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President of the General Assembly On the first ballot, the voting was— Dr H. V. Evatt (Australia) , 25 ; Dr J. A. Bramuglia (Argentine), 22 ; Mr Modzelewski (Poland), 6 ; Mr J. Bech (Luxembourg), 2. On the second ballot, limited to the two leading candidates, the result was — Dr H. V. Evatt, 31 ; Dr J. A. Bramuglia, 20. Dr Evatt, having obtained the necessary majority, was declared elected. Vice-Presidents The representatives of China, France, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States were elected Vice-Presidents. General Committee The General Committee consisted of the President, the seven Vice-Presidents, and the Chairmen of the six main Committees : Mr P. H. Spaak of Belgium (Committee 1) ; Mr H. Santa Cruz of Chile (Committee 2) ; Mr C. Malik of Lebanon (Committee 3) ; Mr N. Entezam of Iran (Committee 4) ; Mr L. D. Wilgress of Canada (Committee 5) ; and Mr R. J. Alfaro of Panama (Committee 6). International Court of Justice The fifteen Judges of the Court serve normally for a nine-year term and may be re-elected. The terms of five Judges expire every three years. The General Assembly and the Security Council were therefore required to elect five Judges to replace those who, to enable this rotation, had been allotted a three-year term at the first elections in February, 1946. At the first meeting, Judges Hsu Mo (China), Abdel Hamid Badawi (Egypt), John Erskine Read (Canada), and Bohdan Winiarski (Poland) received an absolute .majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council and were therefore re-elected. At the second meeting Judge Milovan Zoricic (Yugoslavia) also received an absolute majority of votes and was re-elected.-.