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[p.146]
The International Court of Justice,
composed as above,
after deliberation,
having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 69 of
the Rules of Court,
Makes the following Order:
Having regard to the Application, dated 24 October 1957 and filed in the
Registry of the Court on 28 October, by which the Government of the United
States of America instituted proceedings against the Government of the
People's Republic of Bulgaria with regard to the damage suffered by American
nationals, passengers [p 147] on board an aircraft of El Al Israel Airlines
Ltd., which was destroyed on 27 July 1955 by Bulgarian fighter aircraft;
Having regard to the Orders of 26 November 1957, 27 January, 19 May, 12
August and 8 October 1958, fixing or extending the time-limits for the
filing of the Memorial of the Government of the United States of America and
of the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the People's Republic of
Bulgaria;
Having regard to the Memorial filed by the Government of the United States
of America within the time-limit fixed;
Having regard to the Preliminary Objections filed by the Government of the
People's Republic of Bulgaria within the time-limit fixed for the filing of
the Counter-Memorial;
Having regard to the Order of 9 September 1959, recording that the
proceedings on the merits were thereby suspended and fixing 9 November 1959
as the time-limit within which the Government of the United States of
America might present a written statement of its Observations and
Submissions with regard to the Preliminary Objections;
Having regard to the Order of 23 October 1959, extending that time-limit to
9 February 1960 at the request of the Agent for the Government of the United
States of America;
Having regard to the written statement filed within the time-limit thus
extended by the Government of the United States of America and containing
its Observations and Submissions with regard to the Preliminary Objections;
Whereas the Agents of the Parties were informed on 18 March 1960 that the
Court had decided to open the oral proceedings with regard to the
Preliminary Objections on 1 June 1960;
Whereas the Registry received on 16 May i960 a communication from the Agent
for the Government of the United States of America referring to Article 69
of the Rules of Court and requesting the discontinuance of the proceedings
and the removal of the case from the Court's List;
Whereas, on 17 May i960, the Registry, referring to Article 69, paragraph 2,
of the Rules of Court, transmitted a copy of that communication to the Agent
for the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria;
Whereas in reply the Registry, on 18 May i960, received from the Agent for
the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria a communication stating
that "the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria does not oppose
discontinuance and has no objection to formulate"; [p 148]
The Court
places on record the communications thus received from the two Governments
Parties to the case;
and consequently orders that the case shall be removed from the Court's
List.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this thirtieth day of May one thousand nine hundred
and sixty, 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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