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ment terms and conditions that attract the best qualified

candidates.  "A catalogue of entitlements, therefore, would

be to the benefit of both the court and the individual

judges concerned.  Such a catalogue should aspire to be as

exhaustive as possible, addressing for example, pension and

travel entitlements, installation and education allowances,

and disability and survivor's benefits."34

A Troubling Heritage of Mismanagement

Then there are the unforeseen costs of possible UN

mismanagement of the court.  The track record with regard to

the special tribunals is not encouraging.  In 1997, for

example, UN inspector general Karl Paschke uncovered wide-

spread waste and incompetence at the Rwanda tribunal's

administrative headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.  He also

cited neglect of the problems by UN officials in New York.

Paschke concluded that the tribunal was dysfunctional in

every administrative area.  Among his findings:

· The cash fund at the tribunal's offices in Arusha and

in Kigali, Rwanda, sometimes totaled as much as

$600,000, but there were no written rules for disburs-

ing it.