S/PV.7303 Security Council

In accordance with Article 11 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the Security Council will now proceed to hold this seventh meeting to elect a member of the International Court of Justice by further ballot for the one seat that remains to be filled. May I take it that the Council is now ready to proceed with the election of the one remaining member of the International Court of Justice? It is so decided. The Council will now proceed to a new ballot. I request the Conference Officer to distribute the ballot papers.

Members of the Council should place an “X” in the box next to the name of the one candidate for whom they wish to vote. I remind members of the Council that only those candidates whose names appear on the ballot papers are eligible for election. Ballots containing votes for more than one candidate will be considered invalid. * * *

I take it that all the members of the Council have now voted and I ask the Conference Officer to collect the ballot papers. * * *

All the ballot papers have been collected. I should like to remind Council members that, in accordance with the established practice, the ballots will not be counted until it has been verified that the ballot papers in the General Assembly have also been collected. The Council will remain in session pending the receipt of that information. * * *

The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 15 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 15 Number of abstentions: 0 Required majority: 8 Number of votes obtained: Ms. Susana Ruiz Cerutti 9 Mr. Patrick Lipton Robinson 6 Accordingly, Ms. Susana Ruiz Cerutti has received the required majority of votes in the Security Council. I have communicated the result of the voting to the President of the General Assembly in writing. I should like to inform the Council that I have received from the President of the General Assembly the following letter: “I have the honour to inform you that, at the 45th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held today for the purpose of electing the one remaining seat of the five members of the International Court of Justice, the following candidate obtained an absolute majority of votes in the General Assembly: Mr. Patrick Lipton Robinson.” Accordingly, no candidate has received the required absolute majority of votes both in the Council and in the General Assembly. As no candidate has received the required absolute majority of votes in both the Council and the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 11 of the Statute of the Court, the Council will proceed to hold an eighth meeting to elect one candidate by further ballot for the one seat remaining to be filled. Accordingly, I shall adjourn this meeting of the Security Council and I shall immediately call to order the eighth meeting of the Security Council to elect one candidate by further ballot, after a brief recess to allow for the preparation of the new ballots.