United Nations Security Council Resolution 1191

UN Security Council Resolution 1191
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)
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russian Federation  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Bahrain  Brazil  Costa Rica  Gabon  Gambia  Japan  Kenya  Portugal  Slovenia  Sweden

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]

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1101 to 1200 (1997–1998)
• Yugoslav Wars

References

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.

External links

• Text of Resolution at UNdemocracy.org