A/RES/57/307 26. Requests the Secretary-General to expeditiously finalize and issue an administrative instruction on the implementation of section XI, paragraph 9, of General Assembly resolution 55/258; 27. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that all decisions affecting the status of the staff should be communicated to the staff members concerned; 28. Decides to amend staff rule 110.4 (a) to read: “No disciplinary proceedings may be instituted against a staff member unless he or she has been notified, in writing, of the allegations against him or her and of the right to seek the assistance of counsel in his or her defence at his or her own expense, and has been given a reasonable opportunity to respond to those allegations”, and to make similar amendments to staff rules 210.1 (b) and 310.1 (d); 29. Also decides to amend staff rule 111.2 (i) to read: “A staff member may arrange to have his or her appeal presented to the panel on his or her behalf by counsel, at his or her own expense”; 30. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session the item entitled “Administration of justice at the United Nations”. 83rd plenary meeting 15 April 2003 4