United Nations Security Council Resolution 1347 Explained

Number:	1347
Organ:	SC
Date:	30 March
Year:	2001
Meeting:	4,307
Code:	S/RES/1347
Document:	https://undocs.org/S/RES/1347(2001)
For:	15
Abstention:	0
Against:	0
Subject:	The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Result:	Adopted

United Nations Security Council resolution 1347, adopted unanimously on 30 March 2001, after recalling resolutions 955 (1994), 1165 (1998) and 1329 (2000), the Council forwarded a list of nominees for permanent judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to the General Assembly for consideration.^[1]

The list of nominees proposed by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan was as follows:

• Mouinou Aminou (Benin)
• Frederick Mwela Chomba (Zambia)
• Winston Churchill Matanzima Maqutu (Lesotho)
• Harris Michael Mtegha (Malawi)
• Arlette Ramaroson (Madagascar)

In April 2001, Arlette Ramaroson and Winston Churchill Matanzima Maqutu were elected to serve at the ICTR by the General Assembly until their terms expired on 24 May 2003.^[2]

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1301 to 1400 (2000–2002)
• Rwandan genocide

External links

• • Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

Notes and References

1. News: Security Council forwards nominations for Rwanda tribunal judges to General Assembly. 30 March 2001. United Nations.
2. Web site: General Assembly – 55th session – 99th plenary meeting. United Nations General Assembly. 24 April 2001.