United Nations Security Council Resolution 105, adopted on July 28, 1954, after noting with regret the death of Judge Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, a Judge on the International Court of Justice, the Council decided that the election to fill the vacancy would take place during the ninth session of the General Assembly, and that that election would take place after the regular election to be held at the same session to fill the five vacancies which would come up on February 5, 1955.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 117, adopted on September 6, 1956, after the death of Judge Hsu Mo of the International Court of Justice the Council decided that the election to fill the vacancy for the rest of Judge Mo's term would take place during the eleventh session of the General Assembly.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 130, adopted on November 25, 1958, noted with regret the death of Judge José Gustavo Guerrero on October 25, 1958. The Council then decided that in accordance with the Statute of the Court the resulting vacancy in the International Court of Justice would be resolved by an election in the General Assembly that would take place during the fourteenth session of that body.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 137, adopted on May 31, 1960, noted with regret the death of Judge Sir Hersch Lauterpacht on May 8. The Council then decided that in accordance with the Statute of the Court the resulting vacancy in the International Court of Justice would be resolved by an election in the General Assembly that would take place during the fifteenth session of that body.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 200, adopted unanimously on March 15, 1965, after examining the application of the Gambia for membership in the United Nations the Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Gambia be admitted.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 219, adopted unanimously on December 17, 1965, after reaffirming previous resolutions on the topic, the Council extended the stationing in Cyprus of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus for an additional 3 months, now ending on March 26, 1966.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 263, adopted on January 24, 1969, after the General Assembly passed Resolution 2479 extolling the virtues of expanded working languages, the Council decided to include Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1431, adopted unanimously on 14 August 2002, after recalling resolutions 827 (1993), 955 (1994), 1165 (1998), 1166 (1998), 1329 (2000) and 1411 (2002), the Council established a pool of temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in order for it to complete its work as soon as possible.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1581, adopted unanimously on 18 January 2005, after recalling resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004), the Council approved the extension of the terms of office of seven short-term judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in order to allow them to finish adjudicating the cases on which they had been working. It was the first Security Council resolution adopted in 2005.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1597, adopted unanimously on 20 April 2005, after recalling resolutions 827 (1993), 1166 (1998), 1329 (2003), 1411 (2002), 1431 (2002), 1481 (2003), 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004), the Council amended the statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in order to allow temporary judges to be re-elected.
United Nations Security Council resolution1629, adopted unanimously on 30 September 2005, after considering the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Council decided that Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert could participate in the Mile Mrkšić case, before her elected term as permanent judge of the Tribunal had begun.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1668, adopted unanimously on April 10, 2006, after recalling Resolution 1581 (2005), the Council extended the term of Judge Joaquín Canivell at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) beyond his term of office to allow him to complete a case.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1995, adopted unanimously on July 6, 2011, after recalling resolutions 955 (1995), 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2003) on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the Council permitted temporary judges at the tribunal to vote or stand as candidates in elections to the presidency of the ICTR.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1705, adopted unanimously on August 29, 2006, after noting a letter from the President of the Security Council, the Council extended the term of Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1800 was unanimously adopted on 20 February 2008.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1877 was unanimously adopted on 7 July 2009.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1849 was unanimously adopted on 12 December 2008.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1824 was unanimously adopted on 18 July 2008.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1837 was unanimously adopted on 29 September 2008.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2029 was unanimously adopted on 21 December 2011, after recalling resolution 2013. The Security Council this morning extended the terms of office of four judges of the Trial Chamber until 30 June 2012 or sooner if their trials were completed.
