---- Original Message -----  From: International Court of Justice - Webmaster  Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: International Court of Justice Press Release 2003/11 - The judges of the International Court of Justice elect the members of the Court's Chambers and Committees 7 February 2003 The judges of the International Court of Justice elect the members of the Court's Chambers and Committees THE HAGUE, 7 February 2003. At a private meeting held yesterday the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) elected the members of the Court's Chambers and Committees. Yesterday's elections concerned only chambers of the Court formed pursuant to Articles 26, paragraph 1, and 29 of the Court's Statute. Chambers formed pursuant to Article 26, paragraph 2, for the case concerning the Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) (El Salvador v. Honduras) and the case concerning the Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) were not concerned. Members of such Chambers are elected for the entire duration of the cases.  Chamber of Summary Procedure Article 29 of the Court's Statute provides that, with a view to the speedy despatch of business, the Court shall form annually a Chamber composed of five judges which, at the request of the parties, may hear and determine cases by summary procedure. The Court also selects two judges for this Chamber for the purpose of replacing judges who find it impossible to sit. Under the Rules of Court, the President and Vice-President are members of this Chamber ex officio, the other members and the substitutes being elected. The composition of the Chamber of Summary Procedure is now the following: Members:  President Shi Jiuyong  Vice-President  Raymond Ranjeva  Judges  Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren  Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh  Thomas Buergenthal Substitute members:  Judges  Nabil Elaraby  Hisashi Owada   Chamber for Environmental Matters Article 26, paragraph 1, of the Court's Statute authorizes the Court "to form one or more chambers, composed of three or more judges as the Court may determine, for dealing with particular categories of cases; for example, labour cases and cases relating to transit and communications". Cases are heard and determined by these chambers if the parties so request. The Chamber for Environmental Matters is the only one to have been established by the Court pursuant to this Article. It reflects the Court's desire to demonstrate the particular interest that it attaches to environmental issues. The Chamber is currently composed of the following members, elected for three years: President Shi Jiuyong Vice-President Raymond Ranjeva Judges  Gilbert Guillaume  Pieter H. Kooijmans  Francisco Rezek  Bruno Simma  Peter Tomka Committees of the Court The following Committees of the Court are now composed as hereunder: Budgetary and Administrative Committee: President Shi Jiuyong Vice-President  Raymond Ranjeva Judges  Gilbert Guillaume  Abdul G. Koroma  Vladen S. Vereshchetin  Pieter H. Kooijmans  Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh   Rules Committee: Judges  Rosalyn Higgins  Thomas Buergenthal  Nabil Elaraby  Hisashi Owada  Bruno Simma  Peter Tomka   Relations Committee: Judges  Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren  Francisco Rezek  Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh  Hisashi Owada   Library Committee: Judges  Abdul G. Koroma  Pieter H. Kooijmans  Francisco Rezek  Thomas Buergenthal  Peter Tomka   ___________ Website of the Court: www.icj-cij.org Information Department: Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretary (+ 31 70 302 23 36) Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim,  Information Officers (+ 31 70 302 23 37) E-mail address: information@icj-cij.org