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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
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(ICTR) and noting a report by the Secretary-General
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, the council decided that its seat would be in
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, Tanzania. 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. 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.


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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 901 to 1000 This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 901 to 1000 adopted between 4 March 1994 and 23 June 1995. See also * Lists of United Nations Security Council resolutions * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 8 ...
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 1995 0977 1995 in Rwanda 0977 February 1995 events