Translate the following English sentence to French:
"As far as I am concerned, it goes without saying that the proposed secretariat must be independent of the institutions requiring monitoring, as is borne out by the fact that it has its own budget."
Il me paraît donc aller de soi que le secrétariat envisagé doit être indépendant des instances qu'il devra surveiller, comme le laisse supposer la constitution d'un budget propre.