A/RES/59/283 department, office, fund or programme a copy of the letter addressed to the Secretary-General requesting a review of the case; Joint Appeals Board 34. Stresses the particular importance of providing adequate training to the members of the Joint Appeals Board; United Nations Administrative Tribunal 35. Recalls paragraph 5 of its resolution 57/307, and regrets that the steps necessary to separate the secretariat of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal from the Office of Legal Affairs were not undertaken; 36. Endorses the proposal of the Secretary-General to transfer the resources of the Tribunal from section 8, Legal affairs, of the proposed programme budget to section 1, Overall policy-making, direction and coordination, effective from the beginning of the biennium 2006–2007; 37. Reaffirms paragraph 5 of its resolution 57/307, and requests the Secretary-General to guarantee the immediate independence of the Tribunal, including through ensuring the provision of administrative and logistical services that are exclusive to the secretariat of the Tribunal; 38. Recalls the recent amendment to the statute of the Tribunal, which provides that members shall possess judicial or other relevant legal experience in the field of administrative law or its equivalent within their national jurisdiction; 39. Acknowledges the need for the further strengthening of professionalism in the Tribunal by increasing membership of professional judges; 40. Decides to amend article 3, paragraph 1, of the statute of the Tribunal, with effect from 1 January 2006, to read: “The Tribunal shall be composed of seven members, no two of whom may be nationals of the same State. Members shall possess judicial experience in the field of administrative law or its equivalent within their national jurisdiction. Only three members shall sit in any particular case.”; 41. Also decides that the amendment to article 3 will be applied in the election of new members of the Tribunal with effect from 1 January 2006; 42. Requests the Secretary-General to submit proposals on compensation for the members of the Tribunal once all its members meet the criteria set out in article 3 of the statute as amended in the present resolution; 43. Notes that the vast majority of appeals against administrative decisions concern termination of employment or non-renewal of employment contracts, and decides, with reference to recommendation 5 of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, 16 to revert to the question of amendment of article 7 of the statute of the Tribunal following receipt of the report of the panel as described in section IV of the present resolution; _______________ 16 6 See A/59/408, para. 65.