AG/RES. 1385 (XXVI-O/96)

REVIEW OF THE STATUTE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

(Resolution adopted at the eighth plenary session, held on June 7, 1996)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the Report of the Permanent Council on the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal, containing the Report of the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs on the Administrative Tribunal (AG/doc.3338/96); and

CONSIDERING:

That, by resolution AG/RES. 1318 (XXV-O/95), the General Assembly instructed the Permanent Council "to study the merits of including within the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal additional provisions for: (i) a second instance of review; (ii) the assessment of attorney's fees and costs; (iii) the requirements of the posting of a bond or refundable filing fee to discourage frivolous actions; (iv) the implementation of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including conciliation; (v) the implementation of preliminary summary proceedings that will permit disposition of suits on procedural grounds to avoid the expense of trial on substantive merits; and (vi) an increase in the number of judges or other measures to guarantee representation on each panel of judges from the common law tradition and the civil law tradition";

That, also by resolution AG/RES. 1318 (XXV-O/95), the General Assembly adopted a series of amendments to the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal and requested the Permanent Council to report back to the General Assembly on the implementation of those amendments; and

That, in view of the complexity of the issues involved in the study of the Tribunal's Statute and the requirement for further analysis on the most effective way of addressing those issues, additional time is required to complete the study entrusted to the Permanent Council by resolution AG/RES. 1318 (XXV-O/95),

RESOLVES:

To take note of the Report of the Permanent Council on the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal and to extend the period for presentation of the study entrusted to the Permanent Council by resolution AG/RES. 1318 (XXV-O/95) until the next regular session of the General Assembly.