On January 1981, Schwebel was elected by the U.N. Security Council and U.N. General Assembly, along with Fikri El-Khani of Syria, to fill vacancies created by the deaths of Richard R. Baxter (U.S.A.) and Salah El Dne Trazi (Syria).[19] Judge Schwebel was re-elected on February 6, 1988 and re-elected again February 6, 1997. He was elected to Vice President of the Court from 1994 to 1997 and served as President of the Court from 1997–2000. During his tenure on the Court Judge Schwebel adjudicated 38 cases.