The Security Council,

Taking note of the letter to the President of the Council from the Secretary-General dated 17 May 1999, attaching the letter to him from the President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda dated 14 May 1999 (S/1999/566),

Endorses the recommendation of the Secretary-General that Judge Aspegren, once replaced as a member of the Tribunal, finish the Rutaganda and Musema cases which he has begun before expiry of his term of office; and takes note of the intention of the Tribunal to finish these cases if possible before 31 January 2000.

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