Security Council resolution 1571 (2004) [on the date of election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice]
Symbol: S/RES/1571(2004)
Date: 2004-11-04
Meeting record: S/PV.5070
Subjects: Guillaume, Gilbert > (France)|ICJ > Members|Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945)|APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS|JUDGES|RESIGNATION
Notes: Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2004-31 July 2005 - S/INF/60 - (SCOR, 59th year).
Summary: Decides that the election to fill the vacancy shall take place on 15 Feb. 2005 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly at its 59th session.

United Nations                                                                S/RES/1571 (2004)
               Security Council                                              Distr.: General
                                                                             4 November 2004




               Resolution 1571 (2004)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 5070th meeting,
               on 4 November 2004

                    The Security Council,
                    Noting with regret the resignation of Judge Gilbert Guillaume, taking effect on
               11 February 2005,
                     Noting further that a vacancy in the International Court of Justice for the
               remainder of the term of office of Judge Gilbert Guillaume will thus occur and must
               be filled in accordance with the terms of the Statute of the Court,
                     Noting that, in accordance with article 14 of the Statute, the date of the
               election to fill the vacancy shall be fixed by the Security Council,
                      Decides that the election to fill the vacancy shall take place on 15 February
               2005 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly
               at its fifty-ninth session.




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Texto español (official Spanish version): Naciones Unidas                                                               S/RES/1571 (2004)
            Consejo de Seguridad                                          Distr. general
                                                                          4 de noviembre de 2004




            Resolución 1571 (2004)

            Aprobada por el Consejo de Seguridad en su 5070ª sesión,
            celebrada el 4 de noviembre de 2004

                 El Consejo de Seguridad,
                  Tomando nota con pesar de la dimisión del magistrado Gilbert Guillaume, que
            surtirá efecto el 11 de febrero de 2005,
                 Tomando nota asimismo de que, como consecuencia, se producirá una vacante
            en la Corte Internacional de Justicia durante el resto del mandato del magistrado
            Gilbert Guillaume, que deberá llenarse de conformidad con las disposiciones del
            Estatuto de la Corte,
                  Observando que, de conformidad con el artículo 14 del Estatuto, la fecha de la
            elección para llenar la vacante deberá ser fijada por el Consejo de Seguridad,
                 Decide que la elección para llenar la vacante tendrá lugar el 15 de febrero
            de 2005 en una sesión del Consejo de Seguridad, y en una sesión de la Asamblea
            General en su quincuagésimo noveno período de sesiones.




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Texte français (official French version): Nations Unies                                                                  S/RES/1571 (2004)
               Conseil de sécurité                                            Distr. générale
                                                                              4 novembre 2004




               Résolution 1571 (2004)
               Adoptée par le Conseil de sécurité à sa 5070e séance,
               le 4 novembre 2004

                    Le Conseil de sécurité,
                    Notant avec regret la démission du juge Gilbert Guillaume, qui prendra effet le
               11 février 2005,
                     Notant en outre que, de ce fait, un siège deviendra vacant à la Cour
               internationale de Justice et qu’il faudra le pourvoir pour le reste du mandat du juge
               Gilbert Guillaume, conformément aux dispositions du Statut de la Cour,
                     Notant que, conformément à l’Article 14 du Statut, la date de l’élection doit
               être fixée par le Conseil de sécurité,
                    Décide que l’élection pour pourvoir le siège devenu vacant aura lieu le
               15 février 2005 à une séance du Conseil de sécurité et à une séance de l’Assemblée
               générale, à sa cinquante-neuvième session.




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Русский текст (official Russian version): Организация Объединенных Наций                                                       S/RES/1571 (2004)
            Совет Безопасности                                     Distr.: General

                                                                   4 November 2004




            Резолюция 1571 (2004),
            принятая Советом Безопасности на его 5070-м заседании
            4 ноября 2004 года

                Совет Безопасности,
                 с сожалением отмечая уход в отставку 11 февраля 2005 года судьи Жиль-
            бера Гийома,
                 отмечая далее, что в этой связи в Международном Суде образуется ва-
            кансия на оставшийся срок полномочий судьи Жильбера Гийома, которая
            должна быть заполнена в соответствии с условиями Статута Суда,
                отмечая, что в соответствии со статьей 14 Статута дата выборов для за-
            полнения этой вакансии должна быть установлена Советом Безопасности,
                 постановляет провести выборы для заполнения этой вакансии 15 февра-
            ля 2005 года на заседании Совета Безопасности и на заседании Генеральной
            Ассамблеи на ее пятьдесят девятой сессии.




