(251112) -- UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12, 2025 (Xinhua) -- UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock (L) presides over a General Assembly 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. (Evan Schneider/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
