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UNAT affirmed the UNDT judgment. UNAT held that OIOS operates under the “authority” of the Secretary-General but has “operational independence”. UNAT further noted that, insofar as the contents and procedures of an individual report are concerned, the Secretary-General has no power to influence or interfere with OIOS. UNAT held that UNDT also has no jurisdiction to do so, as it can only review the Secretary-General’s administrative decisions. UNAT, however, noted that to the extent that any OIOS decisions are used to affect staff members’ terms or contract of employment, OIOS’ reports may be impugned. For example, an OIOS report might be found to be so flawed that the Administration’s taking disciplinary action based thereon must be set aside. UNAT noted that though UNDT found flaws in the OIOS’ report, no disciplinary action was based upon it since the Administration disregarded OIOS’ recommendation.