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PLANETARY DEFENSE COUNCIL · UNITED NATIONS
Monday, 30 March, Year 4 of the Crisis Era
Preparations under way for the 13th meeting of the Council
Sophon Activity WarningPDC/SAC/WARN-04 · Issued on 22 March, Year 4 of the Crisis Era Anomalies in global hadron collider experiments persist, and the collision window for this season has been postponed again. The public is urged to verify information regarding alleged "breakthroughs in fundamental physics" through this website and the national scientific institutions of member States, and to be wary of pseudoscientific projects seeking to profit from the situation. View instructions and historical warnings
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Organizational Structure

STRUCTURE · Plenary Session · Secretariat · Committees

Overview of Structure

The Council operates a three-tier structure of "Plenary Session—Rotating Chair—Secretariat and Committees":

  • Planetary Defense Council Plenary Session—the supreme authority, holding one regular session annually, with the capacity to convene special sessions; sessions are globally numbered in the order of their convening (now up to the 13th).
  • Permanent Members Core Meeting—a closed-door mechanism of the five permanent members, serving as a platform for prior consultation on major proposals.
  • Rotating Chair—serving a one-year term, presiding over the Plenary Session and representing the Council externally.

Secretariat

InstitutionsResponsibilitiesHead
Secretariat (Executive Body)Daily operations, conference services, six-language documentation, liaison with member StatesExecutive Secretary Elena Vukovic
Planetary Intelligence Agency (PIA)Intelligence analysis on the Trisolaran civilization, countermeasures against ETO infiltration, special operationsDirector Thomas Wade
Treaty and Legal Affairs DivisionMatters concerning the Space Law Convention and crisis annexes, legal review of resolutionsLegal Counsel Margaret Åsbrink
Committee on Finance and Assessed ContributionsBudget formulation, apportionment of assessed contributions, and post-audit of Wallfacer Project fundingChair Ingrid Holm
Department of Public Information and PressPress releases, live broadcasts, media liaison, Fact Check column, and website operationsSpokesperson Daniel Okoye
Office of Personnel and RecruitmentStaff recruitment, technical expert database, and liaison for Space Force recruitment across member StatesDirector Choi In-ho
Country Liaison OfficesLiaison and reception in various countries; the Beijing Liaison Office is the largest overseas institution——

Specialized Committees

InstitutionsResponsibilities
Strategic Planning CommitteeLong-term defense strategy, centralized management of fleet observation data, and estimation of arrival windows
Scientific and Technological Advisory Committee (SAC)Coordination of collider experiments, issuance of warnings on Sophon activity, and response to technology lockdown
Joint Liaison Committee of the Space ForceCoordination of Space Force development standards across nations; Joint Staff (in preparation)
Joint Working Group on the Staircase ProgramImplementation of the Staircase Program, led by the Strategic Intelligence Agency with cross-agency participation
The list of persons in charge on this page is based on the Secretariat bulletin (PDC/PRESS/4-021). The internal organizational structure of the Strategic Intelligence Agency is not within the public domain.