United Nations Security Council resolution 1431, adopted unanimously on 14 August 2002, after recalling resolutions

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(2002), the council established a pool of temporary judges at the

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(ICTR) in order for it to complete its work as soon as possible. The security council was determined to monitor the progress of the ICTR as closely as possible and was convinced of the need to establish a pool of ad litem judges in order to facilitate the conclusion of its work. Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, a pool of temporary judges was created and amendments were made to the statutes of the ICTR and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accordingly. The secretary-general

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was requested to make arrangements for the election of 18 temporary judges and provision of resources to the

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. Finally, all countries were urged to co-operate with the ICTR in accordance with obligations under Resolution 955; this was partly in reference to Rwanda which had been accused of adopting an uncooperative attitude towards the ICTR by the latter's president in their letters to the council.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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