S/PV.2762 Security Council

I take it that the Council is now ready to proceed with the election of one member of the International Court of Justice. Since there is no objection, it is so decided. I shall now ask the Conference Officer to distribute the ballots- Members of the Council should indicate the candidate for whom they wish t0 vote by placing an "X" at the left of the name on the ballot paper. A vote was taken by secret ballot. -\ -. * * *

I take it that all the members of the Council have now voted, and I ask the Conference Officer to collect the ballots. All the ballot papers have been collected. I should like to remind the Council that the ballots will not be counted until it has been verified that the ballot papers in the General Assembly have been collected. The Council will remain in session pending the receipt of that information. ***

I have now been informed that the ballot papers have been collected in the General Assembly. The counting of the ballots in the Security Council will now begin. The tellers will count the ballots. There will be two independent countings of the ballots, one by each of the tellers. (The President)

The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 15 Number of invalid ballots: 0 'Number of valid ballots: 15 ;' , ' Required majority: 8 Number of votes obtained: \. Mr. Mohamed Shahabuddeen (Guyana) . . . . 10 Mr. Jose Sette-Camara (Brazil) . . ...*. 5 The PRESIDENTI Mr. Shahabuddeen has accordingly received the required absolute majority of votes in the Security Council. I shall communicate the result of the vote to the President of the General Assembly. I request the Council to remain in session while we wait for the President of the General Assembly to inform the Council of the result of the voting in the Assembly. ***

I have received from the President of the General Assembly the following letter: "I have the honour to inform you that , at the 66th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held today for the purpose of electing five members of the . . -.. International Court of Justice, the following candidate obtained an absolute -. y- majority of votes in the General Assembly: Mr. Mohamed Shahabuddeen- "Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration." As a result of the independent voting in the Security Council and in the General Assembly, Mr. Mohamed Shahabuddeen, having obtained the required majority of votes in both bodies, is elected as i member of the International Court of Justice for a term of office of nine years beginning on 6 February 1988. On behalf of the Council, I should like to congratulate him and to wish him every success in the high office to which he has been elected. As no member wishes to make a statement, the Security Council has thus concluded its business for this meeting. The meeting rose at 9.55 p.m.