prompted the ruling conveyed by the Assistant Secretary-General, OHRM, to the APB in March 1987, was an inordinately long delay and caused the Applicant unnecessary injury. Therefore the Administration's responsibility is entailed. The Applicant has suffered a wrong for which she is entitled to compensation. The Tribunal assesses the amount of compensation due to the Applicant at US$2,000. This compensation should be paid in addition to the three months of special post allowance to the P-5 level, payable to her in accordance with the Secretary-General's decision of 3 March 1989 on the JAB's recommendation. VIII.According to Counsel for the Applicant, the amount of legal and other administrative expenses incurred in pursuing the appeal is over US$3,000. The Respondent has contested Counsel for the Applicant's request for legal costs on the ground that Counsel for- 11 - the Applicant served on the Panel of Counsel when he prepared and submitted the application and was therefore not entitled to any remuneration. IX.In this connection, the Tribunal reiterates its holding in Judgement No. 237, Powell, paragraph XXIX, (l979) that: "As regards costs, the Tribunal has declared in its statement of policy contained in document A/CN.5/R.2 dated 18 December 1950 that in view of the simplicity of its proceedings [as laid down in its Rules] the Tribunal will not, as a general rule, grant costs to Applicants whose claims have been sustained by the Tribunal. Nor does the Tribunal order costs against the Applicant in a case where he fails. In exceptional cases, the Tribunal may, however, grant costs if they are demonstrated to have been unavoidable, if they are reasonable in amount, and if they exceed the normal expenses of litigation before the Tribunal". In addition, the Tribunal recalls that, as in Janitschek , Judgement No. 449 (1989), the request for costs has been made in
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a legal document related to a dispute between an individual and an administrative body, specifically the United Nations. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting that it is a judgment or ruling made by a tribunal or court. The content discusses compensation, legal costs, and administrative expenses, which are all related to the resolution of a dispute.

**Category**
International trade, Employment