United Nations Security Council resolution 1278, adopted without a vote on 30 November 1999, after noting the resignation of International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge Stephen M. Schwebel taking effect on 29 February 2000, the Council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 2 March 2000 at the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly during its 54th session.[1]