RESOLUTION S91R708

S/RES/708 (1991)

28 August 1991

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3005th meeting

on 28 August 1991

The Security Council,

Noting with regret the death of Judge Taslim Olawale Elias on 14 August 1991,

Noting further that a vacancy in the International Court of Justice for the remainder of the term of office of the deceased judge has thus occurred and must be filled in accordance with the terms of the Statute of the Court,

Noting that, in accordance with Article 214 of the Statute, the date of the election to fill the vacancy shall be fixed by the Security Council,

Decides that the election to fill the vacancy shall take place on 5 December 1991 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly.