United Nations Security Council Resolution 1241

United Nations Security Council resolution 1241, adopted unanimously on 19 May 1999, after noting a letter to the President of the Security Council from the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the Council endorsed a recommendation of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan that judge Lennart Aspegren complete the Georges Rutaganda and Alfred Musema cases which had begun before the expiry of his term of office.[1]

UN Security Council
Resolution 1241
Skulls of the victims of the Rwandan Genocide
Date19 May 1999
Meeting no.4,006
CodeS/RES/1241 (Document)
SubjectThe International Tribunal for Rwanda
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
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Both cases were set to be completed by 31 January 2000. Aspegren's term of office was due to end on 24 May 1999 while both cases were still in proceedings in Chamber I of the ICTR.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Security Council endorses recommendation that Rwanda tribunal judge Aspergen finish Rutaganda and Musema cases before expiry of his term of office". United Nations. 19 May 1999.
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