UN Security Council
1998

set out in paragraph 1 above, no two of whom shall be of the same nationality; (c) The Secretary-General shall forward the nominations received to the Security Council. From the nominations received the Security Council shall establish a list of not less than twenty-eight and not more than forty-two /... S/RES/1166 (1998) Page 4 candidates, taking due account of the adequate representation of the principal legal systems of the world; (d) The President of the Security Council shall transmit the list of candidates to the President of the General Assembly. From that list the General Assembly shall elect the fourteen Judges of the International Tribunal. The candidates who receive an absolute majority of the votes of the States Members of the United Nations and of the non-member States maintaining permanent observer missions at United Nations Headquarters, shall be declared elected. Should two candidates of the same nationality obtain the required majority vote, the one who received the higher number of votes shall be considered elected. 3. In the event of a vacancy in the Chambers, after consultation with the