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recruitment in the Professional category and considering extending the contracts of core
staff for longer periods, consistent with the staff regulations and rules, and bearing in
mind the targets set in the completion strategy;
13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue, where appropriate, to prioritize
and deploy resources in support of the completion strategy and to report thereon in his
first and second performance reports;
14. Also requests the Secretary-General to undertake efficiency measures to
streamline the work of the Tribunal and to provide an assessment of the financial impact
of those measures in future budget proposals;
15. Invites the Security Council to continue to monitor closely the progress
made by the Tribunal towards completing its mandate, in accordance with the
completion strategy;
16. Also invites the Security Council to request the Secretary-General to make
initial preparations, including establishing the rules of procedure, for the transfer of
cases to national jurisdictions;
17. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
fifty-ninth session on proposals for the resources necessary to aid in the transfer of
cases to national jurisdictions;
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Decides to maintain the current level of funding for consultants and experts;
19. Also decides to approve the proposed post and non-post resources for the
Investigations Division for 2004 and to defer consideration of the resource requirements
for the Investigations Division for 2005 until the fifty-ninth session of the General
Assembly;
20. Requests the Secretary-General to resubmit, in his first performance report
for the biennium 2004–2005, proposals for the resource requirements for the
Investigations Division for 2005 and to ensure that the proposals are adequate for the
effective implementation of the completion strategy;
21. Also requests the Secretary-General to review the outreach programme of
the Tribunal and to report to the General Assembly during the main part of its fiftyninth session on optimal media for the dissemination of information on the work of the
Tribunal and on the resources allocated to this function, and on how future outreach
initiatives and coordination with other parts of the United Nations system support the
completion strategy and contribute to the reconciliation process in Rwanda;
22. Further requests the Secretary-General to report on oversight functions in
the Tribunal in his first performance report for the biennium 2004–2005, with specific
reference to oversight of resources allocated for the upgrading of prison facilities to
international standards;
23. Requests the Secretary-General to pursue the possibility of assistance to the
Tribunal from the United Nations Office at Nairobi and other offices of the United
Nations system to increase remote translation capabilities and to report on cost
comparisons in his first performance report;
24. Welcomes the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General on the
progress made by the Tribunal in reforming its legal aid system; 3
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