Overtime is constantly being required to deal with a backlog of cases.

The civil courts are overwhelmed and their backlog of cases is increasing.

The backlog of cases pending in the courts cannot be accepted as a justification.

Considering the serious and much discussed backlog of cases in the past, the recent level of achievement in processing the cases at hand is worthy of admiration.

The activities will be directed towards eliminating the backlog in appeals and disciplinary cases and reducing the average case processing time.

Although the provision of international judges has partially reduced the backlog of pending cases in the district courts, the operation of these district courts remains sporadic and uneven.

I cannot but insist on how much has been accomplished since those not so distant times when there was talk of a serious backlog of cases at the Court.

The resources of the Office were stretched to the limit to handle the MONUC sexual exploitation cases, to provide liaison services for the Independent Inquiry Committee, headed by Paul Volcker, and to deal with the backlog of cases in peacekeeping operations.

But there remains an enormous backlog of deprivation.

In particular, there was a backlog of cases owing to the fact that, though the Act had been introduced in 1998, no action had been taken until it had come into force in 2002.

There's a massive backlog of people wanting their jobs.

To eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertory at a faster pace, the Office of Legal Affairs should formulate a strategy to eliminate the backlog by 2007. Based on its experience in the elimination of the backlog in the publication of treaties, the Office should review the practicality of establishing a central Repertory section until the backlog is eliminated and present the strategy to the appropriate review bodies

The existing backlog of approximately 375 applicants will be cleared during 2005.

While the United Nations has provided short term solutions to alleviate the backlog in trial cases and water problems in the prisons, the Government also needs to put in place long term measures to address these challenges.

An additional P 3 post has been proposed in the context of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007 in order to release general temporary assistance to focus on the backlog of appeals and to ensure that all cases remain current.

His delegation wished to know the reasons for that backlog.

An additional P 3 post for a Legal Officer is requested for the secretariat of the Joint Appeals Board in view of the increase in the number of cases related to peacekeeping operations and the current backlog of 46 cases (ibid., para. An additional P 4 post is also requested for a Legal Officer for the Panel of Counsel (ibid., para.

The Advisory Committee notes that accumulation of the backlog is a chronic problem and recalls that an extraordinary session of three weeks duration had also been requested in 2002 for the purpose of reducing the backlog of reports.

The draft resolution before the Committee would contribute to improving the formal and informal mechanisms for the administration of justice by, inter alia, eliminating the backlog of cases, providing adequate training, avoiding potential conflicts of interest and strengthening the professionalism of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT).

The backlog parameter defines the maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to.

At that rate, it will take an unreasonable amount of time to clear the backlog.

Thus, 18 judicial advisers, including four groups of judges, prosecutors and public defenders in the four district courts, continued to perform line functions at both the Court of Appeal and district courts to help reduce the backlog of cases and to ensure access to justice services at the district level.

In the early stages of implementation of the mandate of UNOTIL, 12 of the 19 international advisers will serve as four sets of judges, prosecutors and public defenders in the four district courts, to help reduce the backlog of cases, while most national judges, prosecutors and public defence lawyers receive the necessary training.

Acknowledging the importance of facilitating the timely publication of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission and eliminating the backlog,

There is no standard provision to find out the actual backlog value on this platform.

The continuation of these existing posts, complemented by general temporary assistance equivalent to the services of a P 2 post for five work months to reduce the backlog of Tribunal cases and assist with peak workloads, is planned in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007 (A 60 6 (Sect.

13. Also notes that a backlog of reports of thirty four States parties to be considered by the Committee persists

(a) Focus on timely review of and response to reports received from Member States in order to clear the backlog

She put forward some recommendations in an attempt to resolve the backlog accumulated due to late submissions.

It supported the establishment of the Trust Fund for the elimination of the backlog on the Repertory and encouraged cooperation with universities.

57. Recalls paragraph 31 of its resolution 61 261, and urges the Secretary General to intensify the efforts needed to clear the existing backlog of cases before the Panel on Discrimination and Other Grievances, Joint Appeals Boards, Joint Disciplinary Committees, Disciplinary Boards, the Administrative Law Unit, the Executive Office of the Secretary General and the United Nations Administrative Tribunal

Under the circumstances, the Committee recommends, for the time being, provision of general temporary assistance resources to work on the backlog.

Endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

However, we have real concerns regarding slippage in the 2008 deadline for completion of trials and the risk of backlog on appeals developing.

This would lead to a gradual reduction of the backlog to 59 and 46 reports at the end of 2006 and 2007, respectively.

Despite all these efforts, the Democratic Republic of the Congo still has a huge backlog of reports to submit to the relevant bodies.

Therefore, including the two backlog draft resolutions from today, six draft resolutions remain to be considered on Monday.

8. Endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

13. Endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

In spite of this, the Government remains unable to pay the backlog of civil service arrears from 2003, domestic debt or salaries for January 2005.

The independent expert was informed of 14 cases of torture, 35 cases of assault, beating or wounding, and 18 cases of looting.

4. Takes note of paragraph 47 of the report of the Secretary General,A 56 330. commends the Secretary General for his continued efforts to reduce the backlog in the publication of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, and endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

4. Takes note of paragraph 57 of the report of the Secretary General,A 57 370. commends the Secretary General for his continued efforts to reduce the backlog in the publication of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, and endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

7. Takes note of paragraphs 42 and 43 of the report of the Secretary General,A 58 347. commends the Secretary General for his continued efforts to reduce the backlog in the publication of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, and endorses the efforts of the Secretary General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

Also notes that, in the three years since the holding of the exceptional session in August 2002, a new backlog of reports of States parties has accumulated