United Nations Security Council Resolution 977

United Nations Security Council resolution 977, adopted unanimously on 22 February 1995, after recalling Resolution 955 (1994) in which the council was to determine the seat of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and noting a report by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the council decided that its seat would be in Arusha, Tanzania.^[1][2]

UN Security Council Resolution 977
Arusha Region of Tanzania
Date	22 February 1995
Meeting no.	3,502
Code	S/RES/977 (Document)
Subject	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	Argentina Botswana Czech Republic Germany Honduras Indonesia Italy Nigeria Oman Rwanda
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According to the Secretary-General's report, the decision signalled the second phase of the process in establishing the ICTR, which would now allow the process of selecting the six trial judges to begin.^[3] Rwanda's representative to the council Manzi Bakuramutsa said that, while his government did not support the decision to allocate the seat outside Rwanda, it would still co-operate with the security council.^[3]

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 901 to 1000 (1994–1995)
• Rwandan Civil War
• Rwandan genocide
• United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda