Date of election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice - Security Council, 9847th meeting

Date of election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice.
Security Council Decides to Hold Election for Filling New Vacancy in International Court of Justice on 27 May, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2770 (2025)

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:04:18
• Production Date: 24 January 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: AMAR BENDJAMA
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC
• Subject Topical: VOTING; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS; JUDGES
• MAMS Id: 3334550
• Parent Id: 3332002

Description

Following the resignation of Judge Nawaf Salam of the International Court of Justice on 14 January 2025, the Security Council today set the date for an election to fill this vacancy. 

Unanimously adopting resolution 2770 (2025) (to be issued as document S/RES/2770(2025)), the 15-member organ — in accordance with article 14 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice — decided that the election to fill the vacancy will take place on 27 May 2025 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session.

Draft resolution contained in document S/2025/48

Vote: 15 in favour; 0 against; 0 abstention(s) 

The draft resolution was adopted unanimously as resolution S/RES/2770 (2025).

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S/RES/2770(2025)

S/PV.9847