ASSEMBLY ELECTS 34 MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
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ASSEMBLY ELECTS 34 MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
19961111 The General Assembly this morning elected 34 members to the International Law Commission, for five-year terms beginning on 1 January 1997.They are: Emmanuel Akwei Addo (Ghana); Husain Al-Baharna (Bahrain); Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan); Joao Clemente Baena Soares (Brazil); Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco); Ian Brownlie (United Kingdom); Enrique J.A. Candioti (Argentina); James Richard Crawford (Australia); Christopher John Robert Dugard (South Africa); Constantin P. Economides (Greece); Nabil Elaraby (Egypt); Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Italy); Zdzislaw Galicki (Poland); Raul I. Goco (Philippines); Gerhard Hafner (Austria); He Qizhi (China); and Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa (Nicaragua). Also elected were: Jorge E. Illueca (Panama); Peter C.R. Kabatsi (Uganda); James Lutabanzibwa Kateka (United Republic of Tanzania); Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia); Igor Ivanovich Lukashuk (Russian Federation); Teodor Viorel Melescanu (Romania); Vaclav Mikulka (Czech Republic); Didier Opertti Badan (Uruguay); Guillaume Pambou-Tchivounda (Gabon); Alain Pellet (France); Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao (India); Victor Rodriguez-Cedeno (Venezuela); Robert Rosenstock (United States); Bernardo Sepulveda (Mexico); Bruno Simma (Germany); Doudou Thiam (Senegal) and Chusei Yamada (Japan).
At the outset of the meeting, the Assembly President, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), extended the Assembly's deepest sympathy to the Government and people of India for the tragic consequences of that country's recent cyclone.
The Assembly will meet again at 3 p.m. today to consider the question of cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Assembly Work Programme
The Assembly met this morning to elect 34 members of the International Law Commission for five-year terms, to fill vacancies left by members whose terms will expire 31 December 1996.
The Commission was established by the Assembly in 1947 to promote the progressive development of international law and its codification. Its 34 members are nominated by Member States but serve in their individual capacities, not as representatives of their governments.
According to General Assembly resolution 36/39, the Commission should be composed of eight nationals from African States, seven from Asian States, three from Eastern European States, six from Latin American States, and eight from Western European and other States. In addition, one seat is to rotate between the African and Eastern European States, while another rotates between the Asian and Latin American States. For this election, the rotating seats go to the Eastern European and the Latin American States.
Fifty candidates have been nominated for today's election. (For background on the candidates, see documents A/51/177 and Add. 1-7 and A/51/178 and Add.1.)
The candidates are:
Emmanuel Akwei Addo (Ghana); Husain Al-Baharna (Bahrain); Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan); Najeeb Al-Nauimi (Qatar); João Clemente Baena Soares (Brazil); Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco); Ian Brownlie (United Kingdom); Sikhe Camara (Guinea); Enrique J.A. Candioti (Argentina); James Richard Crawford (Australia); Brice De Ruyver (Belgium); John de Saram (Sri Lanka); Christopher John Robert Dugard (South Africa); Constantin P. Economides (Greece); Nabil Elaraby (Egypt); Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Italy); Salifou Fomba (Mali); Zdzislaw Galicki (Poland); Raul I. Goco (Philippines);
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Gerhard Hafner (Austria); He Qizhi (China); Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa (Nicaragua); Kamil Idris (Sudan); Jorge E. Illueca (Panama); and Andreas J. Jacovides (Cyprus).
Other candidates are:
Peter C.R. Kabatsi (Uganda); Maurice Kamto (Cameroon); James Lutabanzibwa Kateka (United Republic of Tanzania); Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia); Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (Dominica); Igor Ivanovich Lukashuk (Russian Federation); Churamani Raj Singh Malla (Nepal); Teodor Viorel Melescanu (Romania); Vaclav Mikulka (Czech Republic); Djamchid Momtaz (Iran); Didier Opertti Badan (Uruguay); Guillaume Pambou-Tchivounda (Gabon); Alain Pellet (France); Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao (India); Edilbert Razafindralambo (Madagascar); Victor Rodriguez-Cedeno (Venezuela); Robert Rosenstock (United States); Bernardo Sepulveda (Mexico); Bruno Simma (Germany); Elton Mawina Singini (Malawi); Luis Solari Tudela (Peru); Doudou Thiam (Senegal); Volodymyr A. Vassylenko (Ukraine); Francisco Villagran Kramer (Guatemala); and Chusei Yamada (Japan).
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Election to Commission
The results of the voting were as follows:
African States (eight seats) Number of ballot papers 181 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 181 Abstentions 0 Number of Members voting 181 Required majority 91
NUMBER of VOTES OBTAINED:
Nabil Elaraby (Egypt) 151 James Lutabanzibwa Kateka (United Republic of Tanzania) 133 Christopher John Robert Dugard (South Africa) 130 Doudou Thiam (Senegal) 128 Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco) 119 Emmanuel Akwei Addo (Ghana) 105 Guillaume Pambou-Tchivounda (Gabon) 97 Peter C.R. Kabatsi (Uganda) 95 Kamil Idris (Sudan) 93 Edilbert Razafindralambo (Madagascar) 86 Sikhe Camara (Guinea) 80 Maurice Kamto (Cameroon) 70 Elton Mawina Singini (Malawi) 59 Salifou Fomba (Mali) 58
Asian States (seven seats)
Number of ballot papers 181 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 181 Abstentions 0 Number of Members voting 181 Required majority 91
NUMBER of VOTES OBTAINED:
Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan) 142 Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao (India) 141 Chusei Yamada (Japan) 141 He Qizhi (China) 127 Husain Al-Baharna (Bahrain) 122
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Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia) 106 Raul I. Goco (Philippines) 96 Andreas Jacovides (Cyprus) 84 Djamchid Momtaz (Iran) 78 Najeeb Al-Nauimi (Qatar) 64 John de Saram (Sri Lanka) 60 Churamani Raj Singh Malla (Nepal) 51
Eastern European States (four seats)
Number of ballot papers 181 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 181 Abstentions 1 Number of Members voting 180 Required majority 91
NUMBER of VOTES OBTAINED:
Zdzislaw Galicki (Poland) 147 Teodor Viorel Melescanu (Romania) 139 Igor Ivanovich Lukashuk (Russian Federation) 138 Vaclav Mikulka (Czech Republic) 136 Volodymyr Vassylenko (Ukraine) 131
Latin American and Caribbean States (seven seats)
Number of ballot papers 181 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 181 Abstentions 2 Number of Members voting 179 Required majority 90
NUMBER of VOTES OBTAINED:
Joao Clemente Baena Soares (Brazil) 156 Bernardo Sepulveda (Mexico) 145 Enrique Candioti (Argentina) 137 Didier Opertti Badan (Uruguay) 129 Jorge Illueca (Panama) 127 Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa (Nicaragua) 126 Victor Rodriguez-Cedeno (Venezuela) 119 Luis Solari Tudela (Peru) 113 Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (Dominica) 91 Francisco Villagran Kramer (Guatemala) 38
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Western European and other States (eight seats)
Number of ballot papers 181 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 181 Abstentions 1 Number of Members voting 180 Required majority 91
NUMBER of VOTES OBTAINED:
Gerhard Hafner (Austria) 167 Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Italy) 166 Alain Pellet (France) 161 Bruno Simma (Germany) 159 Robert Rosenstock (United States) 151 Ian Brownlie (United Kingdom) 150 James Richard Crawford (Australia) 146 Constantin P. Economides (Greece) 135 Brice De Ruyver (Belgium)) 132
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