A/RES/57/289 Having further considered the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,7 Recalling its resolutions 56/248 A of 24 December 2001 and 56/248 B of 27 March 2002 on the financing of the International Tribunal for Rwanda for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2003, Taking note of Security Council resolution 1431 (2002) on the establishment of ad litem judges for the International Tribunal for Rwanda, 1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,7 subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 2. Notes with concern that the vacancy rate at the International Tribunal for Rwanda remains at unacceptably high levels and that, by the end of 2002, the posts of Chief of Prosecution and Deputy Prosecutor will have been vacant for more than two years and nineteen months, respectively, despite information indicating that there was an abundance of qualified candidates in the region and elsewhere, and requests the Registrar of the Tribunal to ensure that the aforementioned posts are filled without further delay and to report thereon to the General Assembly no later than at its fifty-eighth session; 3. Urges the Secretary-General to request the Office of Internal Oversight Services to conduct a management review of the Office of the Prosecutor, paying particular attention to the problems which have arisen in filling these critical posts,8 and to report thereon to the General Assembly no later than at its fifty-eighth session; 4. Notes with concern that the posts approved by the General Assembly in its resolutions 56/248 A and B for on-site audit and investigative services in the International Tribunal for Rwanda have not been filled, and calls upon the Office of Internal Oversight Services to fill those positions without any further delay; 5. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the long-term financial obligations of the United Nations with regard to the enforcement of sentences,4 on the understanding that future budgetary requests on enforcement of sentences will be considered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account legal, administrative and financial justification provided in support of each request;9 6. Affirms that it would be appropriate for the United Nations to bear the immediate costs arising from providing prisoners serving sentences imposed by the International Tribunal for Rwanda with a regime of imprisonment that is consistent with those outlined in paragraph 17 of the report of the Secretary-General;4 7. Invites the Security Council to address uncertainties arising from issues identified in paragraphs 8, 42 and 43 of the report of the Secretary-General4 and to provide guidance on possible amendments to the statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftyeighth session on these issues, including the consideration of the Security Council; 9. Also requests the Secretary-General, as an ad hoc and interim measure, to charge the costs related to the needs arising with regard to the enforcement of sentences within presently appropriated resources before the end of the biennium 2002–2003; _______________ 7 A/57/593. Ibid., para. 13. 9 Ibid., para. 41. 8 2