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[p.113]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
having regard to Article 66, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court ;
Whereas on November 23rd, 1954, the General Assembly of the United Nations
adopted a resolution requesting the International Court of Justice to give
an advisory opinion on the following questions :
(a) Is the following rule on the voting procedure to be followed by the
General Assembly a correct interpretation of the advisory opinion of the
International Court of Justice of 11 July 1950 :
"Decisions of the General Assembly on questions relating to reports and
petitions concerning the Territory of South-West Africa shall be regarded as
important questions within the meaning of Article 18, paragraph 2, of the
Charter of the United Nations." ?
(b) If this interpretation of the advisory opinion of the Court is not
correct, what voting procedure should be followed by the General Assembly in
taking decisions on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning
the Territory of South-West Africa ?[p 114]
Whereas certified true copies of the English and French texts of the
aforesaid resolution of the General Assembly were transmitted to the Court
by a letter of the Secretary-General of the United Nations dated December
2nd, 1954, and filed in the Registry on December 6th, I954 ;
Fixes March 15th, 1955, as the time-limit within which written statements
may be submitted by any State entitled to appear before the Court or any
international organization considered by the President as likely to be able
to furnish information on the questions referred to the Court ;
Reserves the rest of the procedure for further decision.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine
hundred and fifty-four.
(Signed) Arnold D. McNair,
President.
(Signed) J. Lopez Olivan,
Registrar. |
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