(251112) -- UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A conference officer (woman in red) hands out ballots during a Security Council meeting to elect a judge for the International Court of Justice at the UN headquarters in New York, Nov. 12, 2025. Kenyan jurist Phoebe Okowa was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday to fill the seat vacated by Somalia's Abdulqawi Yusuf, who resigned effective Sept. 30. Under the ICJ's Statute, judges are elected by secret ballot in both the Security Council and the General Assembly. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
