Mr. Bernardo Greiver del Hoyo (Uruguay)

Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento, Director, ISO Development and Training Programme, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland

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On 1 October 2005, João Bernardo Vieira was sworn in as the new President of Guinea Bissau, marking the formal end of the transitional period the country had been undergoing since the coup d'état of 14 September 2003.

Finally I should like to pay tribute to the staff of UNOGBIS, led by my Representative in Guinea Bissau, João Bernardo Honwana, and to the entire United Nations country team for their dedicated contribution to Guinea Bissau's peacebuilding efforts.

With the successful conclusion of the electoral process and the swearing in of President João Bernardo Vieira on 1 October 2005, the transitional process in Guinea Bissau has come to an end, and constitutional order has been fully restored.

In the first ballot, six candidates, Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco), Thomas Buergenthal (United States of America), Julio D. Gonzáles Campos (Spain), Kenneth Keith (New Zealand), Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (Mexico) and Leonid Skotnikov (Russian Federation), obtained the required absolute majority of votes.

Addressing that session on 1 March 2005, my Representative in Guinea Bissau, João Bernardo Honwana, briefed its members on the political significance and practical implications of Security Council resolution 1580 (2004), especially with regard to the need to uphold the principles of justice and continue the fight against impunity.

Mr. Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco), Mr. Thomas Buergenthal (United States of America), Mr. Kenneth Keith (New Zealand), Mr. Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (Mexico) and Mr. Leonid Skotnikov (Russian Federation) were therefore elected members of the International Court of Justice for a term of office of nine years, beginning on 6 February 2006.

Finally, I would like to pay tribute to the staff of UNOGBIS, led by João Bernardo Honwana, my Representative in Guinea Bissau, and to the entire United Nations country team for their constructive contribution towards the peaceful completion of the transitional process in Guinea Bissau and the full return of constitutional order.

The candidate of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Malam Bacai Sanhá, continued to reject the results of the July 2005 presidential elections, which had given victory to João Bernardo Vieira, despite the fact that the Supreme Court of Justice, on 26 August 2005, found that there were insufficient judicial elements to rule on the request of the Party that the poll results be annulled.