<p>Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for Justice Dalveer Bhandari on his re-election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday.</p>

<p>Justice Bhandari was re-elected to the last seat of the Hague-based ICJ after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election.</p>

<p>&quot;I congratulate Justice Dalveer Bhandari on being re-elected to the International Court of Justice. His re-election is a proud moment for us,&quot; Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Tuesday morning.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I congratulate Justice Dalveer Bhandari on being re-elected to the International Court of Justice. His re-election is a proud moment for us.</p>
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<p>&quot;Vande Matram - India wins election to the International Court of Justice. JaiHind,&quot; tweeted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.</p>

<p>Bhandari, India&#39;s nominee, received 183-193 votes in the United Nations General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council after separate and simultaneous elections were held at the UN headquarters in New York.</p>

<p>He will start his term from February 2018.</p>

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<p>Britain&#39;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Matthew Rycroft congratulated the successful candidates, including Judge Bhandari of India.</p>

<p>&quot;If the UK could not win in this run-off, then we are pleased that it is a close friend like India that has done so instead. We will continue to cooperate closely with India, here in the United Nations and globally,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>Earlier, it appeared that there was a neck-and-neck contest between Bhandari and Greenwood.</p>

<p>&quot;We are naturally disappointed, but it was a competitive field with six strong candidates,&quot; Rycroft said.</p>

<p>Britain&#39;s withdrawal from the election to the prestigious world court would mean that there will not be a British judge on the UN&#39;s most powerful court for the first time in its history.</p>


Justice Bhandari was re-elected to the last seat of the Hague-based ICJ after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election.

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for Justice Dalveer Bhandari on his re-election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday. Justice Bhandari was re-elected to the last seat of the Hague-based ICJ after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election. "I congratulate Justice Dalveer Bhandari on being re-elected to the International Court of Justice. His re-election is a proud moment for us," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Tuesday morning. I congratulate Justice Dalveer Bhandari on being re-elected to the International Court of Justice. His re-election is a proud moment for us. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 21, 2017 × "Vande Matram - India wins election to the International Court of Justice. JaiHind," tweeted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Bhandari, India's nominee, received 183-193 votes in the United Nations General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council after separate and simultaneous elections were held at the UN headquarters in New York. He will start his term from February 2018. Dalveer Bhandari of India ???? is elected by #UNGA and the Security Council as a member of the International Court of Justice (@cij_icj) for the term 2018-2027. ?? Watch Full → https://t.co/nqUvZqKq6v What is the #ICJ? Full explainer→ https://t.co/diHJdvy9pU pic.twitter.com/eQr1uKkYP2 — UN Web TV (@UNWebTV) November 20, 2017 × Britain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Matthew Rycroft congratulated the successful candidates, including Judge Bhandari of India. "If the UK could not win in this run-off, then we are pleased that it is a close friend like India that has done so instead. We will continue to cooperate closely with India, here in the United Nations and globally," he said. Earlier, it appeared that there was a neck-and-neck contest between Bhandari and Greenwood. "We are naturally disappointed, but it was a competitive field with six strong candidates," Rycroft said. Britain's withdrawal from the election to the prestigious world court would mean that there will not be a British judge on the UN's most powerful court for the first time in its history.

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