2013-UNAT-361, Ngoma-Mabiala
UNAT considered an appeal by the Secretary-General limited to the discrete issue of the “Observations” of UNDT. UNAT held that the Secretary-General, despite being the beneficiary of a UNDT judgment in his favour, was entitled to appeal the observations. UNAT held that UNDT overstepped the mark to a significant degree in effectively recording, as part of its judgment, “Observations” in the manner in which it did. UNAT held that, in light of the UNDT’s determination on the issue of receivability, UNDT had no jurisdiction to make “Observations” as it did. UNAT allowed the appeal and ordered that...