Conditions of Service and Compensation for Officials Other than Secretariat Officials : Members of the International Court of Justice and Judges and Ad Litem Judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 118Programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2007–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/258

2011A/RES/65/258Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials : members of the International Court of Justice and judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for RwandaLatestCompare with previous version
2009A/RES/63/259Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials : members of the International Court of Justice and judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for RwandaCompare with previous version
2007A/RES/61/262Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials : members of the International Court of Justice and judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics

International Courts International Criminal Courts Judges Pension Schemes Pensions Working Conditions

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1

Reaffirms the principle that the conditions of service and compensation for non-Secretariat United Nations officials shall be separate and distinct from those for officials of the Secretariat;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report;2

Decides that any decisions with regard to the pension scheme shall apply only to the members of the International Court of Justice and the judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and shall not constitute a precedent for any other category of judges working within the United Nations system and that any decision regarding the service of any other category of judges shall be taken on a case-by-case basis;

Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary revisions to article 1, paragraph 2, of the Pension Scheme Regulations for the members of the International Court of Justice and for the judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, accordingly;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly on any additional expenditures resulting from the above decision in the context of the second performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009 and the second performance reports of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for the biennium;

Recalls paragraph 11 of its resolution 61/262, in which it requested the Secretary-General to report on options for designing pension schemes, and notes that the Secretary-General has proposed essentially only one option and that, rather than seek the expertise available within the Organization, he has relied on the services of a consultant;

Decides that the emoluments, pensions, and other conditions of service for the members of the International Court of Justice and the judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda shall next be reviewed at its sixty-fifth session, including options for defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes, and in this regard, requests the Secretary-General to ensure that, in that review, the expertise available within the United Nations is taken full advantage of;

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Having considered the letter dated 6 March 2007 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly,

Takes note of the letter dated 6 March 2007 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly;3

Notes that the International Criminal Court is not a United Nations entity;

Decides to amend article 1, paragraph 7, of the Pension Scheme Regulations for members of the International Court of Justice and article 1, paragraph 5, of the Pension Scheme Regulations for judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to include a specific reference to the International Criminal Court so as to ensure that no former judge of any of these Courts receives a pension while also serving as a judge of the International Criminal Court;

Notes, in this regard, the issues of fairness and equality of treatment in respect of the above decision;

Reaffirms the provisions contained in its resolution 58/318 of 13 September 2004, and emphasizes that the decision contained in paragraph 3 of the present section shall not create a precedent for other organizations outside of the United Nations in respect of the application of pension benefits of judges of the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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