General Assembly Fills Vacancies on International Law Commission, Committee for Programme and Coordination
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Sixty-sixth General Assembly
Plenary
59thMeeting (AM)
General Assembly Fills Vacancies on International Law Commission,
Committee for Programme and Coordination
The General Assembly met today to fill vacancies on administrative and legal bodies of the United Nations, including by voting to elect members of the International Law Commission.
Voting by way of secret ballot, the Assembly elected a total of 34 members of the International Law Commission — a body devoted to the promotion of the development and codification of international law — to serve five‑year terms of office beginning on1 January 2012. They constituted nine nationals from African States; eight from Asian States; three from Eastern European States; six from Latin American and Caribbean States; and eight nationals from Western European or Other States.
From African States, it elected Mohammed Bello Adoke (Nigeria), Pedro Comissário Afonso (Mozambique), Abdelrazeg el‑Murtadi Suleiman Gouider (Libya), Hussein Hassouna (Egypt), Maurice Kamto (Cameroon), Ahmed Laraba (Algeria), Chris Peter (United Republic of Tanzania), Dire Tladi (South Africa) and Amos Wako (Kenya).
From Asian States, it elected Ali Mohsen Fetais al‑Marri (Qatar), Mahmoud Hmoud (Jordan), Huang Huikang (China), Kriangsak Kittichaisaree (Thailand), Shinya Murase (Japan), Ki Gab Park (Republic of Korea), Narinder Singh (India) and Nugroho Wisnumurti (Indonesia).
From Eastern European States, it elected Kirill Gevorgian (Russian Federation), Ernest Petrič (Slovenia) and Pavel Šturma (Czech Republic).
From Latin American and Caribbean States, it elected: Enrique Candioti (Argentina), Juan Manuel Gómez‑Robledo (Mexico), Gilberto Vergne Saboia (Brazil), Eduardo Valencia‑Ospina (Colombia), Stephen Vasciannie (Jamaica) and Bernd H. Niehaus (Costa Rica).
From Western European or Other States, it elected Lucius Caflisch (Switzerland), Concepción Escobar Hernández (Spain), Mathias Forteau (France), Marie Jacobsson (Sweden), Donald McRae (Canada), Sean Murphy (United States), Georg Nolte (Germany) and Michael Wood (United Kingdom).
Based on recent nominations made by the Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly also elected, by consensus, 15 members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination. They would serve three‑year terms beginning 1 January 2012.
Those seats were distributed as follows: four seats for African States (Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea‑Bissau and Zimbabwe); three seats for Asia‑Pacific States (Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan); three seats for Eastern European States (Belarus, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova); four seats for Latin American and Caribbean States (Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Uruguay); and one seat for Western Europe and other States (Italy).
The Assembly did not act on to fill one additional seat for the Asia‑Pacific States, and four additional seats for the Western European and Other States, as the Council had postponed the nomination of candidates.
Finally, it elected 27 country members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), also by consensus, to serve four‑year terms of office beginning1 January 2012. Those States were the Republic of Congo, Egypt, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Togo (African States); Bangladesh, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Thailand (Asia‑Pacific States); Albania, Georgia and Poland (Eastern European States); Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador and Mexico (Latin American and Caribbean States); and Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom (Western European and Other States).
The Assembly did not act on two additional seats on the Governing Council, allocated to the Asia‑Pacific States. It will hold elections to fill those States upon notification by interested members from that region.
The General Assembly will reconvene at 10 a.m., Friday 18 November to discuss the Secretary‑General’s report on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. It is also expected to take up draft resolutions on the United Nations Global Counter‑Terrorism Strategy, and implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations.
Voting Results for International Law Commission
African States (9 seats)
Number of ballot papers:
192
Number of invalid ballots:
1
Number of valid ballots:
191
Abstentions:
0
Number of Members present and voting:
191
Required majority:
96
Number of votes obtained:
Hassouna, Hussein A. (Egypt)
156
Tladi, Dire D. (South Africa)
150
Laraba, Ahmed (Algeria)
144
Kamto, Maurice (Cameroon)
141
Wako, S. Amos (Kenya)
138
Adoke, Mohammed Bello (Nigeria)
135
Peter, Chris M. (United Republic of Tanzania)
124
Comissário Afonso, Pedro (Mozambique)
114
El-Murtadi Suleiman Gouider, Abdelrazeg (Libya)
113
Maluwa, Tiyanjana (Malawi)
108
Fomba, Salifou (Mali)
104
Cissé, Yacouba (Côte d’Ivoire)
103
Tungo, Muaz Ahmed Mohamed (Sudan)
92
Having received the required majority, the following members from African States were elected to the Commission: Mohammed Bello Adoke (Nigeria), Pedro Comissário Afonso (Mozambique), Abdelrazeg el‑Murtadi Suleiman Gouider (Libya), Hussein Hassouna (Egypt), Maurice Kamto (Cameroon), Ahmed Laraba (Algeria), Chris Peter (United Republic of Tanzania), Dire Tladi (South Africa) and Amos Wako (Kenya).
