YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL REQUESTS AN EXTENSION FOR A JUDGE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000748 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC SUBJECT: YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL REQUESTS AN EXTENSION FOR A JUDGE REF: EMAIL KJOHNSON - CWILLSON 4/7/06 ¶1. Action Request. Para 1. On March 27 the Secretary General forwarded to the Security Council a request from the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to extend the term of Judge Canivell to enable him to complete a trial. At SC consultations today, the SC President introduced a draft resolution (Para 2) which would accede to this request. The text has been circulated on a "no objection" basis and, if acceptable, will be adopted by the Council on Monday. The Secretariat told US delegation that there will be no SIPDIS financial implications resulting from the adoption of this resolution. USUN requests authorization to join consensus on the text below: Begin text: Draft The Security Council, Recalling Security Council resolution, 1581 (2005) of 18 January 2005 Taking note of the letter to the President of the Security Council from the Secretary-General dated 27 March 2006, Decides in response to the request by the Secretary-General to confirm that Judge Joaquin Canivell can continue to sit in the Krajisnik case beyond April 2006 and see the case through to its completion, notwithstanding the fact that the cumulative period of his service in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia would then attain and exceed three years. End Text BOLTON