United Nations A/65/PV.74 General Assembly Official Records Sixty-fifth session : 74th plenary meeting Friday, 14 January 2011, 11 a.m. New York President: Mr. Deiss .......................................(Switzerland) The meeting was called to order at 10.50 a.m. Agenda item 125 International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution Agenda item 133 (continued) of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the Serious Violations of International Humanitarian expenses of the United Nations (A/65/691) Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and The President (spoke in French): In keeping Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of with established practice, I now invite the attention of Neighbouring States between 1 January and the General Assembly to document A/65/691, in which 31 December 1994 the Secretary-General informs the President of the Assembly that 18 Member States are in arrears in the Letters from the Secretary-General (A/65/529 payment of their financial contributions to the United and A/65/587) Nations within the terms of Article 19 of the Charter. Letter from the President of the Security I would like to remind delegations that, under Council (A/65/661) Article 19 of the Charter, Draft decision (A/65/L.57) “A Member of the United Nations which is The President (spoke in French): We shall now in arrears in the payment of its financial proceed to consider draft decision A/65/L.57. I give the contributions to the Organization shall have no floor to the representative of the Secretariat. vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the Mr. Botnaru (Department of General Assembly contributions due from it for the preceding two and Conference Management): In connection with draft full years.” decision A/65/L.57, entitled “International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for May I take it that the Assembly takes note of the Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International information contained in document A/65/691? Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of It was so decided. Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994”, I wish to put on record the following statement of financial implications on behalf of the Secretary-General, in accordance with This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the interpretation of speeches delivered in the other languages. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-506. Corrections will be issued after the end of the session in a consolidated corrigendum. 11-20747 (E) *1120747* A/65/PV.74 rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Accordingly, should the General Assembly adopt Assembly. draft decision A/65/L.57, additional requirements in the amount of $238,400 for honoraria would arise By the draft decision, the General Assembly under the budget for the Tribunal for the biennium would decide that, notwithstanding the expiry of their 2010-2011. The Tribunal would make every effort to term of office on 31 December 2010, Judge Joseph meet these additional requirements from within the Asoka de Silva and Judge Taghrid Hikmet are overall resources amounting to $257,804,100 approved authorized to complete the Ndindiliyimana et al. case, for the Tribunal for the biennium 2010-2011. which they began before the expiry of their term of office; take note of the intention of the International The President (spoke in French): The Assembly Tribunal to complete the case in March 2011; decide will now take action on draft decision A/65/L.57. that, notwithstanding the expiry of his term of office on May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt 31 December 2010, Judge Joseph Masanche is the draft decision? authorized to complete the Hategekimana case, which he began before the expiry of his term of office; take The draft decision was adopted. note of the intention of the International Tribunal to The President (spoke in French): The General complete the case in January 2011; and decide that, in Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its order for the International Tribunal to complete consideration of agenda item 125. existing trials or conduct additional trials, the total number of ad litem judges serving at the International Agenda item 126 Tribunal may from time to time temporarily exceed the maximum of nine provided for in article 11, paragraph 1, International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons of the Statute of the International Tribunal, to a Responsible for Serious Violations of International maximum of 12 at any one time, returning to a Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of maximum of nine by 31 December 2011. the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 The extension of the terms of office of Judge Letter from the Secretary-General (A/65/588) Joseph Asoka de Silva and Judge Taghrid Hikmet Letter from the President of the Security through March 2011 and of Judge Joseph Masanche Council (A/65/662) through January 2011 would require a total payment in honoraria amounting to $84,300 for an aggregate Draft decision (A/65/L.58) period of seven additional months. This additional The President (spoke in French): We shall now requirement is in addition to the amount included in the proceed to consider draft decision A/65/L.58. revised estimates relating to the budget of the Tribunal for the biennium 2010-2011 (A/65/178). I give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat. With regard to temporarily exceeding the maximum of nine provided for in article 11, paragraph 1, Mr. Botnaru (Department of General Assembly of the Statute of the International Tribunal to a and Conference Management): In connection with draft maximum of 12 at any one time, returning to a decision A/65/L.58, entitled “International Tribunal for maximum of nine by 31 December 2011, the Tribunal, the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious based on the latest trial schedule, envisages requiring Violations of International Humanitarian Law the services of two additional ad litem judges over and Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia above the maximum nine ad litem judges for a period since 1991”, I wish to put on record the following of eight months during 2011. This would entail the statement of financial implications on behalf of the payment of eight additional months of honoraria, in the Secretary-General, in accordance with rule 153 of the amount of $154,100. This requirement is in addition to rules of procedure of the General Assembly. the amount included in the revised estimates relating to By the draft decision, the General Assembly the budget of the Tribunal for the biennium 2010-2011 would decide that, notwithstanding the expiry of his (A/65/178). term of office on 31 December 2010, Judge Kevin Parker is authorized to complete the Đorđević case, 2 11-20747 A/65/PV.74 which he began before the expiry of his term of office, the appointment of a judge of the United Nations and take note of the intention of the International Appeals Tribunal. Tribunal to complete the case by the end of February In his letter, the Secretary-General informs the 2011; and decide that, notwithstanding the expiry of General Assembly of the resignation of Judge Rose his term of office on 31 December 2010, Judge Uldis Boyko as a judge of the United Nations Appeals Kinis is authorized to complete the Gotovina et al. Tribunal effective 15 January. A vacancy in the case, which he began before the expiry of his term of Tribunal will therefore occur on that date. office, and take note of the intention of the International Tribunal to complete the case by the end As the agenda of the sixty-fifth session of the of March 2011. General Assembly does not contain a sub-item on the appointment of a judge of the United Nations Appeals The extension of the term of office of Judge Tribunal, the Secretary-General has deemed it Kevin Parker would require the payment of two necessary to request, pursuant to rule 15 of the rules of additional months of honoraria, while the extension of procedure of the General Assembly, the inclusion in the the term of office of Judge Uldis Kinis would require agenda of the current session of an additional sub-item the payment of three additional months of honoraria, entitled “Appointment of a judge of the United Nations amounting in total to $146,400 above the amount Appeals Tribunal”, under agenda item 113, entitled appropriated in the revised appropriation for the “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs biennium 2010-2011. and other appointments”. Accordingly, should the General Assembly adopt Owing to the nature of the item, unless there is an draft decision A/65/L.58, additional requirements in objection, I shall take it that the General Assembly the amount of $146,400, representing an aggregate of agrees to waive the relevant provision of rule 40 of the five months of honoraria, would arise under the budget rules of procedure, which would require a meeting of for the Tribunal for the biennium 2010-2011. The the General Committee on the question of the inclusion Tribunal would make every effort to meet these of this additional sub-item on the agenda.