Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

A/RES/70/243View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 146 Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/239

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/239	Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals	650	25%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/255	Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals	1,265	50%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/249	Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals	1,025	71%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/261	Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals	1,067	48%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/243	Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals	645	54%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Budget Performance Financial Resources International Criminal Courts Programme Budgeting Special Accounts

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

I

Takes note of the second performance report of the Secretary-General on the budget of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2014–2015;1

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in section IV.A of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2

Resolves that, for the biennium 2014–2015, the amount of 115,521,800 United States dollars gross (108,345,000 dollars net) approved in its resolution 69/256 for the financing of the Mechanism shall be adjusted by the amount of 43,932,900 dollars gross (41,730,700 dollars net), for a total amount of 71,588,900 dollars gross (66,614,300 dollars net);

II.Budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2016–2017

Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2016–2017³ and on the revised estimates arising from the effects of changes in rates of exchange and inflation,⁴

³A/70/378.

⁴A/70/606.

Having also considered the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁵

⁵A/70/600 and A/70/7/Add.35.

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2016–20173 and on the revised estimates arising from the effects of changes in rates of exchange and inflation;4

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,5 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Stresses the importance of using the videoconferencing facilities in the work of the Mechanism, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Mechanism strictly abides by the provisions of its resolutions on the standard of accommodation for air travel;

Takes note of paragraph 36 of the report of the Advisory Committee,2 and decides to establish one temporary P-3 post in the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts at Headquarters;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to establish a sub-account within the Mechanism to manage, on a pay-as-you-go basis, the accrued liabilities for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff and the accrued liabilities for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 and the International Residual Mechanism;

Also authorizes the Secretary-General, after the closure 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, to extend the aforementioned sub-account to manage, on a pay-as-you-go basis, the accrued liabilities for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff and the accrued liabilities for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, of the Tribunal;

Decides to appropriate for the biennium 2016–2017 the additional amount of 2,639,000 dollars corresponding to the requirement for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the amount of 881,100 dollars, corresponding to the requirement for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff of the Tribunal;

Requests the Secretary-General, in the context of future budget submissions for the Mechanism, to include a provision to fund the liabilities due within the related biennium for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, and for after-service health insurance benefits to former staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Mechanism and, as appropriate, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of the next budget submission for the Mechanism, to include, for the consideration of the General Assembly, alternative options for financing through the sub-account mentioned in paragraph 5 above the liabilities for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, as well as for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff, including through possible transfer of unspent balances following the liquidation of the Tribunals;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals a total amount of 137,404,200 dollars gross (126,945,300 dollars net) for the biennium 2016–2017, as detailed in the annex to the present resolution;

Also decides that the total assessment for 2016 under the Special Account amounting to 24,769,200 dollars shall consist of:

68,702,100 dollars, being half of the estimated appropriation approved for the biennium 2016–2017;

Less 43,932,900 dollars, being the decrease in the final appropriation for the biennium 2014–2015, approved by the General Assembly in paragraph 3 of section I above;

Further decides to apportion the amount of 12,384,600 dollars gross (10,870,975 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2016;

Decides to apportion the amount of 12,384,600 dollars gross (10,870,975 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2016;

Also decides 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 12 and 13 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income in the amount of 3,027,250 dollars approved for the Mechanism for 2016.

Financing for the biennium 2016–2017 of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Gross | Net of staff assessment | (United States dollars) | Estimated appropriation for the biennium 2016–2017 | 150 688 500 | 139 829 400 | Revised estimates: effects of changes in rates of exchange and inflation | (16 733 100) | (16 332 500) | Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | (433 100) | (399 300) | Recommendations of the Fifth Committee | 3 881 900 | 3 847 700 | Estimated initial appropriation for the biennium 2016–2017 | 137 404 200 | 126 945 300 | Total assessment for 2016 | Requirements representing half of the estimated appropriation for the biennium 2016–2017 | 68 702 100 | 63 472 650 | Requirements arising from the final appropriation for the biennium 2014–2015 | (43 932 900) | (41 730 700) | Net contributions assessed on Member States for 2016 | 24 769 200 | 21 741 950 | Of which: | Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2016 | 12 384 600 | 10 870 975 | Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2016 | 12 384 600 | 10 870 975

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II.Budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2016–2017

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