Once approved by the General Assembly, the decision to downgrade a post is placed outside the Tribunal’s jurisdiction. There can be no issue of restoring this position and the Applicant as its incumbent. The only question that could be entertained by the Tribunal is whether, in proposing the budget, the administration acted lawfully, or, as it is alleged, engaged in a conspiracy against the Applicant to mislead the General Assembly. The Tribunal found that the Secretary-General’s recommendation to downgrade one of the P-4 posts was lawful. The Tribunal was satisfied that the downgrading of...