General Assembly

55th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 51st Session

Assembly elects 34 members to International Law Commision at 55th plenary meeting of the 51st session.

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The General Assembly this morning elected 34 members to the International Law Commission, for five-year terms beginning on 1 January 1997.

They are: Emmanuel Akwei Addo (Ghana); Husain Al-Baharna (Bahrain); Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan); Joao Clemente Baena Soares (Brazil); Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco); Ian Brownlie (United Kingdom); Enrique J.A. Candioti (Argentina); James Richard Crawford (Australia); Christopher John Robert Dugard (South Africa); Constantin P. Economides (Greece); Nabil Elaraby (Egypt); Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Italy); Zdzislaw Galicki (Poland); Raul I. Goco (Philippines); Gerhard Hafner (Austria); He Qizhi (China); and Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa (Nicaragua). Also elected were: Jorge E. Illueca (Panama); Peter C.R. Kabatsi (Uganda); James Lutabanzibwa Kateka (United Republic of Tanzania); Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia); Igor Ivanovich Lukashuk (Russian Federation); Teodor Viorel Melescanu (Romania); Vaclav Mikulka (Czech Republic); Didier Opertti Badan (Uruguay); Guillaume Pambou-Tchivounda (Gabon); Alain Pellet (France); Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao (India); Victor Rodriguez-Cedeno (Venezuela); Robert Rosenstock (United States); Bernardo Sepulveda (Mexico); Bruno Simma (Germany); Doudou Thiam (Senegal) and Chusei Yamada (Japan).

At the outset of the meeting, the Assembly President, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), extended the Assembly's deepest sympathy to the Government and people of India for the tragic consequences of that country's recent cyclone.

For further details please see official record:
A/51/PV.55

For further details please see source:
MEETINGS COVERAGE

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