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UNDT/2015/106 Page 3 of 50 Languages Must have a perfect command of Russian, which must be his/her main language, and an excellent knowledge of English and another official United Nations Language. 6. (...) The members of the interview panel had the experience and knowledge required for assessors and there was no need to include in the panel an expert on Russian language. All of the members of the panel had the required experience and knowledge. The Applicant did not question the composition of the panel before or after the interview; c.

One of the three selected candidates had knowledge of French, Page 5 of 16 Case No. (...) Neither of the other selected candidates had knowledge of French; one had knowledge of another official UN language and one of another language that was not an official UN language. 12. (...) This information, of course, was well within the knowledge and understanding of the panel but it is almost completely absent from mine.

Languages Fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of another [United Nations] official language is an advantage. ... (...) … While [the Applicant] asserts that it was “common knowledge” that she uses Umoja and that accordingly she should have been shortlisted, the Administration notes that “common knowledge” is subjective, cannot be used as a basis to assess almost 500 candidacies, and, if used, may result in different criteria being applied to evaluation of candidates. (...) At the time, the OSU/CSS staff who prepared the matrix had no personal knowledge of [the Applicant] or the functions performed by her

UNDT/2009/084 Page 10 of 18 fully meet the requirements specified in the vacancy announcement, and in particular, the working knowledge of French, as per their evaluation records. (...) The Respondent argues that in assessing the working knowledge of a language, the Administration must have some discretion and that the rules do not prescribe that working knowledge can only be established by successfully passing the LPE. (...) Therefore, it was not indispensable to require ‘working knowledge’ of a language to be proven by an UN Language Proficiency Exam.

The position also required language proficiency to be a “very good ability to read, write and speak English and French or Spanish; knowledge of the third language highly desirable”. 14. (...) On the positive side it recorded her good institutional memory and knowledge of internal policies, processes and procedures and her technological awareness, some planning and organisational skills as well as experience in teams and multicultural environments. 18. (...) UNDT/2010/063 Page 12 of 13 received the same points for language, but because the Applicant’s certificate confirmed her knowledge of Spanish, an objective evaluation would have given her more points. 46.

The Tribunal has therefore had to examine the record as a whole to determine when the Applicant first had knowledge of the decision not to appoint him. 32. (...) If the Applicant had sufficient knowledge of the decision to request a management evaluation of the decision to not appoint him as SRSG/UNSMIL after reading the 19 September 2013 Reply in Case No. UNDT/NBI/2013/058, he would also have had sufficient knowledge about decision after reading the reply in Case No.

The Applicant’s statement of evidence must contain a statement that it is true to the best of her knowledge and belief. b. A fully legible copy of the statement of evidence of Ms. (...) This statement of evidence must contain a statement that it is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. d. A fully legible copy of the statement of evidence of Mr. (...) This statement of evidence must contain a statement that it is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Case No.

Additionally, her acceptance of the Interview Panel’s overall evaluation of him despite her own knowledge of his skills, qualifications and experience is evidence of her bias against him. 22. (...) Y testified that it was common knowledge that there was “bad blood” between the Applicant and various senior managers i.e. the PCO, Mr. (...) Ahlenius’ acceptance of the Interview Panel’s overall evaluation of him despite her own knowledge of his skills, qualifications and experience demonstrated her prejudice.

She concedes that she should have exercised utmost care when completing the financial disclosure forms because to her knowledge [Company 1, LLC] was owned by her father-in-law and not by her husband, who was never involved in the management of the company; g. (...) Accordingly, the Applicant’s former FRO made the decision to lease storage space from the Applicant’s family with the full knowledge that the owners of the property were related to the Applicant. (...) UNDT/2019/015 Page 17 of 47 43. The knowledge of the witness about the ownership of the space rented also required much further explanation and inquiry.

UNDT/2019/022, the Applicant’s combination of legal knowledge and proficiency in English and French give him the skills required for a language post; and i. (...) Second, the Applicant contends that the requirement for excellent knowledge of a third language is not contained in any rule and seems to be a practice of the Organization. (...) The Applicant also claims that an exception to the requirement for excellent knowledge of a third language should have been made in his case because of his specialization in law.