The Tribunal deemed that it was established that in October 2013, the Applicant, a staff member of UNHCR in Turkey, had travelled to Syria in her capacity as a member of a delegation of the Women International Democratic Federation, responding to an invitation received from the Syrian Arab Republic General Women Union. During that visit, she attended a meeting with the President of Syria during which she handed him a flag with the words “Do not yield” in Turkish. A picture of that encounter was taken and published in a Turkish online newspaper. The Tribunal considered that in view of the clear wording of the invitation received from the Syrian Arab Republic General Women Union, and the Applicant’s functions and position at UNHCR, she must have been fully aware of the political implications of her actions. The Tribunal held that by attending the meeting with the Syrian President and giving him the flag, she did not conduct herself in a manner befitting her status as an international civil servant, and that her conduct was in breach to staff regulation 1.2(f). It further concluded that the disciplinary measure imposed on the Applicant was not the most severe available, and that it was proportionate to the nature and gravity of the misconduct.