United Nations Security Council Resolution 1191
| UN Security Council Resolution 1191 | ||
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 Courtroom at the ICTY (photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY) | ||
| Date | 27 August 1998 | |
| Meeting no. | 3,919 | |
| Code | S/RES/1191 (Document) | |
| Subject | The International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | |
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| Result | Adopted | |
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1191 was adopted unanimously on 27 August 1998. In it, after recalling resolutions 808 (1993), 827 (1993) and 1166 (1998), the Council forwarded a list of nine nominations for judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to the General Assembly for consideration.[1]
The list of nominations received by Secretary-General Kofi Annan by 4 August 1998 was as follows:
- Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco)
- David Hunt (Australia)
- Per-Johan Lindholm (Finland)
- Hugo Anibal Llanos Mansilla (Chile)
- Patrick Robinson (Jamaica)
- S.W.B. Vadugodapitiya (Sri Lanka)
- Luis Valencia Rodríguez (Ecuador)
- Jan Skupinski (Poland)
- Peter Wilkitzki (Germany)
The General Assembly later elected Mohamed Bennouna, David Hunt and Patrick Robinson to serve in the third chamber at the ICTY in October 1998.[2]
See also
[edit]- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1101 to 1200 (1997–1998)
- Yugoslav Wars
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions related to the conflicts in former Yugoslavia
References
[edit]- ^ "Security Council forwards to General Assembly names of nine candidates for judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia". United Nations. 27 August 1998.
- ^ "Assembly elects three judges to serve in new trial chamber of International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia". United Nations. 16 October 1998.
External links
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Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1191 at Wikisource- Text of the Resolution undocs.org
