Indian candidate fills 15th and final place on bench of international court of justice after UK withdraws its pick for postThe UK will not gain a judge on the bench of the international court of justice for the first time in its 71-year history after the British candidate withdrew following an acrimonious competition.
Minutes after an 11th round of voting was scheduled to start in New York on Monday,a letter was released by the UK mission to the UN announcing that Sir Christopher Greenwood would accept defeat and allow the rival Indian candidate, Dalveer Bhandari, or to fill the final emptiness on the ICJ. Related: UK humiliated as international court election goes to runoff Related: EU members abstain as Britain defeated in UN vote on Chagos Islands Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com