Special Court for Sierra Leone

A/RES/58/284No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 121Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005, published in 2004.

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9 topics

Appropriations Costs Criminal Courts Dissolution Financial Implications Financial Resources Funds Programme Planning Sierra Leone

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report,Error: Reference source not found subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session;

Authorizes the Secretary-General, as an exceptional measure, to enter into commitments in an amount not to exceed 16.7 million United States dollars to supplement the financial resources of the Special Court for Sierra Leone for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2004, on the understanding that any regular budget funds appropriated for the Court would be refunded to the United Nations at the time of liquidation of the Court should sufficient voluntary contributions be received;

Requests the Secretary-General, in concert with the Management Committee, to redouble efforts to raise voluntary contributions to support the work of the Court, and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on progress made;

Appeals to Member States, as a matter of urgency, to contribute voluntary funds in support of the Court and to honour existing pledges;

Notes that the Court is expected to complete its work by 31 December 2005;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite the Court to adopt a completion strategy, and also requests the Secretary-General to inform the Security Council and the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session about this matter;

Invites the Management Committee to review the structure of the Court with a view to minimizing the cost of completing the Court’s work, without adversely affecting the implementation of the legal agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone.

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