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UNITED NATIONS, December 13, update -- It took 33 days at the UN to find a winner for the last International Court of Justice judgeship, between the incumbent from Sierra Leone and the challenger from Uganda, but Tuesday it was decided in Uganda's favor.
Back on November 10, and since, the Security Council and General Assembly could not come to an agreement if the fifth seat would go to Sierra Leonean Abdul Koroma or Ugandan Julia Sebutinde, who served on the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
She was unable on November 10 to garner the needed eight votes in the Security Council, despite getting 109 in the General Assembly.
Koroma, meanwhile, had 10 votes in the Security Council, but only 88 in the General Assembly, less than the 97 needed. Inner City Press wondered at the time at how a sitting judge could fall below 50% support in the General Assembly.
While Sierra Leone and Uganda never came to an agreement, on December 13 a pro-Sebutinde diplomat assured Inner City Press that Sierra Leone would lose.
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