Decides that all persons who have access to the Office of the Ombudsman under the current system shall also have access to the new informal system; decides to adopt the statutes of the UN Dispute Tribunal and of the UN Appeals Tribunal; decides that the UN Dispute Tribunal and the UN Appeals Tribunal shall be operational as of 1 July 2009; decides to abolish, as of 1 July 2009, the joint appeals boards, the joint disciplinary committees and the disciplinary committees of the separately administered funds and programmes; decides that the terms of the members of the UN Administrative Tribunal that expire on 31 Dec. 2008 shall be extended to 31 Dec. 2009; decides that the UN Administrative Tribunal shall cease to accept new cases as of 1 July 2009; decides that 3 ad litem judges shall be appointed by the General Assembly to the UN Dispute Tribunal; decides that for future appointments the Internal Justice Council shall not recommend more than 1 candidate from any one Member State for a judgeship on the UN Dispute Tribunal, or more than 1 candidate from any one Member State for a judgeship on the UN Appeals Tribunal.

Adopted without vote, 74th plenary meeting

Statute of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (2008)
Statute of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (2008)

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Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.
Annexes (p. 8-24) : 1. Statute of the UN Dispute Tribunal -- 2. Statute of the UN Appeals Tribunal.
Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.