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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 23
June 1999, whereby the Democratic Republic of the Congo instituted
proceedings against the Republic of Uganda in respect of a dispute
concerning "acts of armed aggression perpetrated by Uganda on the territory
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in flagrant violation of the United
Nations Charter and of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity";
Whereas, on 23 June 1999, a certified copy of the Application was
transmitted to the Republic of Uganda;
Whereas the Democratic Republic of the Congo has appointed as Agent Maître
Michel Lion, advocate at the Brussels Bar; and the Repub-[p 1023]lic of
Uganda has appointed as Agent The Honourable Bart M. Katureebe S.C.,
Attorney General of Uganda, and as Co-Agent His Excellency Mr. Katima Ntambi,
Ambassador of Uganda 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 19 October
1999,
Fixes the following time-limits for the filing of the written pleadings:
21 July 2000 for the Memorial of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
21 April 2001 for the Counter-Memorial of the Republic of Uganda; 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 twenty-first day of October, 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 the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of the Republic of
Uganda, respectively.
(Signed) Stephen M. Schwebel,
President.
(Signed) Eduardo Valencia-Ospina,
Registrar. |
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