Asian States (8 seats)
Number of ballot papers:
192
Number of invalid ballots:
1
Number of valid ballots:
191
Abstentions:
1
Number of Members present and voting:
190
Required majority:
96
Number of votes obtained:
Murase, Shinya (Japan)
152
Huang, Huikang (China)
139
Hmoud, Mahmoud D. (Jordan)
136
Park, Ki Gab (Republic of Korea)
135
Singh, Narinder (India)
134
Wisnumurti, Nugroho (Indonesia)
131
Al-Marri, Ali Mohsen Fetais (Qatar)
128
Kittichaisaree, Kriangsak (Thailand)
128
Perera, A. Rohan (Sri Lanka)
117
Noor Farida, Ariffin (Malaysia)
111
Droushiotis, James C. (Cyprus)
102
Daoudi, Riad (Syria)
49
Having received the required majority, the following members were elected to the Commission: Ali Mohsen Fetais al‑Marri (Qatar), Mahmoud Hmoud (Jordan), Huang Huikang (China), Kriangsak Kittichaisaree (Thailand), Shinya Murase (Japan), Ki Gab Park (Republic of Korea), Narinder Singh (India) and Nugroho Wisnumurti (Indonesia).
Eastern European States (3 seats)
Number of ballot papers:
192
Number of invalid ballots:
0
Number of valid ballots:
192
Abstentions:
1
Number of Members present and voting:
191
Required majority:
96
Number of votes obtained:
Petrič, Ernest (Slovenia)
169
Gevorgian, Kirill (Russian Federation)
147
Šturma, Pavel (Czech Republic)
145
Galicki Zdzislaw W. (Poland)
90
Having received the required majority, the following from Eastern European States were elected to the Commission: Kirill Gevorgian (Russian Federation), Ernest Petrič (Slovenia) and Pavel Šturma (Czech Republic).
Latin American States (6 seats)
Number of ballot papers:
192
Number of invalid ballots:
1
Number of valid ballots:
191
Abstentions:
1
Number of Members present and voting:
190
Required majority:
96
Number of votes obtained:
Saboia, Gilberto V. (Brazil)
159
Vasciannie, Stephen C. (Jamaica)
126
Gómez-Robledo, Juan Manuel (Mexico)
123
Candioti, Enrique J.A. (Argentina)
108
Valencia-Ospina, Eduardo (Colombia)
102
Ferrero Costa, Eduardo (Peru)
95
Niehaus, Bernd H. (Costa Rica)
95
Arguello Gómez, Carlos (Nicaragua)
90
Limon, Ewald W. (Suriname)
88
Del Luján Flores, María (Uruguay)
73
Oswaldo Salgado Espinoza, Carlos (Ecuador)
57
Having received the required majority, the following were elected from Latin American and Caribbean States: Enrique Candioti (Argentina), Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo (Mexico), Gilberto Vergne Saboia (Brazil), Eduardo Valencia‑Ospina (Colombia) and Stephen Vasciannie (Jamaica). One seat remained to be filled.
Western European and Other States (8 seats)
Number of ballot papers:
192
Number of invalid ballots:
0
Number of valid ballots:
192
Abstentions:
2
Number of Members present and voting:
190
Required majority:
96
Number of votes obtained:
Nolte, Georg (Germany)
175
Jacobsson, Marie G. (Sweden)
166
Escobar Hernández, Concepción (Spain)
163
Forteau, Mathias (France)
161
McRae, Donald M. (Canada)
158
Murphy, Sean D. (United States)
158
Wood, Michael (United Kingdom)
154
Caflisch, Lucius C. (Switzerland)
149
Wouters, Jan M.F. (Belgium)
134
Having received the required majority, the following from Western European and Other States were elected to the Commission: Lucius Caflisch (Switzerland), Concepción Escobar Hernández (Spain), Mathias Forteau (France), Marie Jacobsson (Sweden), Donald McRae (Canada), Sean Murphy (United States), Georg Nolte (Germany) and Michael Wood (United Kingdom).
Latin American States (1 remaining seat)
Number of ballot papers:
193
Number of invalid ballots:
0
Number of valid ballots:
193
Abstentions:
6
Number of Members present and voting:
187
Required majority:
94
Number of votes obtained:
Niehaus, Bernd T. (Costa Rica)
98
Ferrero Costa, Eduardo (Peru)
89
Having received the required majority, Niehaus, Bernd T. (Costa Rica) was elected from Latin American and Caribbean States.
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