United Nations Security Council Resolution 2034 was unanimously adopted on 19 January 2012. Noting with regret the resignation of Judge of the International Court of Justice Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, the Council decided that, in accordance with the Statute of the Court, elections to fill the vacancy would be held at a session of the Security Council and during the next session of the General Assembly. Al-Khasawneh, a jurist and former Prime Minister of Jordan, began serving on the Court on February 6, 2000 and served as its Vice President between 2006 and 2009.