Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

A/RES/72/258 BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 148 Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, published in 2018.

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?

3 subjects

Financial Resources International Criminal Courts Programme Budgeting

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

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¹Resolution 72/258, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/72/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 72/258 A.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee,3 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare an annual budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals on a trial basis, beginning with the budget for 2020, and also requests the Secretary-General to conduct a review of this budgetary cycle for the Mechanism in 2022, following the completion of the first full budgetary cycle;

Decides to review at its seventy-seventh session, with a view to taking a final decision, the implementation of the annual budget;

Also decides to approve the establishment of eight new temporary posts (1 Assistant Secretary-General, 1 P-4 and 6 Security Service);

Further decides to establish an additional post (D-1) in the Arusha branch, in Administration;

Decides to approve the proposed reclassification of one post of Associate Legal Officer (P-2) in Arusha as a P-3 post;

Also decides to approve the proposed revised budget amounting to 196,024,100 United States dollars for the Mechanism for the biennium 2018–2019;

Further decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals a total amount of 196,024,100 dollars gross (175,047,600 dollars net) for the biennium 2018–2019, as detailed in the annex to the present resolution;

Decides that the total assessment for 2018 under the Special Account amounting to 10,215,450 dollars shall consist of:

98,012,050 dollars, being half of the estimated appropriation approved for the biennium 2018–2019;

Less 3,781,600 dollars, being the decrease in the final appropriation for the biennium 2016–2017;

Less 84,015,000 dollars, being contributions assessed on Member States in respect of the commitment authority approved by the General Assembly in section II of its resolution 72/258 A for the maintenance of the Mechanism for the one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2018;

Also decides to apportion the additional amount of 5,107,725 dollars gross (3,765,200 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2018;

Further decides to apportion the additional amount of 5,107,725 dollars gross (3,765,200 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2018;

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 11 and 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income in the amount of 2,685,050 dollars approved for the Mechanism for 2018.

Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2018–2019

Gross | Net of staff assessment | (United States dollars) | Estimated appropriation for the biennium 2018–2019 | 197 358 300 | 176 191 200 | Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | (1 608 000) | (1 380 800) | Recommendations of the Fifth Committee | 273 800 | 237 200 | Estimated initial appropriation for the biennium 2018–2019 | 196 024 100 | 175 047 600 | Total assessment for 2018 | Requirements representing half of the estimated appropriation for the biennium 2018–2019 | 98 012 050 | 87 523 800 | Less: | Requirements arising from the final appropriation for the biennium 2016–2017 | 3 781 600 | 4 568 800 | Contributions assessed on Member States in respect of commitment authority approved by the General Assembly in section II of its resolution 72/258 A for the maintenance of the Mechanism for the one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2018 | 84 015 000 | 75 424 600 | Net contributions assessed on Member States for 2018 | 10 215 450 | 7 530 400 | Of which: | Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2018 | 5 107 725 | 3 765 200 | Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2018 | 5 107 725 | 3 765 200

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