, WHICH WAS REFERRED TO BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS REJOINDER , THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TOOK ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ' S BUDGET FOR 1984 MADE IT POSSIBLE TO ALLOCATE A NEW NORMAL B 5/B 4 POST TO THE MAIL/RECORDS/LIBRARY/DOCUMENTATION DEPARTMENT AND PROCEEDED TO APPOINT MRS HANSEN TO THAT POST AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT , THAT IS TO SAY SHE WAS APPOINTED TO A NORMAL B POST .
THE CLAIM FOR A DECLARATION THAT DECISION NO 317/83/A IS VOID IN SO FAR AS IT MAINTAINS THE APPLICANT ' S DESIGNATION AS A SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT
9 AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE AFORESAID DECISION OF 24 MAY 1984 , APPOINTING HER TO A NORMAL B POST AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT , THE APPLICANT MAINTAINED , BOTH IN HER REPLY TO A WRITTEN QUESTION PUT TO HER BY THE COURT AND AT THE HEARING , THAT SHE STILL HAD AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING THE PROCEEDINGS SINCE THAT DECISION DID NOT SATISFY HER CLAIM IN FULL FOR TWO REASONS :
FIRST , THE MINIMUM QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR HER PROMOTION DID NOT START TO RUN UNTIL 24 MAY 1984 , INSTEAD OF 1 JULY 1983 .
SECONDLY , HER APPOINTMENT , IN ITS PRESENT FORM , PROVIDED NO GUARANTEE THAT SHE MIGHT NOT ONE DAY BE FORCED TO COMPETE WITH OFFICIALS IN THE SECRETARIAL B STREAM .
10 THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE , WHICH DID NOT REPLY IN WRITING TO THE QUESTION PUT TO IT BY THE COURT , STATED AT THE HEARING THAT , IN THE FIRST PLACE , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AS CONSISTENTLY AP- PLIED BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE , SENIORITY ACQUIRED IN A SECRETARIAL B POST WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN FULL WITH REGARD TO FURTHER ADVANCEMENT IN THE NORMAL B STREAM ; SECONDLY , THE PROBLEM OF COMPETITION BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND OFFICIALS IN THE SECRETARIAL B STREAM NO LONGER AROSE , SINCE SHE WAS IN THE NORMAL B STREAM AND OFFICIALS CLASSIFIED IN THE SECRETARIAL B STREAM WOULD HAVE TO PASS A COMPETITION IN ORDER TO BE ASSIGNED TO A NORMAL B POST . THE APPLICANT WAS THEREFORE IN THE SAME POSITION AS ALL OTHER OFFICIALS IN THE NORMAL B STREAM AT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE .
11 THE COURT CONSIDERS IT APPROPRIATE TO TAKE FORMAL NOTE OF THOSE STATEMENTS AND TO DECLARE THAT , AS A RESULT OF THE ADOPTION OF THE DECISION OF 24 MAY 1984 , THE APPLICANT ' S CLAIM HAS BEEN SATISFIED IN FULL . IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THE CLAIM FOR A DECLARATION THAT DECISION NO 317/83/A OF 1 JULY 1983 IS VOID HAS BECOME DEVOID OF PURPOSE .
THE OTHER CLAIMS MADE IN THE APPLICATION
12 IT FOLLOWS THAT THE CLAIM FOR A DECLARATION THAT DECISION NO 306/83/A OF 1 JULY 1983 AMENDING THE DETAILED LIST OF POSTS IS VOID , WHICH WAS PUT FORWARD SOLELY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A DECLARATION