United Nations Security Council Resolution 2638

United Nations resolution adopted without vote in 2022

China
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United Kingdom
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Albania
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Ghana
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United Nations Security Council resolution 2638 was adopted without vote on 22 June 2022. After noting with regret the death of International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade on 29 May 2022, the Council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 4 November 2022 at the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly during its 77th session.^[1]^[2]

Cançado Trindade, a Brazilian jurist and former judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, was a member of the ICJ since 2009.^[3] His term of office was due to expire in February 2026.

References

^ "S/RES/2638 (2022)" (PDF). United Nations.
^ "Date of election to fill a vacancy in the lCJ - Security Council, 9073rd Meeting". United Nations. 22 June 2022.
^ "International Court of Justice - Current Members". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2009.