Election of ICJ Judges (Second Ballot)

On the second ballot, none of the remaining candidates received an absolute majority of votes (97) in the General Assembly. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia) had 74 votes; Miriam Defensor-Santiago (Philippines) had 71 votes; Maurice Kamto (Cameroon) had 44 votes; and Sayeman Bula-Bula (Democratic Republic of the Congo) had 3 votes. A third ballot will be held at 3PM this afternoon. One candidate did receive a majority in the Security Council on the second ballot. That person's name, though, was not made public because no candidate achieved the necessary number of votes in the Assembly.