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[p.270]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 62 of
the Rules of Court;
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry on 28 October 1957
whereby the Government of the United States of America instituted
proceedings against the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria;
Having regard to the Order of 26 November 1957 fixing 2 June 1958 as the
time-limit for the filing of the Memorial of the Government of the United
States of America;
Having regard to the Order of 27 January 1958 fixing 9 December 1958 as the
time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the
People's Republic of Bulgaria;
Having regard to the Order of 19 May 1958 extending to 2 September 1958 the
time-limit fixed for the filing of the Memorial of the Government of the
United States of America and to 9 June 1959 the time-limit for the filing of
the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the People's Republic of
Bulgaria;
Having regard to the Order of 12 August 1958, whereby the time-limit
previously fixed for the Memorial of the Government of the United States of
America at 2 September 1958 was extended
[p 271] to 2 December 1958, the time-limit for the Counter-Memorial of the
Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria remaining fixed at 9 June
1959;
Having regard to the Memorial filed by the Government of the United States
of America within the time-limit fixed;
Having regard to the Order of 8 October 1958 extending to 9 September 1959
the time-limit fixed for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the
Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria;
Whereas, within the time-limit so fixed, the Government of the People's
Republic of Bulgaria filed a document setting forth certain Preliminary
Objections and asking the Court to adjudge and declare that the Court is
without jurisdiction in the case concerning the Aerial incident of 27 July
1955 and that the Application of the Government of the United States of
America, filed in the Registry of the Court on 28 October 1957, is
inadmissible;
Whereas, accordingly, by virtue of the provisions of Article 62, paragraph
3, of the Rules of Court, the proceedings on the merits are suspended and a
time-limit has to be fixed for the presentation by the other Party of a
written statement of its Observations and Submissions on the Preliminary
Objections;
Fixes 9 November 1959 as the time-limit within which the Government of the
United States of America may present a written statement of its Observations
and Submissions on the Objections raised by the Government of the People's
Republic of Bulgaria.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this ninth day of September one thousand nine
hundred and fifty-nine, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the
United States of America and to the Government of the People's Republic of
Bulgaria respectively.
(Signed) Helge Klaestad,
President.
(Signed) Garnier-Coignet,
Deputy-Registrar. |
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