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08USUNNEWYORK294 2008-04-02 21:29 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL USUN New York
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4031
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000294 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/02/2013 
TAGS: AORC UUNR UNGA
SUBJECT: FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DECISION SETTING NEW 
SALARY FOR ICJ, ICTY AND ICTR JUDGES 
 
REF: A. IO-USUN 03/27/08 E-MAIL 
 
     B. USUN 232 
     C. SECSTATE 30035 
 
1. (U) Members of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and 
budgetary), including USUN as instructed (ref a), formally 
approved a decision March 28 (full text - see para 10) to set 
the annual net base salary of members of the International 
Court of Justice (ICJ) and judges and ad litem judges of the 
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and 
International Criminal Court for Rwanda (ICTR) at 158,000 
United States dollars plus  corresponding post adjustment. 
The General Assembly is expected to adopt this decision 
sometime during the week of March 31.  The Fifth Committee 
also approved the recommendations of the Advisory Committee 
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) to retain 
the existing standards of travel for ICJ judges and to 
maintain the current level of assignment grants afforded ICJ 
judges.  However, Fifth Committee members did not take action 
on possible changes to the retirement benefits provided to 
ICJ members, pending the Committee's review, expected in May, 
of a Secretary-General's report on pensions. 
 
2. (U) The Fifth Committee approved the draft decision on 
judges' salaries March 28, following several lengthy and, at 
times, contentious discussions concerning remuneration for 
ICJ, ICTY and ICTR judges.  The respective registrars of the 
three courts appeared several times before the Fifth 
Committee to answer Member States' questions regarding 
conditions of service for judges and to advocate paying the 
judges 170,500 USD per year as previously approved in 2005 by 
the General Assembly.  Select members of the EU, in 
particular Germany, countered that the GA had revised the 
salary level for judges in resolution 61/262, bringing such 
payments in line with the common system by setting annual 
remuneration per judge at 133,500 USD plus post adjustment. 
However, taking into account the concerns expressed by the 
ICJ that proceeding with the salary changes approved in 
resolution 61/262 would create inequities among the judges, 
in purported contravention of the ICJ Statute as claimed by 
ICJ members, the German representative, along with discussion 
coordinator Tomas Micanek (Czech Republic) and 
representatives of Japan and some G-77 members, met 
informally with ICJ Registrar Philippe Couvreur March 14 
outside of the Fifth Committee to consider a possible 
compromise plan based on the following elements: 
 
-- in the future, a salary system for ICJ, ICTY and ICTR 
judges will consist of a baseline plus post adjustment as 
authorized by the General Assembly in resolution 61/262; 
 
-- the judges' salary of 133,500 U.S. dollars called for in 
resolution 61/262 will be revised to a total figure 
approximating 165,000 Euros (base salary plus post 
adjustment), but the formula of baseline salary plus post 
adjustment previously approved by the GA in 61/262 will be 
maintained; 
 
-- judges already serving on the courts would receive a 
one-time compensation payment (lump sum) to balance their 
reduced salaries.  No specific figure was cited as to the 
amount of the one-time payment. 
 
3. (SBU) In subsequent Fifth Committee discussions, 
Argentina, on behalf of the G-77, said G-77 members supported 
the notion of equality of salaries for all judges, new and 
old alike.  Second, as per the ICJ Statute, Argentina said 
that G-77 members felt there could be no decrease in the 
salaries of currently serving judges.  Third, given the GA's 
recent experience with Resolution 61/262, the General 
Assembly should not act if the ICJ judges oppose the Fifth 
Committee's views.  Singapore asserted that the G-77 would 
not support any arrangement other than full equality among 
all the judges. 
 
4. (SBU) USUN/MR said the U.S. endorsed bringing the judges' 
salaries in general conformity with the common system 
approach as decided by the GA in Resolution 61/262 - namely, 
a base salary plus post adjustment.  USUN/MR indicated that 
the U.S. agreed with those who felt we should not get into 
the legal issues concerning equality of salaries for judges. 
The principal matter before the Fifth Committee was a policy 
one of how much the judges should be paid.  USUN/MR also 
noted that the proposal discussed with the ICJ Registrar, 
however tentative it might be, to pay the judges a "one-time 
lump sum" raised concerns that merited further discussion 
among Fifth Committee members.  The proposed salary amount of 
155,000-158,000 U.S. dollars per judge also was a matter for 
further Committee consideration, both in view of the 133,000 
USD level adopted in 61/262 and in view of the salaries paid 
to under secretaries-general. 
 
 
5. (SBU) With time in the Fifth Committee's first resumed 
session running out, G-77 members modified their negotiating 
position and accepted the proposed compromise salary figure 
of 158,000 USD for the judges plus post adjustment, but NO 
lump-sum payment.  EU members as well as Japan and members of 
the CANZ (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) also committed to 
proceed with this approach as the only viable way forward, 
since ICJ Registrar Couvreur subsequently advised the Fifth 
Committee that the ICJ judges would be willing to accept this 
proposal.  Consistent with guidance to keep salary levels in 
the general range of that set in 61/262 and with a view that 
the salary of the next highest paid official in the 
Organization is set at 164,000 USD (i.e., the administrator 
for UNDP, just behind the D/SYG and SYG), the U.S. joined 
consensus and agreed to support the compromise language 
contained in the draft decision that was formally approved by 
the Fifth Committee on March 28. 
 
