United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/288 Distr.: General 12 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 124 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/654)] 57/288. 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 The General Assembly, Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General, namely the first performance report 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 for the biennium 2002–2003,1 the report on the financial performance of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2001,2 the comprehensive report on the results of the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Group to Conduct a Review of the Effective Operation and Functioning of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for Rwanda,3 as well as the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 Recalling its resolutions 56/247 A of 24 December 2001 and 56/247 B of 27 March 2002 on the financing of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2002–2003, 1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;4 2. Takes note of the utilization of the commitment authority authorized in its resolution 55/225 B of 12 April 2001; 3. 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; _______________ 1 A/57/480. A/57/367. 3 A/56/853. 4 A/57/593. 2 02 56055