United Nations Security Council Resolution 1901

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1901, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2009, after recalling previous resolutions, including 935 (1994), 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004), the Council noted that the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda will not complete its work in 2010.

UN Security Council Resolution 1901
Date	16 December 2009
Meeting no.	6,243
Code	S/RES/1901 (Document)
Subject	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Austria  Burkina Faso  Costa Rica  Croatia  Japan  Libya  Mexico  Turkey  Uganda  Vietnam

The resolution goes to extend the mandate for all trial judges at the Tribunal until 30 June 2010 and appeal judges until 31 December 2012, requesting the President of the Tribunal to submit a schedule of all cases and any extension on the mandate of judges. The Council also temporarily modifies Article 11 of Paragraph 1 of the Statute of the International Tribunal to increase the number of ad litem judges serving at the Tribunal from nine to twelve.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1901 to 2000 (2009–2011)
• Rwandan genocide

References

• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1901 at Wikisource