United Nations Security Council Resolution 1047

United Nations Security Council resolution 1047, adopted unanimously on 29 February 1996, after recalling resolutions 808 (1993), 827 (1993), 936 (1994) and 955 (1994), the Council appointed Louise Arbour as Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[1]

UN Security Council Resolution 1047
Louise Arbour
Date	29 February 1996
Meeting no.	3,637
Code	S/RES/1047 (Document)
Subject	Appointment of Prosecutor at the ICTY and ICTR
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Botswana  Chile  Egypt  Guinea-Bissau  Germany  Honduras  Indonesia  Italy  South Korea  Poland

The Council noted the resignation of the former Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, with effect from 1 October 1996, and decided that term of Louise Arbour, a Canadian judge, would begin on that date.[2]

See also

• Bosnian Genocide
• Rwandan genocide
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1001 to 1100 (1995–1997)
• Yugoslav Wars

References

1. "Security Council appoints Canadian judge Louise Arbour Prosecutor of war crimes tribunal". United Nations. 29 February 1996.
2. Jones, John R. W. D. (1998). The practice of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (2nd ed.). Transnational. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-57105-079-3.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1047 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org