United Nations Security Council Resolution 1191

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UN Security Council
Resolution 1191
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Courtroom at the ICTY (photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY)
Date27 August 1998
Meeting no.3,919
CodeS/RES/1191 (Document)
SubjectThe International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members

United Nations Security Council resolution 1191, adopted unanimously on 27 August 1998, 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 the 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]

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Assembly elects three judges to serve in new trial chamber of International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia". United Nations. 16 October 1998.

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