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[p.6]
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, paragraph 1, and 48 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 8
December 1999, whereby the Republic of Nicaragua instituted proceedings
against the Republic of Honduras in respect of a dispute concerning the
delimitation of the maritime zones appertaining to each of those States in
the Caribbean Sea;
Whereas on 8 December 1999 a certified copy of the Application was
transmitted to the Republic of Honduras;
Whereas the Republic of Nicaragua has appointed as Agent H.E. Mr. Carlos
Argüello Gómez, Ambassador; and whereas the Republic of Honduras has
appointed as Agent H.E. Mr. Max Velásquez Diaz, Ambassador; [p 7]
Whereas, at a meeting held by the President of the Court with
representatives of the Parties on 4 February 2000, the Agent of Nicaragua
indicated that, to prepare its Memorial, his Government wished to be allowed
a period of nine months from the date of the Court's Order; and whereas the
representative of Honduras stated that he had received no authority to
express the views of his Government on this matter;
Whereas, by letter of 21 February 2000, the Agent of Honduras informed the
Court that his Government proposed that the two Parties should be allowed
successive periods of twelve months to prepare their initial written
pleadings; and whereas, by letter of 10 March 2000, the Agent of Nicaragua
informed the Court that his Government had no objection to that proposal;
Taking into account the agreement of the Parties,
Fixes the following time-limits for the filing of the written pleadings:
21 March 2001 for the Memorial of the Republic of Nicaragua;
21 March 2002 for the Counter-Memorial of the Republic of Honduras; 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 twenty-first day of March two thousand, 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 Nicaragua and
the Government of the Republic of Honduras, respectively.
(Signed) Gilbert Guillaume,
President.
(Signed) Philippe Couvreur,
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