1. The Office shall adhere to the working hours and official holidays of the diplomatic mission.

2. The Office shall inform the diplomatic mission of any cases filed by or against the Technical Attaché Office or any of its staff.

3. The technical attaché shall inform the head of the diplomatic mission about important matters that relate to his work and the communications of the Technical Attaché Office with the official entities in the country or organization where he is accredited, such as consultations, official communications, negotiations regarding agreements, bilateral negotiations, holding meetings, visits of officials, and other important matters.

4. The technical attaché and all employees in the Technical Attaché Office shall adhere to the code of conduct for members of the diplomatic and consular corps while performing their duties abroad.

5. All members of the Technical Attaché Office shall comply with protocol rules while participating in ceremonies or official events in the country or organization in which they are accredited.

6. The technical attaché shall be accountable to the head of the diplomatic mission for the tasks of the Technical Attaché Office and its relations in the country or the organization where the Technical Attaché Office is accredited.

7. The Technical Attaché Office shall achieve the objectives for which it was established.

8. The technical attaché shall be responsible for submitting periodic reports to the head of the diplomatic mission regarding the activities conducted by the Technical Attaché Office.

The head of the diplomatic mission or his deputy shall be responsible for supervising the activities of the Technical Attaché Office. The technical attaché and all employees in the Technical Attaché Office shall adhere to the decisions, instructions, and directives issued by the head of the diplomatic mission, without prejudice to the right of the entity to which the office belongs in the State to direct and communicate with the technical attachés.

1. The technical attaché and his assistants shall be appointed by a decision of the competent authority in each entity to which the technical attaché office belongs. Such appointment shall be in accordance with the procedures relevant to such entity and upon coordination with the Ministry.

2. Local employees in the technical attaché offices shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures, decisions, and contracts applicable in the diplomatic missions.

3. Subject to a decision from the competent authority in each entity, a technical attaché may be appointed as a non-resident attaché.

4. The local entity in the member emirates may appoint an employee in the technical attaché office under its authority to carry out tasks assigned to such employee by that local entity. This shall be upon coordination with the relevant federal entity and the Ministry.

The Technical Attaché Office shall be established by a resolution of the Minister based on a proposal of the federal entity wishing to create the office. The Technical Attaché Office and all its staff shall be considered a part of the diplomatic mission.

Provisions of this Resolution shall apply to technical attaché offices.

In the application of the provisions of this Resolution, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings indicated opposite each of them unless the context requires otherwise:

State: United Arab Emiartes.

Ministry: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Minister: Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Diplomatic Missions: Embassies, consulates, and representative offices of the State in foreign countries, as well as the permanent delegations of the State to regional and international organizations, bodies, and agencies.

Technical Attaché Office: The office affiliated with one of the federal entities in the State, accredited at another country or international organization to carry out economic, commercial, educational, cultural, media, labour, military, security, health work, or issues that relate to air transport and others.

Technical Attaché: An official of the federal entity who is assigned to the diplomatic mission in military, technical, cultural, health, commercial, labour, and other fields.

Local Employee: Any employee who is locally appointed to work in the technical attaché office in one of the approved positions thereof.

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force as of the day following the date of its publication.

1. The Board of Directors may delegate some of its powers to the Chairman of the Board, provided that the delegation shall be in writing.

2. Cabinet Resolution No. (W2/9) of 2020 regarding the Guide to Governance of Boards of Directors in the Federal Government shall be repealed, as well as any other resolutions or provisions that contradicts provisions hereof.

The Cabinet General Secretariat shall be responsible for interpreting the provisions of this resolution, and federal entities shall refer thereto in matters they encounter when implementing the provisions outlined herein.

BODs shall use the list of forms attached hereto:

1. Form (1): Board of Directors meeting agenda (Name of the Federal Entity).

2. Form (2): Board of Directors meeting minute (Name of the Federal Entity).

3. Form (3): Disclosure of Impartiality and No Conflict of Interests Declaration.

4. Form (4): BOD Member Evaluation.

5. Form (5): Sub-Committees Evaluation.

6. Form (6): Evaluation of the federal entity official.

7. Form (7): Evaluation of the youth representative in the BOD membership.