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[p.237]
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 79 of the Rules of Court, Having regard to the Application
by the Great 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 concerning the interpretation
or application of [p238]
the Montreal Convention" of 23 September 1971 for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation,
Having regard to the Order of 19 June 1992, by which the Court, taking
account of the Parties' requests, inter alia fixed 20 June 1995 as the time-
limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the United Kingdom,
Having regard to the preliminary objections concerning the jurisdic- tion of
the Court to hear the case and the admissibility of the Applica- tion, which
were submitted by the Government of the United Kingdom within the time-limit
fixed for the filing of the Counter-Memorial;
Whereas by a Judgment dated 27 February 1998, the Court found that, on the
basis of Article 14, paragraph 1, of the Montreal Convention of 23 September
1971, it has jurisdiction to hear the disputes between Libya and the United
Kingdom as to the interpretation or application of the provisions of that
Convention; found that the Application filed by Libya on 3 March 1992 is
admissible; and declared that the objection raised by the United Kingdom
according to which Security Council resolutions 748 (1992) and 883 (1993)
had rendered the claims of Libya without object does not, in the
circumstances of the case, have an exclusively preliminary character;
Whereas in order to ascertain the views of the Parties on the subse- quent
procedure, the Vice-President, acting President, received their Agents on 24
March 1998;
Taking into account the views of the Parties,
Fixes 30 December 1998 as the time-limit for the filing of 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 thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-eight, in three copies, one of which will be placed in
the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of
the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, respectively.
(Signed) Christopher G. WEERAMANTRY, Vice-President.
(Signed) Eduardo VALENCIA-OSPINA, Registrar.
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