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[p.426]
The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 89 of
the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 3
April 1998, whereby the Republic of Paraguay instituted proceedings against
the United States of America for "violations of the Vienna Convention on
Consular Relations [of 24 April 1963]" allegedly committed by the United
States,
Having regard to the request for the indication of provisional measures
submitted by Paraguay on 3 April 1998 and to the Order made by the Court on
9 April 1998, by which it indicated provisional measures,
Having regard to the Orders of 9 April 1998 and 8 June 1998, by which [p
427] the Vice-President of the Court, acting as President, fixed and
subsequently extended the time-limits for the filing of written pleadings on
the merits, and having regard to the Memorial filed by Paraguay on 9 October
1998;
Whereas, by a letter of 2 November 1998, filed in the Registry that same
day, the Agent of Paraguay informed the Court that his Government wished to
discontinue the proceedings with prejudice, and accordingly requested that
the case be removed from the List;
Whereas a copy of this letter was immediately communicated to the Government
of the United States, which was informed that the senior judge, acting
pursuant to Articles 13, paragraph 3, and 89, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the
Rules of Court, had fixed 30 November 1998 as the time-limit within which
the United States could state whether it opposed the discontinuance;
Whereas, by a letter of 3 November 1998, a copy of which was filed in the
Registry that same day, the Agent of the United States informed the Court
that his Government concurred in Paraguay's discontinuance of the
proceedings with prejudice, and in its request that the case be removed from
the List,
Places on record the discontinuance by the Republic of Paraguay of the
proceedings instituted by the Application filed on 3 April 1998; and
Orders that the case be removed from the List.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this tenth day of November, 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 Republic of Paraguay and the Government of the United States of America,
respectively.
(Signed) Christopher G. Weeramantry,
Vice-President.
(Signed) Eduardo Valencia-Ospina,
Registrar. |
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