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UNAT considered Mr Kamynyi’s appeal and the Secretary-General’s cross-appeal. UNAT rejected Mr Kamunyi’s appeal in its entirety and held that it is within the Administration’s discretion to reassign a staff member to a different post at the same level and that such a reassignment is lawful if it is reasonable in the particular circumstances of each case and if it causes no economic prejudice to the staff member. UNAT held that UNDT rightfully rejected Mr Kamunyi’s request for legal costs, noting that no legal costs were owed to a party when the opposing party had not abused the process. With respect to the Secretary-General’s appeal, UNAT held that UNDT erred in finding that the reprimand imposed on Mr Kamunyi for insubordination by refusing to hand over his private firearm was unreasonable and unlawful. UNAT referenced Section 6. 28 of the Field Security Handbook and Section 2 of ST/AI/309/Rev. 2, which state that it is forbidden to carry private weapons within the offices of the United Nations and that security officers are authorized to seize property if they have a reason to believe that a person is carrying an unauthorized weapon. UNAT accordingly reduced the compensation awarded by UNDT to the amount of two years’ net base salary. UNAT dismissed Mr Kamunyi’s appeal in its entirety and allowed the Secretary-General’s cross-appeal in part, affirming the reprimand of Mr Kamunyi while reducing the compensation owed to him.