General Assembly resolution 62/228 of 22 December 2007,
on administration of justice at the United Nations
United Nations Dispute Tribunal
and United Nations Appeals Tribunal
The General Assembly,
...
39. Decides to establish a two-tier formal system of administration of justice, comprising a first instance United Nations Dispute Tribunal and an appellate instance United Nations Appeals Tribunal as from 1 January 2009;
40. Also decides that judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal shall be appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Internal Justice Council;
41. Further decides to endorse the qualifications of the judges as set out in paragraphs 58 and 67 of the report of the Secretary-General2 and as further described in its decision 62/519;
42. Decides that the United Nations Dispute Tribunal shall, initially, be composed of three full-time judges, to be located in New York, Geneva and Nairobi, and two half-time judges;
43. Also decides that further consideration should be given to cases before the United Nations Dispute Tribunal being decided by a panel of judges, depending on the nature of the cases, the workload of judges and the grounds for appeal, and requests the Secretary-General to present further proposals in this regard, including resource implications, to the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed sixty-second session;
44. Further decides that the United Nations Appeals Tribunal shall be composed of seven members who will sit in panels of at least three;
45. Decides that judges shall serve only one non-renewable term of seven
years on either the United Nations Dispute Tribunal or the United Nations Appeals
Tribunal, with the exception of two of the initial judges of the Unit ed Nations
Dispute Tribunal and three of the initial judges of the United Nations Appeals
Tribunal, to be determined by drawing of lots, who shall serve three years and may
consequently apply to the same Tribunal for a non-renewable term of seven years;
Full text of GA resolution 62/228