00:00The UN has elected five judges to the International Court of Justice, including Kenya's Phoebe Ocoa,
00:06who has secured a full nine-year term starting this February 2027.
00:10Ocoa won 183 votes in the General Assembly and 13 in the Security Council.
00:16The other judges selected included Dapo Akande of the United Kingdom,
00:20François Labrun of France, Mahmoud Daifala, Lamoud of Jordan and Renna Lee of Singapore.
00:25Luz del Carmen, Ibáñez Garanza, 0.
00:30Phoebe Ocoa, 13.
00:34Accordingly, the candidate, Phoebe Ocoa, received the required majority of votes in the Security Council.
00:41The International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, settles legal disputes between states and issues,
00:47advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN bodies.
00:52Its 15 judges are elected by the General Assembly and Security Council.
00:58The Royal Assembly of the United Kingdom is welcome.
