United Nations Security Council Resolution 1914
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United Nations Security Council Resolution
1914, adopted unanimously on 18 March 2010, after noting the resignation of International Court of Justice
(ICJ) judge Shi Jiuyong
and that the vacancy must be filled in accordance with the Statute of the ICJ, the Council decided that the election to fill the vacancy would take place on 29 June 2010 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly
at its 64th session.
Shi had served at the ICJ since February 1994. He was re-elected in 2003, and served as Vice-President of the Court from 2000 to 2003 and as its President from 2003 until 2006.
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"....
1914, adopted unanimously on 18 March 2010, 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 Shi Jiuyong
Shi Jiuyong
Shi Jiuyong was a judge at the International Court of Justice ....
and that the vacancy must be filled in accordance with the Statute of the ICJ, the Council decided that the election to fill the vacancy would take place on 29 June 2010 at a meeting of 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...
at its 64th session.
Shi had served at the ICJ since February 1994. He was re-elected in 2003, and served as Vice-President of the Court from 2000 to 2003 and as its President from 2003 until 2006.
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 1901 to 2000 (2009–2011)