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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1259

Field	Value
number	1259
organ	SC
date	11 August
year	1999
meeting	4,033
code	S/RES/1259
document	https://undocs.org/S/RES/1259(1999)
for	15
abstention	0
against	0
subject	Appointment of Prosecutor at the ICTY and ICTR
result	Adopted
image	Carla del Ponte 2-yehzovised.jpg
caption	Carla Del Ponte

United Nations Security Council resolution 1259, adopted unanimously on 11 August 1999, after recalling resolutions 808 (1993), 827 (1993), 936 (1994), 955 (1994) and 1047 (1996), the Council appointed Carla Del Ponte as Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The Council noted the resignation of the former Prosecutor, Louise Arbour, with effect from 15 September 1999, and decided that term of Carla Del Ponte, a Swiss attorney general, would begin on that date.

References

(11 August 1999). "Security Council accepts Secretary-General's nomination of Carla Del Ponte as Prosecutor at the Tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda". United Nations.
Anonymous. "Carla Del Ponte: Appointment And Initial Appearance". Institute for War & Peace Reporting.

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