a fundamental obligation of all individuals covered by the present Regulations. Commentary 1. Regulation 2 (c) in substance contains the same obligations as are contained in staff regulation 1.2 (e) applicable to staff. The first sentence of regulation 2 (c) sets forth an idea that is contained in staff regulation 1.1 (a) and in staff regulation 1.1 (b), which contains the written declaration of office, that is to say, the idea that staff must regulate their conduct with the interests of the Organization only in view (ibid., para. 4). 2. The second sentence of regulation 2 (c) focuses on the concept of loyalty to the aims, principles and purposes of the Organization as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations (which is alluded to in the declaration contained in regulation 1 (b)) (ibid., paras. 5, 6 and 21). Regulation 2 (d) While the personal views and convictions of officials and experts on mission, including their political and religious convictions, remain inviolable, they shall ensure that those views and convictions do not adversely affect their official duties or the interests of the United Nations. Officials and experts on mission shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner befitting their status. They shall not engage in any activity that is incompatible with the proper discharge of their duties with the United Nations. They shall avoid any action and, in particular, any kind of public pronouncement that may adversely reflect on their status, or on the integrity, independence and impartiality that are required by that status. Commentary 1. Regulation 2 (d) is similar to staff regulation 1.2 (f). The core idea of conduct befitting an international civil servant was considered by the

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