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RG, name redacted] that in the context of the office change strategy, my post will be abolished and as a consequence, my appointment will only be renewed for three months until next 6 March 2019 (...) LM], Deputy Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC), I would like to confirm that the post of Programme Analyst (#_00100136) that you currently hold will be abolished on the basis of the recommendation set out in the strategy for change of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Venezuela (...) Consequently, as part of the restructuring exercise of UNDP Venezuela (“the Strategy for Change”), UNDP may decide to abolish the Applicant’s post and, based thereon, not renew his fixed-term appointment insofar as it is done in a fair, just and transparent manner. 19.

I find also that he knew that the ICTR was in the process of winding down and that a completion strategy which would involve a gradual down-sizing had been worked out. (...) UNDT/2010/136 Page 17 of 18 strategy and to safeguard their future. The staff members were said to have been proficient in using the real time system and did not have performance issues. 59. (...) (v) The Applicant’s due process rights were not violated in the decision not to retain him in light of the closing strategy of the ICTR. Case No. UNDT/NBI/2009/057 Judgment No.

On 31 December 2008, his post was abolished in accordance with the ICTR’s Completion Strategy and, later, reinstated using General Temporary Assistance (“GTA”) funds until 30 June 2011. 6. (...) He argues that, initially, the Applicant’s post was to be abolished at the end of 2009 within the context of ICTR Completion Strategy. However, due to a surge of judicial activity, it was extended through GTA funds and the Applicant had been made aware that his post would be abolished on 30 June 2011. (...) However unpalatable this reason may sound it is the blunt reality that the Tribunal has to face in the light of the new strategy of OLA. FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS 31.

On 10 January 2019, the hiring manager, namely the Director, Division of Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD, submitted his endorsement of the above-mentioned two candidates as “recommended” to the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, prior to submission to the Central Review Board (“CRB”), United Nations Office at Geneva (“UNOG”). 4. (...) By memorandum of 24 March 2019 to the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources (“ASG/HR”), Department of Management Strategy Policy and Compliance, recalled, on the one hand, the commitment of all Senior Managers to achieve a geographically diverse workforce and, on the other hand, shared data about UNCTAD’s geographical diversity at the end of 2018. 7. (...) On 23 September 2019, the Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, informed the Applicant of the decision to uphold the decision to cancel JO 75470. 13.

He has been informed that the reason for his non-selection is likely to be that “[he is] not a woman”, which contradicts the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, the criteria set in the vacancy announcement and the Secretary-General’s Strategy on Gender Parity itself. Case No. UNDT/NBI/2018/002 Order No. 002 (NBI/2018) Page 4 of 8 b. (...) The Applicant’s claim that he was not selected for the position due to the Secretary-General’s Strategy on Gender Parity is unsupported. As communicated to the Applicant on 27 December 2017, the selected candidate was “determined to be fully qualified and suitable for the position”. (...) There is nothing in the SRB’s memorandum of 20 September 2017 indicating that the candidate should be selected due to the Strategy. d. The Applicant has failed to discharge his burden of showing through clear and convincing evidence that he was denied a fair chance of appointment.

On 13 January 2020, the Under-Secretary General for Management, Strategy, Policy and Compliance (“USG-MSPC”), placed the Applicant on ALWOP for a period Case No. (...) UNDT/NBI/2020/086 Order No.: 204 (NBI/2021) Page 4 of 5 Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (“DMSPC”) of the OIOS investigation report into the Applicant’s conduct. 11.

On 13 January 2020, the Under-Secretary General for Management, Strategy, Policy and Compliance (“USG-MSPC”), placed the Applicant on ALWOP for a period of three months pending completion of the investigation and any disciplinary process against the Applicant. 7. (...) The ALWP was for an initial period of three months, pending a Case Nos.; UNDT/NBI/2020/049 UNDT/NBI/2020/085 Order No.: 203 (NBI/2021) Page 4 of 5 review by the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (“DMSPC”) of the OIOS investigation report into the Applicant’s conduct. 12.

Effective 14 September 2014 he had designated a Livelihood Officer to establish a livelihood strategy in the Dadaab operation and to coordinate the refugee education sector. (...) All this invariably means a human resource capacity increase in the Education Unit that is planned to be met by discontinuation of a National Education Officer post, creation of and additional GS posts and linkage of the education strategies with livelihoods and solutions strategies though a Livelihoods Officer innovative approach and overall programme coordination. 11. (...) In relation to the discontinuance of the Applicant’s position, the request referred to the implementation of an interagency education strategy by having two national G-6 posts reporting directly to a P-3 Livelihoods Officer who was to coordinate the implementation of the education strategy and strategic responsibilities. 4 See paragraphs 11 – 14 above.

Security Council Resolution 1503 (2003),2 required the ICTR to “take all possible measures to complete investigations by the end of 2004, to complete all trial activities at first instance by the end of 2008, and to complete all work in 2010 (the Completion Strategy).” 5. In December 2005, the General Assembly considered the budget proposals for the 2006/7 biennium and it was agreed that the level of resources required by the ICTR for the 2008/9 biennium would be significantly lower because of the expected conclusion of some of the trials. (...) On 10 October 2007, the Chief Prosecutor of ICTR briefed several managers, in a memorandum, with a copy to all Investigators in OTP Kigali and Arusha, including the Applicant, on the staff reduction exercise on the basis of the completion strategy in the Investigations Section. The Investigators were informed then that the Section would be downsized by seven posts. 12. (...) The JAB Panel noted that as early as 16 July 2007, ICTR staff members were notified of the establishment of the SRTF by Information Circular No. 49 and that the memorandum, dated 10 October 2007, gave the Applicant and other Investigators advance notice of the staff reduction and completion strategy. 19. The Panel reviewed the Applicant’s scores on the ICTR Staff Retention Comparative Analysis and found that: a.

By memorandum dated 1 March 2018, the Chief of SSS, DSS, advised the Executive Officer of DSS that in accordance with the DSS Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Strategy, he recommended the selection of the only two female candidates remaining in the S-4 roster. 6. (...) DSS particularly selected female candidates according to the DSS Strategy on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 2015-2019. 30. (...) The selection memorandum provides that DSS decided to select the only female candidates remaining in the S-4 roster in accordance with the DSS Strategy on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 2015-2019.