UNITED NATIONS GeneralAssembly Drstr. GENERAL A/40/242l2 septenber L9 85 ORIGINAL: ENGLISB FortieEh session Iten 15 of lhe provisional agendar NoEe bv the Sec r e ta ry-Gene ra I' 1. Agenda iten I5 Of the fortielh session of lhe General Assenbly (Elections to fill vacancies in pr incipal organs) does no! include a sub-iten refatinq to the election of judges of the International cour! of JusEice since no term of office is to expire before Ehe next regular session of the Assembly' 2- Ilor,rever. Judqe Platon D. Morozov resigned on 23 August L985' The General Assenbly and the security Council will therefore have !o elect a menber of the court to serve until the expiration of Judge Morozov's Eern on 5 February 1988' 3.PursuanttoArticte14ofrhestatuteofthelnternalionalcourtofJustice, read logether ldith Article 5. the Secretary-General' on 6 SePtember 1985' connenced the election Procedure by issurng. in respect of atl parties to the Stalute (the Members of lhe united tlalions. together with Liechlenstein' san Marino and Switzerland), invitations to their respecElve nembers of the Pernanent court of ArbitraEion or of spec1ally appoinEed national groups' requesting tben to nominaEe candidates for election to the court. 4. Putsuant to the sane Arlicle 14, the security council. at its 2604th neeting' on 12 Septen0ber 1985, adopted resoluti'on 570 (1985) ' lbe Eext of which is attached hereto. By tha! resolution the Security Council decided that the eleclion to fiII the vacancy on lhe rnternalj.onal Court of JusEice arising frorn lhe resignation ofREQUEST FOR THE ]NCLUSION OF AN ADDITIONAL SUB-ITEM IN TIIE AGENDA OF THE FORTIETII SESSION ELECT]ON TO FILL A CASUAL VACANCY ON THE INTERNAT IONAL @URT OF JUSTICE A/40/r50. 85-24652 1590o (E)A/40/242 English Page2 JudgePlaton D.Morozov should takeplaceon9December 1985,atameeting ofthe Security Council andatameeting ofthefortieth session oftheGeneral Assembly. 5.TheSecretary-General according~1 suggests thattheGeneral Assembly should
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