A/36/PV.69 General Assembly

The General Assembly will pro- ceed to the election of the members of the International Law Commission. 2. In conformity with the provisions of Chapter I of the statute [resolution 174 (11)] of the Commission. the 34 members of the Commission are to be elected for a period of five years, with effect from 1 January 1982. In accord- ance with article 7 of the statute of the Commission and having in mind the decision taken by the Assembly on 18 November 1981 [63rd meeting], the Secretary-General has submitted a list comprising the names in alphabetical order of all the candidates duly nominated. The list appears in the note by the Secretary-General [A/36/3711 Rev. 1-, para. 13] and on the ballot papers which will be distributed for each of the five regional groups. Only those candidates will be eligible for election. 3. Representatives are reminded that according to arti- cles 2 and 8 of the statute, the persons to be elected to the Commission should individually possess the qualifica- tions required-that is to say, they should be "persons of recognized competence in inte111ational law"-and that "in the Commission as a whole representation of the main forms of civilization and of the principal legal systems of the world should be assured". - 4. In accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the election will be held by secret ballot. 5. Representatives are requested to mark with a cross the names of the candidates for whom they wish to vote, but not to mark more than the number of candidates pre- scribed for each re.gional group in paragraph 3 of General AsseI111,ly resolution 36/39, namely: nine nationals from African States, eight from Asian States, three from East- ern European States, six from Latin American States, and eight from Western European or other States. Those can- * Resumed from the 64th meeting. NEW YORK didates, up to the number prescribed for each regional group, who obtain the greatest number of votes and not less than a majority of the votes of the Members present and voting, will be declared elected. 6. Ballot papers, marked A, B, C, D and E, will now be distributed. I request representatives to use only thos~ ballot papers and, as I said before, they should place a cross at the left of the names of the candidates for whom they wish to vote, but should not mark more than the maximum number indicated on each ballot. Ballot papers containing more than the maximum number for each group will be declared invalid.

Since the counting of ballots will take some time, I propose that we suspend the meeting while the tellers count the votes.

The result of the voting for the election of 34 members of the International Law Commis- sion is as follows: Group A Number of ballot papers: 154 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 154 Abstentions: 0 Number of Members voting: 154 Req,uired majority: 78 Number of votes obtained: Mr. Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone). . . . .. 144 Mr. Richard Osuolale A. Akinjide (Nigeria). 143 Mr. ~10hammed Bedjaoui (Algeria). . . . . . .. 143 Mr. Edilbert Razafindralambo (Madagascar). 142 Mr. Doudou Thiam (Senegal). . . . . . . . . . . .. 139 Mr. Khalafalla El Rasheed Mohamed Ahmed (Sudan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 134 Mr. Frank X. Njenga (Kenya) 134 Mr. Boutros Boutros Ghali (Egypt). . . . . . .. 132 Mr. Balanda Mikuin Leliel (Zaire). . . . . . . .. 130 Group B 154o 154 o 154 pubr,;) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Group C Number of ballot papers: 154 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 154 Abstentions: I Number of Members voting: 153 Required majority: 77 Number of votes obtained: Mr. Constantin Flitan (Romania). . . . . . . . 144 Mr. Alexander Yankov (Bulgaria) 144 Mr. Nikolai A. Ushakov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Group D Number of ballot papers: 154 Number of invaUd ballots: 2 Number of valid ballots: 152 Absentions: 0 Number of Members voting: 152 Pt..quired majority: 77 Number of votes obtained: Mr. Jorge Castaiieda (Mexico) . . . . . . . . . . 132 Mr. Carlos Calero Rodrigues (Brazil) . . . . 125 Mr. Leonardo Diaz GonzaIez (Venezuela) 115 Mr. lorge E. lllueca (Panama) 115 Mr. Julio Barboza (Argentina) . . . . . . . . . . 101 Mr. Laurel B. Francis (Jamaica) 100 Mr. Miguel Antonio D'Estefano Pisani (Cuba) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Mr. Hector Roberto Herrera Caceres (Hon- duras) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Number of votes obtained: Mr. Paul Reuter (France) 133 Mr. Jose Manuel Lacleta Muiioz (Spain) 125 Sir lan Sinclair (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). . . . . . . . . 123 Mr. Jens Evensen (Norway) . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Mr. Constantin A. Stavropoulos (Greece) 115 Mr. Robert Quentin Quentin-Baxter (New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Mr. Willem Riphagen (Netherlands) .... . 113 Mr. Stephen C. McCaffrey (United States of America) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Mr. Giuseppe Sperduti (Italy) 95 ~r. Suat Bilge (Turkey) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Having obtained the required majority, Mr. Ahmed (Sudan), Mr. Akinjide (Nigeria), Mr. Al-Qaysi (Iraq), Mr. Balanda Mikuin Leliel (Zaire), Mr. Barboza (Argentina), Mr. Bedjaoui (Algeria), Mr. Boutros Ghali (Egypt), Mr. Calero Rodrigues (Brazil), Mr. Castaneda (Mexico), Mr. Diaz Gonzalez (Venezuela), Mr. Evensen (Norway), Mr. Flitan (Romania), Mr. Francis (Jamaica), Mr. Illueca (Panama), Mr. Jacovides (Cyprus), Mr. Jagota (India), Mr. Koroma (Sierra Leone), Mr. Lacleta Munoz (Spain), Mr. Malek (Lebanon), Mr. McCaffrey (United States of Amer- ica), Mr. Ni (China), Mr. Njenga (Kenya), Mr. Ogiso (Japan), Mr. Pirzada (Pakistan), Mr. Quentin-Baxter (New Zealand), Mr. Razafindralambo (Madagascar), Mr. Reuter (France), Mr. Riphagen (Netherlands), Sir lan Sinclair (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Mr. Stavropoulos(Greece), Mr. Sucharitkul (Thailand), Mr. Thiam (Senegal), Mr. Ushqkov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and Mr. Yankov (Bulgaria) were elected members of the International Law Commission for a period of five years, beginning on 1 January 1982 [decision 36/316].

On behalf of the General Assem- bly, I wish to congratulate all those who have been elected members of the International Law Commission, and to thank the tellers for their assistance in this elec- tion.