A/RES/58/253 1. Takes note of the documents submitted by the Secretary-General on the financing for the biennium 2004–2005 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 19941 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;2 2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, subject to the provisions of the present resolution; Notes with concern the levels of unpaid assessed contributions, and urges 3. Member States to pay their assessed contributions on time, in full and without conditions; Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to present the proposed 4. budget for the biennium 2004–2005 in a results-based format, and encourages him to make further progress in this regard; Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the report requested in 5. paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 55/226 of 23 December 2000, as well as the views of the Board of Auditors thereon, is submitted to the Assembly during the main part of its fifty-ninth session; Welcomes the appointment of a Prosecutor and the authorization for the use 6. of up to nine ad litem judges, as approved by the Security Council in its resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1512 (2003), and stresses the importance of ensuring that the Tribunal receives adequate financial and human resources to support its strengthened judicial capacity and to enable it to meet the targets set out in its completion strategy; Welcomes also the efforts made by the Tribunal to enhance coordination 7. between the Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor and the relevant sections of the Registry, through the establishment of the various management committees; Requests the Tribunal to continue to enhance its engagement with the 8. defence counsel establishment in the facilitation of trial work; 9. Welcomes the development of the completion strategy, and invites the Tribunal to revise the strategy, where appropriate, to take into account the provisions of Security Council resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1512 (2003) and the resultant increased judicial capacity of the Tribunal; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to develop further the link between the Tribunal’s completion strategy and objectives and the resources requested in future budget proposals; 11. Concurs with the view of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that continued close collaboration between the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for Rwanda is essential, and urges the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to ensure such collaboration; 12. Notes with concern that the vacancy rate at the International Tribunal for Rwanda remains high, while acknowledging that the level has been reduced during the biennium 2002–2003, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures, as a matter of priority, to reduce the vacancy rate during the biennium 2004– 2005, including, if appropriate, through delegating authority to the Registrar for 2