United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966

UN Security Council Resolution 1966
Front view of the ICTY building (Photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY)
Date	22 December 2010
Meeting no.	6,463
Code	S/RES/1966 (Document)
Subject	International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Voting summary	14 voted for None voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Austria  Bosnia–Herzegovina  Brazil  Gabon  Japan  Lebanon  Mexico  Nigeria  Turkey  Uganda
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966, adopted on December 22, 2010, after recalling resolutions 827 (1993) and 955 (1994), the Council established a residual mechanism to conclude the remaining tasks of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and former Yugoslavia (ICTY).^[1] It was the final Security Council resolution adopted in 2010.

The resolution was adopted by 14 votes to none against and one abstention from Russia, which stated that the tribunals would be able to complete their work by the agreed dates, and for this to be the final resolution on the matter. It argued that the work of the tribunals would have to be completed by 2014.^[2]