United Nations Security Council Resolution 1200

UN Security Council
Resolution 1200

Rwanda
Date 30 September 1998
Meeting no. 3,934
Code S/RES/1200 (Document)
Subject The International Tribunal for Rwanda
Voting summary
 15 voted for
None voted against
None abstained
Result Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members

United Nations Security Council resolution 1200, adopted unanimously on 30 September 1998, after recalling resolutions 955 (1994), 989 (1995) and 1165 (1998), the Council forwarded 18 nominations for judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to the General Assembly for consideration.[1]

The list of nominations was as follows:

  • Eugénie Liliane Arivony (Madagascar)
  • Pavel Dolenc (Slovenia)
  • Salifou Fomba (Mali)
  • Willy C. Gaa (Philippines)
  • Asoka de Z. Gunawardena (Sri Lanka)
  • Mehmet Güney (Turkey)
  • Aka Edoukou Jean-Baptiste Kablan (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Laïty Kama (Senegal)
  • Dionysios Kondylis (Greece)
  • Bouba Mahamane (Niger)
  • Erik Møse (Norway)
  • Yakov Ostrovsky (Russia)
  • Cheick Dimkinsedo Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
  • Navanethem Pillay (South Africa)
  • Indira Rana (Nepal)
  • William Sekule (Tanzania)
  • Tilahun Teshome (Ethiopia)
  • Lloyd George Williams (Jamaica and St. Kitts and Nevis)

Nine judges were later selected by the General Assembly in November 1998 to serve four years until May 2003: Pavel Dolenc, Mehmet Güney, Laïty Kama, Dionysios Kondylis, Erik Mose, Yakov Ostrovsky, Navanethem Pillay, William Sekule and Lloyd George Williams.[2]

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