United Nations Security Council Resolution 980

United Nations Security Council resolution 980, adopted without a vote on 22 March 1995, after noting the resignation of International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings which would take effect on 10 July 1995, the council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 12 July 1995 at the security council and at a meeting of the General Assembly during its 49th session.

UN Security Council Resolution 980
ICJ building at night
Date	22 March 1995
Meeting no.	3,510
Code	S/RES/980 (Document)
Subject	International Court of Justice
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France Russia United Kingdom United States
Non-permanent members	Argentina Botswana Czech Republic Germany Honduras Indonesia Italy Nigeria Oman Rwanda
Lists of resolutions

Jennings, a British jurist, was a member of the court since 1982 and its president from 1991 to 1994.

See also

• Judges of the International Court of Justice
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 901 to 1000 (1994–1995)

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 980 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org