وفي الفقرة 2 من القرار 55/159، قررت الجمعية العامة أن تمدد لفترة سنة واحدة مدة العضوية الحالية لأعضاء المحكمة العاملين اعتبارا من 1 كانون الثاني/يناير 2001.
In paragraph 2 of its resolution 55/159, the General Assembly decided that members serving on the Tribunal as at 1 January 2001 should have their current term of office extended by one year, and that thereafter, provided that they had not served on the Tribunal for more than seven years, they might be reappointed once.