United Nations Security Council Resolution 1340

United Nations Security Council resolution 1340, adopted unanimously on 8 February 2001, after recalling resolutions 808 (1993), 827 (1993), 1166 (1998) and 1329 (2000), the Council forwarded a list of nominees for permanent judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to the General Assembly for consideration.[1]

UN Security Council
Resolution 1340
Front of the ICTY.
Photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY.
Date8 February 2001
Meeting no.4,274
CodeS/RES/1340 (Document)
SubjectThe International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members

The list of nominees proposed by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan was as follows:

  • Carmel A. Agius (Malta)
  • Richard Banda (Malawi)
  • Mohamed Amin El Abbassi Elmahdi (Egypt)
  • David Hunt (Australia)
  • Claude Jorda (France)
  • O-Gon Kwon (South Korea)
  • Liu Daqun (China)
  • Abderraouf Mahbouli (Tunisia)
  • Richard May (United Kingdom)
  • Theodor Meron (United States)
  • Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba (Zambia)
  • Rafael Nieto Navia (Colombia)
  • Leopold Ntahompagaze (Burundi)
  • Alphonsus Martinus Maria Orie (Netherlands)
  • Fausto Pocar (Italy)
  • Jonah Rahetlah (Madagascar)
  • Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica)
  • Almiro Simões Rodrigues (Portugal)
  • Miriam Defensor Santiago (Philippines)
  • Wolfgang Schomburg (Germany)
  • Mohamed Shahabuddeen (Guyana)
  • Demetrakis Stylianides (Cyprus)
  • Krister Thelin (Sweden)
  • Volodymyr Vassylenko (Ukraine)
  • Karam Chand Vohrah (Malaysia)

See also

References
  1. "Security Council sends nominations for former Yugoslavia tribunal judges to General Assembly". United Nations. 8 February 2001.
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