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The United Nations Security Council called upon the Tribunal to finish its work by 31 December 2014 to prepare for its closure and transfer of its responsibilities to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals which will begin functioning for the ICTY branch on 1 July 2013.

The Tribunal will conduct and complete all outstanding first instance trials, including those of Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić.

It will conduct and complete all appeal proceedings for which the notice of appeal against the judgement or sentence is filed before 1 July 2013.

Any appeals for which notice is filed after that date will be handled by the Residual Mechanism.