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Right to access to iSeek for UNSU officials. The right to have access to iSeek is a derivative right only of the staff member(s) duly designated or elected by the Staff Council, Staff Committee or corresponding staff representative body to perform representational functions and not of any staff member.UNSU Arbitration Committee decisions/rulings are final. The Arbitration Committee’s decisions/rulings are final (irrevocable), since it is the unique body with the competence to review alleged violations of the UNSU Statute and Regulations made by the elected UNSU officials and decide on sanctions if warranted. As results from secs. 8.2.5 and 8.2.6 of the UNSU Regulations, only the decision(s) to impose sanction(s) on an elected UNSU official can be reviewed, but the application for a final review is to be filed only by the individual being sanctioned and is to be considered exclusively by the Arbitration Committee.UNDT has no jurisdiction over UNSU Arbitration Committee decisions/rulings. The Applicant is seeking a judicial decision to confirm her position that the elections are not valid and that she has the right to continue to publish UNSU communications on iSeek.Any judicial determination on the application and relief requested result in the Tribunal adjudicating on the Applicant’s right to continue her official function as President of UNSU after 17 December 2013, which will represent a direct determination of the term of office of the Council under arts. 4.4 and 4.5 of the UNSU Regulations. This matter is directly related to the validity of the December 2013 elections and its outcome for the leadership and 45th Staff Council. The competence to rule on any dispute related to this matter belongs exclusively to the Arbitration Committee, and the Dispute Tribunal has no jurisdiction under art. 2.1(a) of its Statute to substitute, review and/or enforce any of the Arbitration Committee’s decisions/rulings, including the ones on contested electoral issues.