2026-UNAT-1641, ABN
Although the Secretary-General was not a party to the impugned Order, the UNAT held that the Secretary-General had a direct and cognizable interest in an appeal which considers whether the UNDT is entitled to determine whether his legal representative should be disbarred from appearing in future cases and unrelated cases before the UNDT. If the UNDT is empowered to order as much, it raises a significant risk of harm to the Secretary-General’s authority to appoint staff members to perform legal functions, allocate its legal resources, and hold staff members accountable in accordance with the...