United Nations Security Council Resolution 857

United Nations Security Council resolution 857, adopted unanimously on 20 August 1993, after recalling 808 (1993) and 827 (1993) and considering the nominations for Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia received by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali before 16 August 1993, the council established a list of candidates in accordance with Article 13 of the Statute of the International Tribunal.^[1]

UN Security Council Resolution 857
Security control area at the entrance of the United Nations Detention Unit, the prison of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Date	20 August 1993
Meeting no.	3,265
Code	S/RES/857 (Document)
Subject	Tribunal (Former Yugoslavia)
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	Brazil Cape Verde Djibouti Hungary Japan Morocco New Zealand Pakistan Spain  Venezuela
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The list of nominations was as follows:

• Georges Michel Abi-Saab (Egypt)
• Julio A. Barberis (Argentina)
• Raphael Barras (Switzerland)
• Sikhe Camara (Guinea)
• Antonio Cassese (Italy)
• Hans Axel Valdemar Corell (Sweden)
• Jules Deschênes (Canada)
• Alfonso De Los Heros (Peru)
• Jerzy Jasinski (Poland)
• Heike Jung (Germany)
• Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte (Nigeria)
• Valentin G. Kisilev (Russian Federation)
• Germain Le Foyer De Costil (France)
• Li Haopei (China)
• Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (United States)
• Amadou N'Diaye (Mali)
• Daniel Nsereko (Uganda)
• Elizabeth Odio Benito (Costa Rica)
• Huseyin Pazarci (Turkey)
• Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto (Sri Lanka)
• Rustam S. Sidhwa (Pakistan)
• Ninian Stephen (Australia)
• Lal Chan Vohrah (Malaysia)

See also

• Bosnian War
• Breakup of Yugoslavia
• Croatian War of Independence
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 801 to 900 (1993–1994)
• Yugoslav Wars
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions related to the conflicts in former Yugoslavia