S/PV.3908 Security Council

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/1998/640, which contains the text of a letter dated 8 July 1998 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council regarding the nominations which have been received for judges to the Trial Chambers of the Members of the Council also have before them the draft of a letter which I, as President of the Security Council, would propose to send to the Secretary-General in reply to the aforementioned letter. In the absence of objection, I shall assume that the Security Council endorses the proposal of the Secretary-General and agrees that I should send the letter as drafted to the Secretary- General. It is so decided. The reply will be issued as a document of the Council under the symbol S/1998/646. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of the item on its agenda. The Council remains seized of the item.