2013-UNAT-303, °¿â€™H²¹²Ô±ô´Ç²Ô
UNAT rejected UNDT’s finding and held that, pursuant to the Inter-Organisation Agreement (which states that service in the releasing Organisation will be counted as service in the receiving Organisation), the staff member’s service with UNRWA should have been counted as service with the UN and that he thus met the service criterion for eligibility. UNAT upheld the appeal and remanded the case to the Administration to decide whether the staff member met the remaining criteria for conversion to a permanent appointment.
UNDT Judgment: The Applicant contested the decision that he was not eligible for conversion to a permanent appointment. UNDT rejected the application, holding that his prior service with UNRWA did not qualify as service under the 100 series of the Staff Rules, as required by ST/SGB/2009/10.
A staff member’s service with his/her previous entity must be counted in determining whether the eligibility requirement of five years of continuous service for conversion to permanent appointment is met, provided that he/she was transferred or seconded, under the Inter-Organization Agreement concerning Transfer, Secondment or Loan of Staff among the Organizations Applying the United Nations Common System of Salaries and Allowances (Inter-Organization Agreement).