Security Council resolution 1047 (1996) [on the appointment of Louise Arbour as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and of the International Tribunal for Rwanda]
Symbol: S/RES/1047(1996)
Date: 1996-02-29
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/51 [116] INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL--FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
S/51 [93] INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL--RWANDA
Subjects: Arbour, Louise|International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. Prosecutor|International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Prosecutor|FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SITUATION|RWANDA SITUATION|INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS|APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS|PROSECUTION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BOTSWANA
vote: yes
country: CHILE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: EGYPT
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: GUINEA-BISSAU
vote: yes
country: HONDURAS
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: ITALY
vote: yes
country: POLAND
vote: yes
country: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

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                                                               GENERAL

                                                               S/RES/1047 (1996)
                                                               29 February 1996




                               RESOLUTION 1047 (1996)

               Adopted by the Security Council at its 3637th meeting,
                                 on 29 February 1996


     The Security Council,

     Recalling its resolutions 808 (1993) of 22 February 1993, 827 (1993) of
25 May 1993, 936 (1994) of 8 July 1994 and 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994,

     Noting with regret the resignation of Mr. Richard J. Goldstone taking
effect 1 October 1996,

     Having regard to Article 16(4) of the Statute of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of
International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former
Yugoslavia since 1991 (S/25704) and Article 15 of the Statute of the
International Tribunal for Rwanda (S/RES/955 (1994), Annex),

     Having considered the nomination by the Secretary-General of
Mrs. Louise Arbour for the position of Prosecutor of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of
International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former
Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for Rwanda,

     Appoints Mrs. Louise Arbour as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for
the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia and the
International Tribunal for Rwanda with effect from the date on which
Mr. Goldstone’s resignation takes effect.


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