| Date | 18 December 1998 |
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Agenda item 135
Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991
Report of the Fifth Committee (A/53/755)
The Acting President
The Assembly will take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the Fifth Committee in paragraph 6 of its report (A/53/755).
The draft resolution was adopted by the Fifth Committee without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly too wishes to adopt the draft resolution?
The Acting President
Before calling on the representative who wishes to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted, let me remind representatives that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats. I call on the representative of the Russian Federation.
Mr. Orlov (Russia)
In the light of the need for a swift decision on the financing of the Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the delegation of the Russian Federation joined the consensus on this resolution. However, with respect to paragraph 5, which relates to a recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the convening of a group of independent experts to evaluate the operations of the Tribunal, the Russian delegation continues to have serious doubts about the need for such a group and about its mandate. In our view, the mandate of the group of experts should not go beyond administrative and budgetary issues. The work of that group must not infringe on areas that lie exclusively within the competence of the Security Council. We are firmly convinced that only the Security Council, which established the Tribunal, has the right to evaluate its operations from the political or legal standpoint and to carry out effective monitoring of its functioning.
The Acting President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 135.
