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/57/288View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124 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, published in 2003.

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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 · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/593	Second performance report of the International criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2002-2003 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/288
2003	A/58/288	Comprehensive report on the progress made by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in reforming its legal aid system report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/288
2003	A/58/226	Budget for the International Criminal 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 2004-2005 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/288

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Budget Performance Costs Defence (Criminal Procedure)Documents Internal Oversight Judges Legal Aid Programme Expenditures Report Preparation Salaries and Allowances Special Accounts Staff Assessment Staffing Translation Travel Costs Trials Witnesses

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17 operative paragraphs

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;4

Takes note of the utilization of the commitment authority authorized in its resolution 55/225 B of 12 April 2001;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive report on the progress made by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in reforming its legal aid system, particularly with regard to rationalizing the costs of defence counsel and establishing indigence, for the main part of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly;

Also requests the Secretary-General to present the proposed budget for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2004–2005 to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session in accordance with the following provisions:

The budget should include detailed reference as to how the resources requested for the biennium will support the implementation of a sound and realistic completion strategy and the status of implementation of Board of Auditors recommendations, where relevant, with regard to specific items of proposed expenditure;

The budget requirements for the Registry, the Office of the Prosecutor and the non-judicial, administrative functions of the Chambers should be presented in a results-based format linking objectives and inputs to expected accomplishments to be measured by indicators of achievement;

Proposed allocations for costs for translation of documents and travel of witnesses should specify application and prior approval procedures by the Registrar to ensure they do not exceed demonstrated requirements;

Proposals for defence costs should take into account experience to date in the revised lump-sum remuneration arrangements for defence counsel and the application of assessing contributions from defendants based on ability to pay and taking into account revised definitions of indigence and partial indigence;

The proposed post structure for the biennium 2004–2005 should reflect reductions and shifts in requirements within the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia owing to the expected completion of investigations by 2004 and, where appropriate, address any new requirements for established posts through redeployment;

Concurs with the recommendation of the Board of Auditors in paragraph 62 of its report,⁶ and invites the judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to give due consideration to implementing fully a system of designating defence counsel at random from a list of available lawyers established by the Registrar’s office;

⁶See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 5L and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.12 and Corr.1).

Notes with concern that the posts approved by the General Assembly in its resolutions 56/247 A and B for on-site audit and investigative services in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have not been filled, and calls upon the Office of Internal Oversight Services to fill these positions without any further delay;

Decides that the financing for the unassessed expenditures incurred in 2001, in the amount of 413,600 United States dollars, shall be drawn from the unencumbered balance available in the Special Account for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;

Resolves that, for the biennium 2002–2003, the amount of 248,926,200 dollars gross (223,169,800 dollars net), approved in its resolution 56/247 B for the budget of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, shall be increased by 13,727,500 dollars gross (12,785,200 dollars net), for a total amount of 262,653,700 dollars gross (235,955,000 dollars net);

Decides that the increases resulting from the recosting and the establishment of one additional trial team, in the amount of 13,727,500 dollars gross (12,785,200 dollars net), shall be drawn from the unencumbered balance available in the Special Account for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia as at 31 December 2001;

Decides also to apportion for the year 2003 the amount of 64,275,950 dollars gross (58,066,375 dollars net), including 6,863,750 dollars gross (6,392,600 dollars net), being the increase in assessments, among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2003 as set out in its resolutions 55/5 B of 23 December 2000 and 57/4 B of 20 December 2002;

Decides further to apportion for the year 2003 the amount of 64,275,950 dollars gross (58,066,375 dollars net), including 6,863,750 dollars gross (6,392,600 dollars net), being the increase in assessments, among Member States in accordance with the rates of assessment applicable to peacekeeping operations for 2003;

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 10 and 11 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund in the amount of 26,763,400 dollars, including the amount of 1,007,000 dollars, being the increase in the estimated staff assessment income approved for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2002–2003.

Annex I

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

Gross | Net | (United States dollars) | 1. Appropriation for the biennium 2002–2003 (resolution 56/247 B) | 248 926 200 | 223 169 800 | Add: | 2. Proposed changes for the biennium 2002–2003 (revised parameters/standards and requirements for 2 additional trial teams) | 14 060 300 | 13 053 300 | Less: | 3. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the additional trial teamsa (establishment of only one additional trial team) | (332 800) | (268 100) | 4. Proposed revised appropriation for the biennium 2002–2003 (1+2–3) | 262 653 700 | 235 955 000 | Add: | 5. Unassessed expenditures in 2001b | 413 600 | - | 6. Total amount to be financed (4+5) | 263 067 300 | 235 955 000 | Less: | 7. Amount to be financed from the unencumbered balance as at 31 December 2001c ((2–3)+5) | (14 141 100) | (12 785 200) | 8. Balance to be assessed for the biennium 2002–2003 (6–7) | 248 926 200 | 223 169 800 | Less: | 9. Assessment for 2002 | (120 374 300) | (107 037 050) | 10. Balance to be assessed for 2003 | 128 551 900 | 116 132 750 | Of which: | 11. Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2003 | 64 275 950 | 58 066 375 | 12. Contributions assessed on Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to peacekeeping operations for 2003 | 64 275 950 | 58 066 375

a See A/57/593.

b See A/57/367.

c See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 5L and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.12 and Corr.1), chap. V, statement II (cumulative surplus of 16,371,000 dollars).

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