activities wasenvisaged, exceptundersftction 27;accordingly, itmightbe necessary topostpone thespecial sessionifitwasnotpossible tofinance from thecontingency fundtheadditional requirements specified above. 8.TheFifthCommittee shouldalsoinformtheGeneral Assembly thattheadoption ofthedraftresolution andthedraftdecision wouldbesubject tothe understanding justoutlined, inaccordance withsection C,paragraphs 3and4,of theannextoAssembly resolution 42/211, andthatsuchadditional appropriations as mightberequired wouldbeindicated bytheSecretary-General inaconsolidated statement ofprogramm$ budgetimplications andrevised estimates hitobesubmitted totheGeneral Assembly towards theendofthesession, inaccordance with section C,paragraph 5,oftheannextoresolution 42/211. (SeeA/C.S/44/SR.26, paras.1-6.) Administration ofjustice intheSecretariat 9.Atthe28th me~t~n~, theChairman oftheAdvisory Committee saidthatthe Secretaly-General's reportontheadministration ofjlsticeintheSecretariat (A/C.5/44/9) hadbeendrawnupinpursuance ofGeneral Assembly resolutJon 43/224B of21December 1988,bywhichtheAssembly hadrequested theSecretary-General to establish byth,endof1989afUllyrevised internal justice system, tofinish putting inplaceimproved disciplinary rulesandprocedures attheearliest stage, aswellasrevised appellate procedures. andtoreportthereon totheAssembly at itsforty-fourth .e.sion. Insection Iofthereport, whichdealtwith improvements intheareaofappeals, itwasstatedthattheappellate machinery and procedures hadbeenstreamlined in19881aredistribution ofreRponsibilities between theoffices responsible forconducting theadministrative reviews ofstaff appeals andproviding secretarial services totheJoint App~alB Board(JAB)had beencarried out,whilethepresentation ofresponses tostatemonts ofappealand theconsideration ofnewappeals hadbecomemoretimely. TheAdvisory Committee -34-note~that revise~ proce~ures ha~been co~ifie~ an~a~opte~ in1989bythe Headquarters JAP,asitsrulesofproceOure. Accor~ing toth~Secr~tary-General, theprocedural improvements ha~beeninpartresponsible for~here~uction inthe siseandageoftheJABcase-loa~ andinthisconnection, theA~visory Committee note~frompara1raph 6ofthereportthatthenumberofpending appeals ha~been reOuc.~to30an~thatthebacklog ofcases pen~in9 ormorethatoueyearhadbeen vio:tually eliminated. Asstate~inparagraph 9oftheRecret~ry-General'Q report, hispolicyofa~cepting unanimous JABroports, exceptwt.ereamajorquestion oflaw orprinciple wasinvolved, continued tobeap~lied. TheA~visory Committee believed thatthatpolicy, foritspart, ha~also helpe~toimprove thesystem. 10.Ther8vise~ proce~ures adoptedatHea~quarters hadSUbsequently been transmitted tothejointappeals boardsatotherdutystations fortheir cODsideration andpossible use.TheA~visory Committee note~thatby September 1989thenumberofcasespending beforetheGen.vaJointAppeals Board hadbeen re~uced to30andthattheViennaandNairobi jointappeals boardseach hbdonlytwocasespending. TheAdvisory Committee welcomed theprogress whichhad beenreported bytheSecretary-General intheareaofappeals andhopedthat effor~s wouldcontinue tobema~etoensurethesmoothoperation ofthesystem an~ theoptimum useofresources. Inthatconnection, theAdvisory Committee hoped that,inthecontext oftheprogramme budgetproposals forthebiennium 1992-1993, itwouldbeprovided withfigures fortheresources allocated forthe administration ofjustice. 11.Section 11oftheSecretary-Genera1's reportde41twiththe~isciplinary proceBB, thecurrent phaseofthereformprocess. Itwaspointed outthatthe reformprocess hadbegunin1987andhadculminated intheOrafting ofacompletely reviseOsetofdisciplinary ruleswhichtheSecretary-General inten~ed to promulgate, effective 1January 1990,toreplace chapter XoftheStaffRules. The reviled rulesweresetoutinannexItotheSecretary-General's report (A/C.S/44/2) containing amendments totheStaffRules. TheAdvisory Committee notedthestatement inparagraph 20oftheSecretary-General's reportonthe edministration ofjusticeintheSecretariat (A/C.5/44/9) thatthepromUlgation of therevised rulesandproce~ures inaspecific areaoftheadministration of justice di~notmarktheen~oftheprocess inthatareaandthatitwouldbe necessary tomonitor theirimplementation inordertoassesstheireffectiveness in thelightofpractical experience.
**Analysis**
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