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中文文本 (official Chinese version): 联合国                                                  S/RES/1571(2004)
        安全理事会                              Distr.: General

                                           4 November 2004




        第 1571(2004)号决议

        2004 年 11 月 4 日安全理事会第 5070 次会议通过

           安全理事会，

           遗憾地注意到吉尔贝·纪尧姆法官辞职，将于 2005 年 2 月 11 日生效，

           还注意到吉尔贝·纪尧姆法官的任期未满，国际法院因之出现空缺，必须按
        照《法院规约》的规定予以填补，

           注意到根据《规约》第十四条，空缺补选日期应由安全理事会指定，

           决定该空缺的补选应于 2005 年 2 月 15 日在安全理事会的一次会议和大会第
        五十九届会议的一次会议上进行。




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النص العربي (official Arabic version): ‫)‪S/RES/1571 (2004‬‬                                                                    ‫ﺍﻷﻣــﻢ ﺍﳌﺘﺤـﺪﺓ‬
‫‪Distr.: General‬‬
‫‪4 November 2004‬‬                                                                 ‫ﳎﻠﺲ ﺍﻷﻣﻦ‬



                                                                      ‫ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺍﺭ ‪(٢٠٠٤) ١٥٧١‬‬
            ‫ﺍﻟــــﺬﻱ ﺍﻋﺘﻤــــﺪﻩ ﳎﻠــــﺲ ﺍﻷﻣــــﻦ ﰲ ﺍﳉﻠﺴــــﺔ ‪ ،٥٠٧٠‬ﺍﳌﻌﻘــــﻮﺩﺓ ﰲ ‪ ٤‬ﺗﺸــــﺮﻳﻦ‬
                                                                   ‫ﺍﻟﺜﺎﱐ‪/‬ﻧﻮﻓﻤﱪ ‪٢٠٠٤‬‬

                                                                              ‫ﺇﻥ ﳎﻠﺲ ﺍﻷﻣﻦ‪،‬‬
            ‫ﺇﺫ ﻳﻼﺣــﻆ ﻣــﻊ ﺍﻷﺳــﻒ ﺍﺳــﺘﻘﺎﻟﺔ ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺿــﻲ ﺟﻴﻠــﺒﲑ ﻏﻴﻴــﻮﻡ‪ ،‬ﺍﻟــﱵ ﺳﺘﺴــﺮﻱ ﺍﻋﺘﺒــﺎﺭﺍ ﻣــﻦ‬
                                                                                  ‫‪ ١١‬ﺷﺒﺎﻁ‪/‬ﻓﱪﺍﻳﺮ ‪،٢٠٠٥‬‬
            ‫ﻭﺇﺫ ﻳﻼﺣﻆ ﻛﺬﻟﻚ ﺃﻥ ﺷﺎﻏﺮﺍ ﰲ ﳏﻜﻤﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺪﻝ ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻟﻴـﺔ ﺳﻴﻨﺸـﺄ ﻧﺘﻴﺠـﺔ ﻟـﺬﻟﻚ‪ ،‬ﻭﻳـﺘﻌﲔ‬
                                                         ‫ﻣﻠﺆﻩ ﻭﻓﻘﺎ ﻷﺣﻜﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻨﻈﺎﻡ ﺍﻷﺳﺎﺳﻲ ﻟﻠﻤﺤﻜﻤﺔ‪،‬‬
            ‫ﻭﺇﺫ ﻳﻼﺣــﻆ ﺃﻧــﻪ ﻭﻓﻘــﺎ ﻟﻠﻤــﺎﺩﺓ ‪ ١٤‬ﻣــﻦ ﺍﻟﻨﻈــﺎﻡ ﺍﻷﺳﺎﺳــﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺘــﻮﱃ ﳎﻠــﺲ ﺍﻷﻣــﻦ ﲢﺪﻳــﺪ‬
                                                                              ‫ﺗﺎﺭﻳﺦ ﺍﻻﻧﺘﺨﺎﺏ ﳌﻞﺀ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻏﺮ‪،‬‬
            ‫ﻳﻘﺮﺭ ﺃﻥ ﳚﺮﻯ ﺍﻻﻧﺘﺨﺎﺏ ﳌـﻞﺀ ﺍﻟﺸـﺎﻏﺮ ﰲ ‪ ١٥‬ﺷـﺒﺎﻁ‪/‬ﻓﱪﺍﻳـﺮ ‪ ٢٠٠٥‬ﰲ ﺟﻠﺴـﺔ ﺠﻤﻟﻠـﺲ‬
                                      ‫ﺍﻷﻣﻦ ﻭﰲ ﺟﻠﺴﺔ ﻟﻠﺠﻤﻌﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﰲ ﺩﻭﺭﻬﺗﺎ ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺳﻌﺔ ﻭﺍﳋﻤﺴﲔ‪.‬‬




