Resolution nº S/RES/1166 (1998) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 1998
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

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GENERAL

S/RES/1166 (1998)

13 May 1998

RESOLUTION 1166 (1998)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3878th meeting,

on 13 May 1998

The Security Council,

Reaffirming its resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993,

Remaining convinced that the prosecution of persons responsible for serious

violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the

former Yugoslavia contributes to the restoration and maintenance of peace in the

former Yugoslavia,

Having considered the letter from the Secretary-General to the President of

the Security Council dated 5 May 1998 (S/1998/376),

Convinced of the need to increase the number of judges and Trial Chambers,

in order to enable the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons

Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed

in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("the International

Tribunal") to try without delay the large number of accused awaiting trial,

Noting the significant progress being made in improving the procedures of

the International Tribunal, and convinced of the need for its organs to continue

their efforts to further such progress,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

1. Decides to establish a third Trial Chamber of the International

Tribunal, and to this end decides to amend articles 11, 12 and 13 of the Statute

of the International Tribunal and to replace those articles with the provisions

set out in the annex to this resolution;

2. Decides that three additional judges shall be elected as soon as

possible to serve in the additional Trial Chamber, and decides also, without

prejudice to article 13.4 of the Statute of the International Tribunal, that

once elected they shall serve until the date of the expiry of the terms of

office of the existing judges, and that for the purpose of that election the

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