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UNAT was not persuaded that UNDT erred in its judgment. UNAT held that, at the time of receipt of his settlement offer, the time limit to file the application to UNDT had already run for approximately three weeks and nothing prevented the Appellant from filing his application or applying for a waiver or extension of the time limit. UNAT held that the exceptional suspension of time limits provided for under Article 8(1) of the UNDT Statute and provisional Staff Rule 11. 1 applied only to informal dispute resolution conducted through the Office of the Ombudsman. UNAT held that the settlement negotiations between the parties did not toll the applicable time limits as the negotiations were not conducted by the Office of the Ombudsman. UNAT held that the power given to UNDT by Article 8(3) of its Statute to suspend or waive any deadlines except those for management evaluation, must be exercised with caution and under the discretion of the Trial Judge. UNAT held that the decision, in this case, was reasonable and there were no grounds for overturning the finding by UNDT that there were no exceptional circumstances justifying a waiver of the time limits in this case. UNAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the UNDT judgment.