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130, adopted on November 25, 1958, noted with regret the death of Judge

José Gustavo Guerrero José Gustavo Guerrero (26 June 1876 – 26 October 1958) "Jose G. Guerrero, Led World Court; Ex-Head of Tribunal, Where He Sat Since 1946, Dies— Was Salvador Envoy", ''The New York Times'', October 28, 1958, p. 35 ("The Hague, the Netherlands ...

on October 25, 1958. The Council then decided that in accordance with the Statute of the Court the resulting vacancy in the

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would be resolved by an election in the

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that would take place during the fourteenth session of that body. The resolution was adopted without vote.

References

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

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