Accordingly, the majority recommends that the Administratio n take immediate action to convert the appellant's fixed-ter m appointment to a probationary appointment, and that th e appellant be credited with the maximum number of month s permissible towards the fulfil ment of the probationary period. 38.The Panel concludes further that the establishe d procedures and guidelines were applied in determining th e appellant's entry level. 39.Accordingly, the majority of the Panel makes no furthe r recommendation in support of the appeal." In a dissenting opinion, a member of the Board recommende d that: "Recommendation 13.The nature of the appointment should be amended t o probationary, with the effective date of 11 December 1983." On 16 November 1988, the Under-Secretary-General fo r Administration and Management informed the Applicant that th e Secretary-General, having re-examined his case in the light of th e- 8 - Board's report, had decided: "... to maintain the contested decision concerning th e correction of [his] entry level from P-2, step I, to P-2 , step IV, retroactive to the date of [his] official entry o n duty, 11 December 1983, in accordance with the then relevan t procedures and guidelines, and to take no further action with regard to the level of [his] subsequent appointments." and ... that subject to official confirmation by the prope r authorities concerning the termination of [his] secondment f rom his] Government and of [his] e mployment with Tanta University, Egypt, as of 19 July 1988, [his] case be referred to th e appropriate appointment and promotion bodies for earl y consideration of conversion of [his] fixed-term appointment to a probationary appointment in accordance with staff rule 104 .12 and the relevant procedures and guidelines. In thi s connection, it should be noted that it is within th e