Supporting sanctions infrastructure 45 42. The Council should ensure that the term of appointment for the Ombudsperson matches the period of the mandate renewal for the Office of the Ombudsperson. 43. All actors should respect the independence of the Ombudsperson, and decisions on appointment or renewal of the Ombudsperson should be a matter for the Secretary-General alone, without input by the committee or Security Council. 44. The Secretary-General, in reviewing arrangements for appointing and supporting Security Council mandated experts, should propose options for ensuring that the administrative, contract and other support arrangements for the Ombudsperson are specific to the distinct role and include institutional protections to actually meet the definition of an “independent office”. D. The Secretariat During HLR consultations, concerns were expressed about a policy vacuum on sanctions within the Secretariat, with the consequence being no doctrinal or policy basis as to how sanctions and field missions should collaborate on sanctions-related issues. The Secretariat needs to establish a policy framework for interagency cooperation and coordination on sanctions, recognising the multi-dimensional nature of sanctions. The IAWG inputs to the Review concurred on the need for clear and coherent UN policy guidance on the interaction and support between UN entities and Security Council sanctions. Operational guidance and standardised procedures for information-sharing and collaboration with different actors is necessary, as well as greater awareness through an ongoing dialogue with senior management both at Headquarters and in the field regarding the nature and scope of UN sanctions and the way in which sanctions interact with the work of the various UN entities. To promote cooperation within the UN system, regularised briefings, training, sharing of expertise in Headquarters and the field, and guidance on sanctions issues, in particular regarding the sharing of sensitive and confidential information, would be helpful.12 12 See the Canadian-funded report on “Integrating UN Sanctions for Peace and Security” (2010) which was followed by the first comprehensive UN system-wide training on enhancing the effectiveness of UN sanctions in 2012-2013 by CCSI, also funded by Canada and endorsed by the former Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, with several hundred participants from Member States, the UN Secretariat and Agencies, the media, and civil society.