Approves the budgets of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the UN Observer Mission in Bougainville as set out in table l of the report of the Secretary-General; decides to appropriate the amount of US$83,174,400 for the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the UN Observer Mission in Bougainville; takes note of the ongoing efforts for the elaboration of a comprehensive information and communication technology strategy, and reiterates the need for further integration and compatibility of administrative platforms of the inter-agency network and, in this regard, invites the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination to pay due attention to the issue; decides, with retroactive effect from 1 Jan. 2005, to increase the annual salary of the members of the Court and the judges and ad litem judges of the Tribunals by 6.3 per cent, as an interim measure and pending a decision based on the report requested in paragraph 8 below; also decides that, with retroactive effect from 1 Jan. 2005, the annual value of all pensions in payment shall be increased by 6.3 per cent as an interim measure and pending a decision based on the report requested in paragraph 8 below; decides that the conditions of service and compensation for the members of the International Court of Justice and the judges and ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda shall next be reviewed at its 61st session.

Adopted without vote, 91st plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.