In his oral report on the meeting of the ICTY's exit strategy, he did not talk about countries' cooperation with the tribunal, but did so in a written report.

Robinson said Croatia had mostly met the requirements of the Prosecutor's Office, but added that the request for the delivery of military logbooks from the 1995 Operation Storm had not been met. He did not mention a July decision by the trial chamber in the Gotovina-Cermak-Markac case to deny the Prosecutor's Office's request that Croatia be subpoenaed over allegedly hiding the logbooks.

Robinson noted that the Croatian government formed an inter-agency task force in October 2009 to examine the Prosecutor's Office's stated concern about shortcomings in an administrative probe into the missing military documents.

Since then, the task force has submitted seven reports to the Prosecutor's Office, which pointed to a general improvement in the administrative probe, but the probe has not resulted in a full report on the whereabouts of the sought documents, none of which have been delivered, Robinson noted.

Speaking of the ICTY's work in the past year, he mentioned unprecedented challenges and unprecedented achievements, saying that 10 trials were held simultaneously. He said nine trials were under way at the moment and that the trial in the Haradinaj case would be held again, starting around New Year.

Noting that the UN court had completed proceedings against 126 people and that 13 proceedings remained to be wrapped up, Robinson said the ICTY was taking every measure to step up the remaining trials without sacrificing quality.

Robinson said all trials were expected to be completed in 2012, except Radovan Karadzic's, which should wrap up at the end of 2013. He added that all appeals would be finished by the end of 2014, except in the Karadzic case.

Robinson warned the UN General Assembly about the alarming departure of experienced tribunal staff, and called on the international community to take steps and come up with incentives to keep the staff as long as necessary.

He once again raised the issue of setting up a compensation fund for war victims from the territory of the former Yugoslavia.

Robinson pointed to the ICTY's extraordinary contribution to the development of international criminal law, saying the tribunal represented the international community's aspirations to make sure that justice prevailed over impunity.

He reiterated that the ICTY was committed to its exit strategy and that it was trying to expedite proceedings, while fully respecting the right of the accused to a fair trial.