UNITED NATIONS AT AT/DEC/476 16 bay 1990 9RIGIIKG: ENGLISH Case No. 498: FlXZERS OmposedofMr.Jemme-, Vice-Prwident,presiding;W.Samrar Sen;Mr. IoanVoicu; ~,on1~1989,ErikNikol~Valters,afanaerstaff ms&eroftheUnitmdNations, filedanapplicatim, thepleasoftitim as follf3m: "II. Pleas 10. Ihe Applicant respectrully recped3 the 2kbhktmtive Twxmaltomake~followingfindingsaswlellastotake the folluwirq dscisian: (a)ToemiorsetheunanhmsconclUsionoftkbeJoti~S EuardthattheAdmin%mtionfailedtogxmtectthe Applicant8sregmtationandthatthe~licantsuffered -=any masomblepersonwuldunder simil.ar cirrxlmstances (...). (b)Tofi.Mthat~Joi.ntAppealsBo-erred-it amsideredthatitdid not have agnpetenCre (=-.) t0 amsiderthxu2mmMm of 7 May 1987 frcm the Assistant r fanm-vw oumselandtkbeunder-mffor . l -2 - appoinbnent (...), a memorandum which was made available totheApplicantor%lyinocltcber 1988; and to find also that this mcsnarandum (i) amuntedtoafurtherir&ance OfdefamtiOndirectedagainstthe ~icant,and(ii) subtitutedanew reasonformlievingtheApplicantof his ftmctim. (C)'IbfinUhattheJointZQqmlsBoard~in~ing theApplicanttopmvideevidencetosuk&mtiate~ lossdirectlyresultingfraathe~~tim'sfailure to gtimect his lxiputation (...). (d)Tbfindthatthesecremy~ failed to implenmt in gcodfaiththe umnimus~tionof~Joi.nt Appeals Board, appmved by him, that the Adminimtim issuetotheApplicantapersmalletterofapologyfor its failure to pmtect his pe3xml repltation (...). (e)Tbfindthatthesecmbwy-Geneml failedtoilnplelnent in goodfaiUItheunanbms~onoftheJoi.nt l4ppeahBoard,~byhiln,thattkme-tim issuea formal clarificatimofthesituationsoasto correctanymisuxq+m~thecircurastances underwhi&theApplicantwassepamtedfmnsemiceand toachaAedgehismeritcrioussemiceandgoodstandhg (...). (f) Tbfindthat,asaresultofthedouble failureofthe Semetaq~to~~ingoodfaithaunanimous reammdationoftheJointAppealsEkxuxi,aswellasa resultofthesuhnissionoftheReqxm%kfsreplytothe Joi.ntA@ealsBardafteralapseofeightmmths (insteadofwiim.n~~as~bystaff Ftule 111.2(g)), the Adtministratim had&Ably delayed theApplicant~svindicationandthembycausedfurUm injurytohinl. (g) In view of all of the above, and in view of the ~and~tiMtiOfthecase,to ~i~that,fardll~injuries~hassuffered,~ ApplicantbepaidtheequivaleWof39mmthsnetbase salary (1essthecmeday'ssalaryhehasaIlmady received)asmllasfaxyeameduzaticngrantforhis dau$Mxr,thusbhngingtheApplicant~stmtal cmq?nsatim,includingthealluwances fc#:theagreed lxzmlnationofhis PenaanentaIspointmerrtt-- 6Omoplthsnetbasesalary,pluseducatimgrant,~chhe wnildhavereceivedhadhereminedintheserviceofthe United Nations until the mrmal retiremerrt age of 60." -3 - Whereasthe~filedhis answer on 10 April 1989; WhereastheApplicant filedwritten olsermtiorrs on 15 June 1989; t4hmas, on 3 April 1990, th Applicant suFmitted an a&!iticmal (acameet Mhereasthef~inthecaseareasfollakls: W~Applicantentered uuHemiceoftheuni~~tionson3october 1956asaSpecialInternatttaeOfficesoftheSecretary-Genesdl. E&been October 1957 and Decmber 1960, he served the c&qanization in the Office of PublicInformationonspecialserviceagre9aents. On 1 January 1961, he was offeredap&aticnaryappointmentasanAssociate InformtionOfficerat the P-2, Step I level at the Radio and Visual Se.n&es Division of the Deprbmt of Public Information (DPI). Cm 1 January 1963, he was offered a penmnmtappointnmt. The~licmtamtimedtoservetheOqanizati~in thesazneDepartmentLtntillMay1987,wfienhewas grantedspecialleavewith fullpayuntil31August1987,thedateof his sepmkionfrcauthe semi= OftheuN. -hiscareer with~mitedNaticxls,the~licantwas pxmtedtitheP-3levelin1964, tothep-41evelin1968,tothe~5 level in 1972 am to the IF1 level in 1977. At tkLe time of the Applicant's ~tinnfranservioe,heheldthepostofchiefof~~o~~at theFhdioandVisualSemicesDivisicm,DPI. 