 
RETENTION INCENTIVES 
-------------------- 
 
6. (U) The respective Chiefs of Administration of ICTY and 
ICTR were present for the Fifth Committee's informal 
consultations on the proposals as outlined in the SYG's 
Report (A/62/681) to offer incentives to retain the services 
of ICTY and ICTR personnel as each tribunal moves closer to 
completing its mandated tasks.  Member States were in 
agreement on the importance of encouraging both tribunals to 
offer their respective staffs non-monetary incentives to 
remain with the Courts as long as possible.  ICTY's Chief of 
Administration noted that both of the tribunals already were 
implementing measures, such as in-house training workshops, 
permission to seek short-term assignments with other UN 
bodies, and assistance in securing onward assignments, that 
were designed to ease the concerns of tribunal personnel 
regarding their employment opportunities once the tribunals 
complete their work. 
 
7. (U) Views among Member States regarding the offer of 
financial incentives to retain tribunal staff varied.  G-77 
members, as articulated by Argentina, expressed support for 
the proposal contained in the Secretary-General's report to 
offer tribunal employees one month's additional salary for 
every full year worked.  Although the SYG report capped such 
additional payments at 5 months' salary, even for those who 
had worked for the tribunals more than five years, Argentina 
said the G-77 supported the notion of offering long-serving 
employees up to 10 months' salary as a retention incentive. 
Germany, on behalf of the European Union, sought information 
concerning the cost of extending contracts for current 
personnel to the end of each tribunal's mandate, rather than 
pay one month's salary for each year worked.  By contrast, 
both Japan and Russia opposed payment of any financial 
incentives, since, as Russia pointed out, such incentives 
were not a part of the common system.  Japan reiterated its 
support for non-monetary incentives, but ruled out bonus 
payments as proposed in the SYG's report.  In light of 
continued disagreement among delegations, the Fifth Committee 
took no action on the SYG's proposal to offer tribunal 
personnel retention incentives. 
 
JUDGES' PENSIONS 
---------------- 
 
8.  (U) Concerning possible modification of existing 
retirement benefits for ICJ, ICTY and ICTR judges, Sandra 
Haji-Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Human Resources Management, 
advised the Fifth Committee that the Secretariat was poised 
to hire a consulting firm (Mercer) to study possible options 
pension schemes, which will be reported to the Committee 
during its second resumed session in May.  Fifth Committee 
members therefore decided to defer consideration of this 
matter until May. 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
 
9.  (C) The decision brings the approach to determining the 
salaries of ICJ judges generally into line with the common 
system (i.e., salary plus post adjustment), to be adjusted on 
a regular and objective basis as with other participants in 
the common system.  This approach avoids the sui generis 
approach to these matters previously followed.  It also 
should obviate the practice of the Chief Judge and other 
judges on the ICJ from lobbying Member States on these 
issues.  This practice has been criticized by Member States 
because of the apparent conflict of interest of judges 
lobbying Member States that are or may be appearing in cases 
or matters before the Court, although Member States were 
reluctant to raise this issue publicly.  It was felt that the 
matter of salaries of the judges should be left to the SYG, 
the Controller and the Secretariat to address with the GA in 
a regular manner, with the Chief Judge participating only in 
a formal manner in presentations to the Committee.  Having 
resolved the issue of salaries, this conflict of interest 
concern should not again arise in that context.  However, 
there is a risk that this issue of apparent conflict may 
arise in connection with the outstanding issue of pensions. 
USUN urges the Department to consider how to deal with the 
issue if it does arise in that or other contexts.  End 
comment. 
 
10. (U) TEXT OF DRAFT DECISION APPROVED MARCH 28 BY THE FIFTH 
COMMITTEE: 
 
Begin text: 
 
Draft Decision Submitted by the Vice-Chairman following 
Informal Consultations 
 
The General Assembly, having considered the report of the 
Secretary-General (A/62/538 and Add. I) and the related 
 
SIPDIS 
report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and 
Budgetary Questions (A/62/7/Add.36): 
 
a) endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the 
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 
as contained in paragraphs 8 and 9 of its report; 
 
b) Decides to set, effective 1 April 2008, the annual net 
base salary of the members of the International Court of 
Justice and judges and ad litem judges of the International 
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International 
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda at 158,000 United States 
dollars, with a corresponding post adjustment multiplier 
equal to 1 per cent of the net base salary, to which would be 
applied the post adjustment multiplier for the Netherlands or 
the United Republic of Tanzania, as appropriate, taking into 
account the adjustment mechanism as proposed by the 
Secretary-General in paragraph 77 of his report; 
 
SIPDIS 
 
c) recalls paragraph 11 of its resolution 61/262 of 4 April 
2007, and decides to revert to the issue of the pension 
scheme during the second part of its resumed sixty-second 
session. 
 
End text. 
 
KHALILZAD