page_title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966
caption_attribution_description: English: Front view of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, in the Hague, the Netherlands.
context_page_description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966, adopted on December 22, 2010, after recalling resolutions 827 and 955, the Council established a residual mechanism to conclude the remaining tasks of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia. It was the final Security Council resolution adopted in 2010.
  The resolution was adopted by 14 votes to none against and one abstention from Russia, which stated that the tribunals would be able to complete their work by the agreed dates, and for this to be the final resolution on the matter. It argued that the work of the tribunals would have to be completed by 2014.
context_section_description: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966, adopted on December 22, 2010, after recalling resolutions 827 (1993) and 955 (1994), the Council established a residual mechanism to conclude the remaining tasks of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It was the final Security Council resolution adopted in 2010.
  The resolution was adopted by 14 votes to none against and one abstention from Russia, which stated that the tribunals would be able to complete their work by the agreed dates, and for this to be the final resolution on the matter. It argued that the work of the tribunals would have to be completed by 2014.
caption: Front view of the ICTY building 
  (Photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY)
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