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4.
Also expresses its appreciation to the members and staff of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal for their work;
5.
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,3 subject to
the provisions of the present resolution;
6.
Takes note of paragraph 12 of the report of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions;3
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
sixty-fifth session on the status of the judges of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal
and their entitlements, including travel and daily subsistence allowance;
Also requests the Secretary-General to include, inter alia, the following
8.
information in his report to be submitted to General Assembly at its sixty-fifth
session pursuant to paragraph 59 of resolution 63/253:
(a) The exact terms of reference of the Office of the United Nations
Ombudsman and Mediation Services concerning access by non-staff personnel;
(b) An update concerning the exact number of persons other than staff
personnel working for the United Nations and the funds and programmes under
different types of contracts, including individual contractors, consultants, personnel
under service contracts, personnel under special service agreements and daily paid
workers;
(c) A description of the new procedure for management evaluation,
including the types of work-related administrative decisions for which it is required,
and of the procedure normally followed in other cases where non-staff personnel
submit a complaint concerning a violation of contract that does not qualify for
management evaluation;
(d) A compilation of the standard contracts and rules, including dispute
settlement clauses, that govern the relations between the Organization and the
various categories of non-staff personnel;
(e) An analysis of monetary compensation awarded, as well as indirect costs
associated with an appeal, such as staff time, including identification of those
aspects of staff administration which give rise to large numbers of appeals, as well
as comparative data from the old and the new system;
(f) Measures in place to provide for accountability of officials for causing
financial loss to the Organization under the new system for administration of justice,
including recovery action, as well as actions taken to enforce such accountability;
Further requests the Secretary-General, with regard to remedies available
9.
to the different categories of non-staff personnel, to analyse and compare the
respective advantages and disadvantages, including the financial implications, of the
options set out below, bearing in mind the status quo concerning dispute settlement
mechanisms for non-staff personnel, including the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law arbitration clause, in his report to be submitted to the
General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session pursuant to paragraph 59 of resolution
63/253:
(a) Establishment of an expedited special arbitration procedure, conducted
under the auspices of local, national or regional arbitration associations, for claims
under 25,000 United States dollars submitted by personal service contractors;
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