The General Assembly, at its 35th plenary meeting, on 21 October 2002, and the Security Council, at its 4629th meeting, on the same date, proceeded independently of one another to elect, in accordance with Articles 2 to 4, 7 to 12 and 14 and 15 of the Statue of the International Court of Justice, rules 150 and 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rules 40 and 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council, five members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2003 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Mr. Carl-August Fleischhauer (Germany), Mr. Geza Herczegh (Hungary), Mr. Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone), Mr. Shigeru Oda (Japan) and Mr. Shi Jiuyong (China). The following persons were elected: Mr. Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone), Mr. Hisashi Owada (Japan), Mr. Shi Jiuyong (China), Mr. Bruno Simma (Germany) and Mr. Peter Tomka (Slovakia).
