United Nations Security Council Resolution 980
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United Nations Security Council Resolution
980, adopted without a vote on 22 March 1995, after noting the resignation of International Court of Justice
(ICJ) judge Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings
which would take effect on 10 July 1995, the Council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 12 July 1995 at the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly
during its 49th session.
Jennings, a British jurist, was a member of the court since 1982 and its President from 1991 to 1994.
United Nations Security Council Resolution
A United Nations Security Council resolution is a UN resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council; the UN body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security"....
980, adopted without a vote on 22 March 1995, after noting the resignation of International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...
(ICJ) judge Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings
Robert Yewdall Jennings
Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings was Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge University from 1955 to 1982 and a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1982...
which would take effect on 10 July 1995, the Council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 12 July 1995 at the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly
For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly, see:* General Assembly members* General Assembly observersThe United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation...
during its 49th session.
Jennings, a British jurist, was a member of the court since 1982 and its President from 1991 to 1994.
See also
- Judges of the International Court of JusticeJudges of the International Court of JusticeThis is a list of all the permanent judges of the International Court of Justice, the main judicial organ of the United Nations. It does not include judges who have been appointed as judge ad hoc by a party to a proceeding before the Court pursuant to Article 31 of the Statute of the International...
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 901 to 1000 (1994–1995)