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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1278

Field	Value
number	1278
organ	SC
date	30 November
year	1999
meeting	4,075
code	S/RES/1278
document	https://undocs.org/S/RES/1278(1999)
subject	International Court of Justice
result	Adopted
image	Stephen Myron Schwebel.jpg
caption	Stephen Schwebel

United Nations Security Council resolution 1278, adopted without a vote on 30 November 1999, after noting the resignation of International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge Stephen M. Schwebel taking effect on 29 February 2000, the council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 2 March 2000 at the security council and at a meeting of the General Assembly during its 54th session.

Schwebel, an American jurist, was a member of the court since January 1981, vice-president of the ICJ from 1994 to 1997 and its president since 1997. His term of office was due to expire in February 2006.

References

(30 November 1999). "Security Council sets date for election of new President for International Court of Justice". United Nations.
(15 December 1999). "Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, President of the Court, will resign as a Member of the Court as of 29 February 2000". International Court of Justice.

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