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27. Recalls paragraph 13 of resolution 64/233, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to submit a report on the activities of the Office of the United Nations
Ombudsman and Mediation Services for consideration by the General Assembly at
its sixty-sixth session;
28. Decides to revert to the proposal for biennial submission of the report of
the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of the United Nations
Ombudsman and Mediation Services at its sixty-sixth session;
29. Requests the Office of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation
Services to provide an informal briefing to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth
session on the financial and administrative implications resulting from settlements
reached through informal dispute resolution, bearing in mind the confidential nature
of individual settlement agreements;
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Formal system
30. Takes note of paragraph 24 of the report of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions;6
31. Requests the Secretary-General to continue current funding arrangements
for the ad litem judges and the nine support staff until 31 December 2011, as adopted
by the General Assembly in its decision 64/553 of 29 March 2010;
32. Notes with appreciation the important role of the Office of Administration
of Justice in maintaining the independence of the formal system of justice and the
progress made by its Executive Director during its first year;
33. Welcomes the launch of the website of the Office of Administration of
Justice and requests the Secretary-General to continue improving its utility,
effectiveness and user-friendly tools to enable an increased number of staff
members to utilize the website, and to report to the General Assembly thereon at its
sixty-sixth session;
34. Recalls paragraph 80 of the report of the Secretary-General1 and requests
the Secretary-General to submit proposals on the appropriate post level for the
Executive Director of the Office of Administration of Justice, and to report to the
General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session in the context of the proposed programme
budget for the biennium 2012–2013;
35. Stresses that professional legal assistance is critical for the effective and
appropriate utilization of the available mechanisms within the system of
administration of justice;
36. Notes the important role played by the Office of Staff Legal Assistance in
providing legal assistance to staff members in an independent and impartial manner,
and also notes that the Office currently represents staff members in cases before the
United Nations Dispute Tribunal in New York, Geneva and Nairobi;
37. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to work with staff
associations in developing incentives to enable and encourage staff to continue to
participate in the work of the Office of Staff Legal Assistance, including by providing
volunteer professional legal counsel;
38. Decides that the role of professional legal staff in the Office of Staff Legal
Assistance shall continue to be that of assisting staff members and their volunteer
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