Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals A/RES/70/243 for Rwanda, and the amount of 881,100 dollars, corresponding to the requirement for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff of the Tribunal; 8. Requests the Secretary-General, in the context of future budget submissions for the Mechanism, to include a provision to fund the liabilities due within the related biennium for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, and for after-service health insurance benefits to former staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Mechanism and, as appropriat e, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; 9. Also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of the next budget submission for the Mechanism, to include, for the consideration of the General Assembly, alternative options for financing through the sub-account mentioned in paragraph 5 above the liabilities for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, as well as for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff, including through possible transfer of unspent balances following the liquidation of the Tribunals; 10. Decides to appropriate to the Special Account for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals a total amount of 137,404,200 dollars gross (126,945,300 dollars net) for the biennium 2016–2017, as detailed in the annex to the present resolution; 11. Also decides that the total assessment for 2016 under the Special Account amounting to 24,769,200 dollars shall consist of: (a) 68,702,100 dollars, being half of the estimated appropriation approved for the biennium 2016–2017; (b) Less 43,932,900 dollars, being the decrease in the final appropriation for the biennium 2014–2015, approved by the General Assembly in paragraph 3 of section I above; 12. Further decides to apportion the amount of 12,384,600 dollars gross (10,870,975 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to the regular budget of the United Nations for 2016; 13. Decides to apportion the amount of 12,384,600 dollars gross (10,870,975 dollars net) among Member States in accordance with the scale of assessments applicable to peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for 2016; 14. Also decides that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in paragraphs 12 and 13 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff ass essment income in the amount of 3,027,250 dollars approved for the Mechanism for 2016. 82nd plenary meeting 23 December 2015 3/4