Joint UN vote scheduled for ICJ Judge replacement

New York [US], January 24: The UN Security Council has confirmed that both the Security Council and the General Assembly will jointly vote on Friday afternoon, January 24th, to appoint a new judge to the International Court of Justice to complete the term of Judge Nawaf Salam.
Having received UN Secretary General 's note on "Date of an election to fill a vacancy in the ICJ", the Security Council adopted the resolution setting the date for the GA and the Council to vote in tandem on a judge to fill the remainder of the term of Nawaf Salam, the designated Lebanon Prime Minister.
Source: Emirates News Agency