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The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Articles 31,
44, 45 and 48 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 2
July 1999, whereby the Republic of Croatia instituted proceedings against
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "for violations of the Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide";
Whereas, on 2 July 1999, a certified copy of the Application was transmitted
to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
Whereas the Republic of Croatia has appointed as Agent Mr. David B. Rivkin,
Jr.; and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has appointed as Agent Mr.
Rodoljub Etinski, Principal Legal Adviser in the Ministry of [p 1016]
Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia, and as Deputy-Agent H. E. Mr. Milan Grubic,
Ambassador of Yugoslavia to the Netherlands;
Taking account of the agreement of the Parties, as expressed by their Agents
at a meeting held with them by the President of the Court on 13 September
1999,
Fixes the following time-limits for the filing of the written pleadings:
14 March 2000 for the Memorial of the Republic of Croatia;
14 September 2000 for the Counter-Memorial of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia; and
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this fourteenth day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-nine, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of
Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, respectively.
(Signed) Stephen M. Schwebel,
President.
(Signed) Eduardo Valencia-Ospina,
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