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Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 shall be
biennialized, on an experimental basis, for the period 2002-2003, also decides to
keep the matter of the biennialization under review, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the results of
the experiment and the impact on the functioning of the Tribunal;
3.
Notes with satisfaction that the benefits of this provisional reform could
include the use of two-year employment contracts at the International Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia;
4.
Welcomes recent improvements in the functioning of the International
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and encourages continued efforts to address
areas where improvement is needed;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide in his proposed budget, with
the involvement of all organs of the International Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia, workload data for the budget period so as to give more justification for
its resource requirements, and also requests the Secretary-General to include in his
budget presentation information on budgetary requirements, including targets for
recruitment, training, judicial scheduling and performance standards for support
activities;
6.
Welcomes the actions taken so far to address the issue of dilatory motions
and pleadings, which have the effect of lengthening trial proceedings, and
encourages the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to take further
measures to improve the monitoring and oversight of defence counsel;
7.
Endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee that judicial
activities of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia should have
priority over public relations activities and attendance at external meetings;
8.
Decides to revert, at its resumed fifty-fifth session, to the consideration
of resource requirements for the implementation of modifications to the statute of
the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, without prejudice to the
nomination and election of the ad litem judges;
9.
Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account for 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 total amount of 108,487,700 United States dollars gross
(96,443,900 dollars net) for 2001;
10. Decides further that the financing of the appropriation for 2001 under the
Special Account shall take into account the unused unencumbered balance of
5,873,600 dollars gross (5,414,300 dollars net) for 1999, interest and miscellaneous
income of 3,412,000 dollars recorded for the biennium 1998-1999, the estimated
unencumbered balance of 2.5 million dollars gross (2,227,000 dollars net) for 2000
and the estimated income of 77,200 dollars for 2001, which shall be set off against
the aggregate amount of the appropriation, as detailed in the annex to the present
resolution;
11. Decides to apportion the amount of 48,312,450 dollars gross (42,695,300
dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments
applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2001, as set out in its
resolution 55/5 B of 23 December 2000;
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