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Making a determination as to what constitutes a technical body is not a function of the Dispute or Appeals Tribunals. The overarching import of staff rule 11.2(a) read together with the UNDT Statute establishes the obligation of seeking management evaluation prior to invoking the jurisdiction of the Dispute Tribunal as a rule. That controlling element for the status of “technical body” in the sense of staff rule 11.2(b), is designation by the Secretary-General. Absent designation by the Secretary-General, ICSC is not to be deemed a technical body for the purpose of exempting the impugned decision from the management evaluation requirement. Maintaining the state of uncertainty regarding “technical bodies” impedes staff members’ right to access to court granted to them under the UNDT Statute, is not consistent with United Nations standards of the rule of law and certainly is not conducive to economy of proceedings. Although staff rule 11.2 and art. 8 of UNDT Statute require only “requesting” management evaluation and not actually obtaining it, the Appeals Tribunal stressed the obligation to await management evaluation, which process provides the Administration an opportunity to correct any errors in an administrative decision and resolve disputes without the necessity to involve judicial review. The application was filed without awaiting the result of management application and was dismissed as not receivable.