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[p.234]
The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,
After deliberation,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court, and to Articles 31,
44 and 45, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application by the Socialist People's Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya filed in the Registry of the Court on 3 March 1992, instituting
proceedings against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
in respect of "a dispute ... between Libya and the United Kingdom over the
interpretation or application of the Montreal Convention" of 23 September
1971, a dispute [p 235] arising from acts resulting in the aerial incident
that occurred over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988;
Whereas at a meeting between the Vice-President of the Court, exercising the
functions of the presidency in the case, and the representatives of the
Parties held on 5 June 1992, the Parties agreed on the time-limits set out
below,
Fixes as follows the time-limits for the written proceedings:
20 December 1993 for the Memorial of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya;
20 June 1995 for the Counter-Memorial of the United Kingdom; and
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-two, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Government of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, respectively.
(Signed) Shigeru ODA,
Vice-President.
(Signed) Eduardo VALENCIA-OSPINA,
Registrar. |
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