3763rd Meeting of Security Council: International Tribunal - Former Yugoslavia

Security Council forwards to General Assembly 19 nominations for International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia at the 3763rd meeting.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:02:42
• Production Date: 8 April 1997
• Asset Language: Original; English; French; Spanish
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO MASCARENHAS MONTEIRO
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - ICTY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; INTERNATIONAL COURTS; JUDGES
• MAMS Id: 2426276
• Parent Id: 846024

Description

Resolution 1104 (1997) Adopted Unanimously; Eleven Candidates to Be Elected as Judges by Assembly.

The Security Council this afternoon forwarded to the General Assembly the nominations of 19 candidates for Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

By its unanimous adoption of resolution 1104 (1997), the Council acted on the nominations put forward by the Secretary-General on 13 March and forwarded the nominees to the Assembly, which will elect 11 as Tribunal Judges.

The International Tribunal was established by resolution 827 (1993). The Council also adopted the Statute of the Tribunal and decided that all States must cooperate fully with the Tribunal and take any measures necessary under their domestic law to implement its Statute. The Tribunal was inaugurated on 17 November 1993 at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

According to its Statute, the 11 Judges of the International Tribunal shall be elected by the Assembly from a list submitted by the Council. Candidates receiving an absolute majority in the Assembly shall be declared elected. Should two candidates of the same nationality obtain the required majority vote, the one who received the higher number of votes shall be considered elected.

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S/PV.3763

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