Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia Since 1991

A/RES/58/255View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 132 Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committee in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, published in 2004.

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34 documents · 1993–2018

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2018).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2018	A/RES/72/257	Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991	687	–
2017	A/RES/71/268	Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991	847	–
2016	A/RES/70/242	Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991	967	–
2015	A/RES/69/255	Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991	659	–
2014	A/RES/68/256	Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991	1,117	–

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2004–2005

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/264	Budget for the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 for the biennium 2006-2007 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/255
2004	A/59/547	First performance report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2004-2005 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/255
2004	A/59/228	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/255

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Appropriations Budget Performance Consultants Experts Financial Implications Financial Regulations Judges Law Reform Legal Aid Programme Budgeting Report Preparation Salaries and Allowances Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staff Reassignment Staffing Travel Costs Vacancy Management

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32 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing for the biennium 2004–2005 of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 19911 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee,2 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Notes with concern the levels of unpaid assessed contributions, and urges Member States to pay their assessed contributions on time, in full and without conditions;

Concurs with the view of the Advisory Committee that continued close collaboration between the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for Rwanda is essential, and urges the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to ensure this;

Decides not to endorse the recommendation contained in paragraph 38 of the report of the Advisory Committee;2

Encourages Member States to consider paying their assessments in euros, consistent with regulation 3.9 and rule 103.3 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations;⁴

⁴ST/SGB/2003/7.

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the report requested by the General Assembly in paragraph 2 of its resolution 55/225 A of 23 December 2000, including the views of the Board of Auditors thereon, is submitted to the Assembly at the main part of its fifty-ninth session;

Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to present the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2004–2005 in a results-based-budgeting format, and encourages the Secretary-General to make further progress in this regard;

Invites the Security Council to continue to monitor closely the progress made by the Tribunal towards completing its mandate, in accordance with the completion strategy;

Requests the Secretary-General to develop further the link between the Tribunal’s completion strategy and objectives and the resources requested in future budget proposals;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue, where appropriate, to prioritize and deploy resources in support of the completion strategy and to report thereon in the context of his first and second performance reports for the biennium 2004–2005;

Further requests the Secretary-General to undertake efficiency measures to streamline the work of the Tribunal and to provide an assessment of the financial impact of those measures in the context of future budget proposals;

Encourages the Tribunal to continue to implement and closely monitor reforms to its legal aid system, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon, in particular on consequent savings in defence costs, in his first performance report for the biennium 2004–2005;

Recalls paragraph 25 of its resolution 58/253 of 23 December 2003, and requests the Secretary-General to include, where appropriate, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the scope of his consideration and recommendations referred to in paragraphs 38 and 39 of his comprehensive report on the progress made by the International Tribunal for Rwanda in reforming its legal aid system;⁵

⁵A/58/366.

Decides that vacancy rates of 10.2 per cent for Professional staff and 7.3 per cent for General Service staff shall be used as a basis for the calculation of the budget for the biennium 2004–2005;

Decides also not to approve the proposed increase in resources for consultants and experts;

Decides further to approve the proposed post and non-post resources for the Investigations Division for 2004 and to defer consideration of the resource requirements for the Division for 2005 until its fifty-ninth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to resubmit, in the context of his first performance report for the biennium 2004–2005, a proposal for the resource requirements for the Investigations Division for 2005, and to ensure that the proposal is adequate for the effective implementation of the completion strategy;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee contained in paragraph 28 of its report;2

Concurs with the Advisory Committee that the volume of work and the pace of completion should be monitored continuously in order to determine whether some of the posts identified for abolition or redeployment could be abolished or released for transfer to other areas of the Tribunal before the second half of 2005;

Decides to reduce the appropriation for contractual services to the level proposed in the second performance report of the Secretary-General on the programme budget for the biennium 2002–2003⁶ as the proposed final appropriation, before recosting, given the savings achieved in respect of defence counsel during the biennium;

⁶A/58/593.

Decides also to reduce the proposed resources for travel of Registry staff by 200,000 United States dollars;

Decides further to appropriate to the Special Account for the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 the total amount of 298,226,300 dollars for the biennium 2004–2005, as detailed in the annex to the present resolution;

Decides that the financing of the appropriation for the biennium 2004–2005 under the Special Account shall take into account the estimated income of 184,000 dollars for the biennium 2004–2005, which shall be set off against the aggregate amount of the appropriation;

Decides also that the total assessment for 2004 under the Special Account, amounting to 174,689,650 dollars, shall consist of:

149,021,150 dollars, being half of the estimated appropriation approved for the biennium 2004–2005;

25,668,500 dollars, being the increase in the final appropriation for the biennium 2002–2003 approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 58/254 of 23 December 2003;

Decides further to apportion the amount of 87,344,825 dollars, being half of the total assessment for 2004, among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2004, as set out in its resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003;

Decides to apportion the amount of 87,344,825 dollars, being half of the total assessment for 2004, among Member States in accordance with the rates of assessment applicable to peacekeeping operations for 2004;

Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraphs 26 and 27 above, the amount of 20,051,150 dollars, consisting of:

13,185,850 dollars, being half of the estimated staff assessment income approved for the Tribunal for the biennium 2004–2005;

6,865,300 dollars, being the increase in staff assessment income for the biennium 2002–2003 approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 58/254.

Annex I

Financing for the biennium 2004–2005 of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991

Gross | Net | (United States dollars) | 1. Estimated appropriation for the biennium 2004–2005 | 327 323 000 | 296 955 800 | 2. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | (20 000 000)a | (19 948 800)a | 3. Recommendations of the Fifth Committee | (9 096 700) | (5 152 400) | 4. Revised estimated appropriation for the biennium 2004–2005 | 298 226 300 | 271 854 600 | Less: 5. Estimated income for the biennium 2004–2005 | (184 000) | (184 000) | 6. Total assessment for 2004,b comprising: | 174 689 650 | 154 638 500 | (a) Requirements representing half of the estimated appropriation for the biennium 2004–2005 | 149 021 150 | 135 835 300 | (b) Requirements arising from the final appropriation for the biennium 2002–2003 | 25 668 500 | 18 803 200 | Including: 7. Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2004 | 87 344 825 | 77 319 250 | 8. Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the rates of assessment applicable to peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2004 | 87 344 825 | 77 319 250

a The recommendations of the Advisory Committee were not fully endorsed (see paras. 5 and 19 of the resolution). This has been taken into account in formulating line 3 above.

b For 2005, the relevant amount will be assessed by the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.

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