A/RES/58/253 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; 18. 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 _______________ 3 A/58/366. 3

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