Date 13 October 2006 Code S/RES/1717 (Document) | Meeting no. 5,550 Result Adopted | |
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Subject International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Voting summary 15 voted for
None voted against
None abstained | ||
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1717 was adopted unanimously on October 13, 2006; after recalling resolutions 955 (1995), 1165 (1998), 1329 (2000), 1411 (2002), 1431 (2002), 1449 (2002), 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004) on Rwanda, the Council extended the terms of temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Contents
Observations
The Council recalled that 18 temporary judges were elected to the ICTR by the United Nations General Assembly on June 25, 2003. It also recalled Resolution 1684 (2006) that extended the terms of permanent judges serving at the ICTR.
Acts
The following 18 ad litem judges had their terms extended until December 31, 2008:
States were requested to ensure that their nationals serving as judges at the ICTR were available to serve until December 31, 2008.