2010-UNAT-080, Streb
UNAT held that UNDT adequately applied the appropriate principles set out in the former Ãå±±½ûµØAdministrative Tribunal judgment No. 1391 (2008) in considering whether or not a case of serious misconduct had been established and if so, whether the sanction of summary dismissal was appropriate. UNAT held that the fact that the Appellant accepted lavish hospitality was a clear violation of the Procurement Division’s Guidelines on Acceptance of Gifts and Hospitality by the Procurement Division Staff. Although the misconduct was based on a single incident, UNAT agreed with UNDT that it would have been inappropriate for the Secretary-General to have taken the view that as long as there was no evidence of the Appellant’s impartiality actually being compromised, he had not committed misconduct or serious misconduct. UNAT held that the Appellant was unable to satisfy it of the existence of any mitigating factors. UNAT held that the sanction of summary dismissal was proportionate to the offence. UNAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the UNDT judgment.
The Applicant contested the decision to summarily dismiss him for serious misconduct in the form of accepting lavish hospitality from a vendor’s representative. UNDT found against the Applicant.
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