FAO Conference resolutions

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Resolves

, in order to give effect to Article XV of the Constitution, to request the

Director-General

to propose to a subsequent session of the

Council

the appropriate time and manner of joining the

United Nations Administrative Tribunal

, and, inasmuch as the procedures of the UN Tribunal presuppose the existence of an internal staff appeals body,

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Recommends

that the FAO Appeals Committee be continued in substantially its present form; and further

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Recommends

that the terms of reference of the Appeals Committee be amended to make it clear

a.

that any staff member appealing against a disciplinary action or alleging a grievance will be given an opportunity to present his case to the Appeals Committee;

b.

that the Appeals Committee determine its own jurisdiction within its terms of reference;

c.

that actions which are determined by the committee to be based on unsatisfactory service by a staff member or the expiration of an appointment by its own terms are not disciplinary in character nor may they form the basis of a grievance within the meaning of Staff Regulation 39, provided that the subject of entitlements of a staff member after such an action is effected may be the subject for hearing by the Appeals Committee;

d.

that, in so far as practicable, parties to actions before the Appeals Committee should be fully informed of the reasons for the Appeals Committee's recommendation to the

Director-General

, and that, therefore, any party to an action before the Appeals Committee is entitled to receive a copy of the conclusions of the Committee in regard to the action, but should not be entitled to receive materials of a confidential nature which may accompany the Committee's report and recommendation to the Director-General.

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