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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.
Language:English
Score: 366903.9
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One of the three selected candidates had knowledge of French,
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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.
Language:English
Score: 362510.86
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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
Language:English
Score: 353663.13
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UNDT/2009/084
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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.
Language:English
Score: 351954.96
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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
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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.
Language:English
Score: 351670.43
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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.
Language:English
Score: 351358.03
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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.
Language:English
Score: 347904.61
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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.
Language:English
Score: 347256.42
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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
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43. The knowledge of the witness about the ownership of the space rented also
required much further explanation and inquiry.
Language:English
Score: 340886.43
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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.
Language:English
Score: 340560.3
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