text: ____________________________________________________________________ ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL Judgement No. 474 Case No. 471: COSH Against: The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, Composed of Mr. Jerome Ackerman, First Vice-President, presiding; Mr. Ahmed Osman, Second Vice-President; Mr. Samar Sen; Whereas, at the request of James Alexander Logan Cosh, a former staff member of the International Maritime Organization, hereinafter referred to as IMO, the President of the Tribunal, with the agreement of the Respondent, successively extended to 30 June, 15 September and 31 December 1986, 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December 1987, 31 March and 31 May 1988, the time-limit for the filing of an application; Whereas, on 27 May 1988, the Applicant filed an application, the pleas of which read as follows: "II. PLEAS 1.The Tribunal is requested to rule as follows: (a)That the Respondent was consistently unfair to the Applicant, as IMO's Regional Marine Pollution Adviser in Latin America, and discriminated in favour of the Assistant Regional Marine Pollution Adviser, Mr. Vergara, who took up his duties in Santiago, Chile, in October 1978;- 2 - (b)That the Respondent placed the Applicant in a disadvantageous position in relation to Mr. Vergara by not clearly defining the working relationship and division of duties between the two advisers, and between them and the officials to whom they were both responsible at the Headquarters of IMO; (c)That the Respondent, by allowing and encouraging Mr. Vergara to act in a manner that was increasingly independent of the Applicant, and by progressively transferring duties to Mr. Vergara that were properly those of the Applicant, deliberately left the Applicant more and more isolated and placed him in an invidious position; (d)That the acceptance by the Respondent of notes written by Mr. Vergara which were critical of the Applicant and
analysis: The text appears to be related to a dispute between an individual and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is an organization focused on maritime activities. The dispute seems to be related to the individual's employment and working conditions, rather than any specific economic, environmental, or scientific issue. The language used is formal and legalistic, suggesting that the dispute may be related to employment law or labor relations.