1.   Next the assembly will choose the secretary general for the authority, which has its headquarters in Jamaica.

2.   The secretary general is chosen by consensus among NATO nations.

3.   The secretary general is chosen by the UN Security Council which submits its candidate to the UN General Assembly for a vote of approval.

4.   Riddick and Tredinnick were suspended from their posts as private ministerial secretaries but not as MPs. Ministers choose such secretaries as liaisons with the parliament.