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Draft resolution (S/2004/879):
United Nations                                                                         S/2004/879
            Security Council                                              Distr.: General
                                                                          2 November 2004

                                                                          Original: English




            Draft resolution

                 The Security Council,
                 Noting with regret the resignation of Judge Gilbert Guillaume, taking effect on
            11 February 2005,
                  Noting further that a vacancy in the International Court of Justice for the
            remainder of the term of office of Judge Gilbert Guillaume will thus occur and must
            be filled in accordance with the terms of the Statute of the Court,
                  Noting that, in accordance with article 14 of the Statute, the date of the
            election to fill the vacancy shall be fixed by the Security Council,
                   Decides that the election to fill the vacancy shall take place on 15 February
            2005 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly
            at its fifty-ninth session.




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Meeting record:
United Nations                                                                                                           S/PV.5070
               Security Council                                                                                                         Provisional
               Fifty-ninth year

               5070     th meeting
               Thursday, 4 November 2004, 10 a.m.
               New York




President:     Mr. Danforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (United States of America)

Members:       Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Baali
               Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      Mr. Constantino
               Benin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Zinsou
               Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Tarrisse da Fontoura
               Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Mr. Donoso
               China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Wang Guangya
               France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. De La Sablière
               Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Trautwein
               Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      Mr. Mahmood
               Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Baja
               Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Dumitru
               Russian Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            Mr. Denisov
               Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Mr. Colomina
               United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . . . . .                                Sir Emyr Jones Parry


Agenda

               Date of election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice (S/2004/830)




               This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the interpretation of
               speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records
               of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They
               should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the
               delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room C-154A.

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S/PV.5070


     The meeting was called to order at 10.15 a.m.        draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s
                                                          prior consultations. May I take it that the Council is
Adoption of the agenda                                    ready to proceed to take a decision on that draft
                                                          resolution?
     The agenda was adopted.
                                                               There being no objection, it is so decided.
Date of election to fill a vacancy in the International
                                                               It is my understanding that the Council is ready
Court of Justice (S/2004/830)
                                                          to adopt the draft resolution contained in document
     The President: The Security Council will now         S/2004/879 without a vote.
begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The
                                                               There being no objection, it is so decided.
Council is meeting in accordance with the
understanding reached in its prior consultations.               The draft resolution has been adopted as
                                                          resolution 1571 (2004).
      Members of the Council have before them
document S/2004/830, which contains the text of a              The Security Council has thus concluded its
note dated 21 October 2004 by the Secretary-General.      business for this meeting.
    Members of the Council have before them                    The meeting rose at 10.20 a.m.
document S/2004/879, which contains the text of a




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Voting Summary
Yes: 000 | No: 000 | Abstentions: 000 | Non-Voting: 000 | Total voting membership: 015
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
BENIN
BRAZIL
CHILE
CHINA
FRANCE
GERMANY
PAKISTAN
PHILIPPINES
ROMANIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SPAIN
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES