United Nations A/RES/58/87 General Assembly Distr.: General 8 January 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 128 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2003 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/58/521)] 58/87. Administration of justice at the United Nations The General Assembly, Acknowledging with gratitude the important contribution which the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) has made to the functioning of the United Nations system, and commending the members of the Tribunal on their valuable work, Desiring to assist the Tribunal in carrying out its future work as effectively as possible, Having considered the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 1 Decides to amend the Statute of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal with effect from 1 January 2004, as follows: Article 3, paragraph 1, shall be amended to read as follows: “The Tribunal shall be composed of seven members, no two of whom may be nationals of the same State. Members shall possess judicial or other relevant legal experience in the field of administrative law or its equivalent within the member’s national jurisdiction. Only three members shall sit in any particular case.” 72nd plenary meeting 9 December 2003 _______________ 1 03 45813 A/57/736.