United Nations Security Council Resolution 708

United Nations Security Council resolution 708, adopted unanimously on 28 August 1991, after noting the death of International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Taslim Olawale Elias on 14 August 1991, the council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 5 December 1991 at the Security Council and at the General Assembly's 46th session.

UN Security Council Resolution 708
International Court of Justice
Date	28 August 1991
Meeting no.	3,005
Code	S/RES/708 (Document)
Subject	International Court of Justice
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Austria  Belgium  Cuba  Ecuador  India  Ivory Coast  Romania  Yemen  Zaire  Zimbabwe

Elias was a member of the court since 1976, and was its vice-president between 1979 and 1981 and its president from 1981 to 1985. His term of office was due to expire in February 1994.[1]

See also

• Judges of the International Court of Justice
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 (1991–1993)

References

1. "ICJ Communiqué" (PDF). International Court of Justice. 15 August 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2010.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 708 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org