the United Nations". The true meaning of this Judgement is that a new contract is required to maintain the staff member in the service of the Unite d Nations, not to initiate a new relationship between the Organization and the staff member.- 15 - XIV.The Tribunal therefore cannot subscribe to the Applicant' s interpretation, that each and every fixed-term appointment he wa s granted after 11 December 1983 , is a new appointment and consequently opens the way to correction of the entry level indicated in letters of appointment subsequent to the first one. XV.With regard to the second central issue, the Applicant claims that the Respondent, by granting him a fixed-term appointment on 1 1 December 1983, has wrongly denied him a probationary appointment. The Tribunal will consider whether the Respondent in so doing has acted properly, according to the pertinent rules. XVI.To justify his refusal to grant the Applicant a probationar y appointment, the Respondent claims among other things that, at th e time of his recruitment, the Applicant was on secondment from Tant a University, a governmental institution. Therefore, in th e Respondent's view, it was proper to grant the Applicant a fixed-term appointment in accordance with staff rule 104.12(b), which provide s that "the fixed-term appointment ... may be granted ... to person s recruited for service of prescribed duration, including person s temporarily seconded by national governments or institutions fo r service with the U.N.". The Applicant on his part asserts that at the time of hi s recruitment he was not on secondment from his Government, that hi s status was one of "leave of absence", which is not a secondment an d that he was therefore entitled to a probationary appointment. XVII.The Tribunal observes that according to its jurisprudence i n
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a legal case related to employment and staff appointments within the United Nations. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on administrative or bureaucratic procedures. The topic of fixed-term appointments and probationary appointments also implies a context of employment or human resources.

**Category**
Employment