Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh of Jordan was elected Vice-President.
Each will be in office for a term of three years.
The 15-member ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
ZAGREB, Feb 7 (Hina) - British judge Rosalyn Higgins was electedPresident of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday.Higgins is "the first woman to have been elected President of theCourt. She is moreover still the only
woman ever to have been electedMember of the Court," the Court said in a press release.
ZAGREB, Feb 7 (Hina) - British judge Rosalyn Higgins was elected
President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday. Higgins is
"the first woman to have been elected President of the Court. She is moreover
still the only woman ever to have been elected Member of the Court," the Court
said in a press release.