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[p.140]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Articles 31
and 44 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 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 fixed 20
December 1993 and 20 June 1995 as the time-limits for the filing,
respectively, of the Memorial of Libya and the Counter-Memorial of the
United Kingdom,
Having regard to the Memorial filed by Libya and the preliminary objections
submitted by the United Kingdom, within the time-limits thus fixed,
Having regard to the Judgment of 27 February 1998, by which the Court gave
its decision on the preliminary objections, [p 141]
Having regard to the Order of 30 March 1998, by which the Court fixed 30
December 1998 as the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of
the United Kingdom, and to the Order of 17 December 1998, by which the
Senior Judge extended that time-limit to 31 March 1999,
Having regard to the Counter-Memorial filed by the United Kingdom within the
time-limit thus extended,
Having regard to the Order of 29 June 1999, by which the Court, taking
account of the agreement of the Parties and the special circumstances of the
case, authorized the submission of a Reply by Libya and a Rejoinder by the
United Kingdom and fixed 29 June 2000 as the time-limit for the filing of
the Reply of Libya,
Having regard to the Reply filed by Libya within the time-limit thus fixed;
Whereas, in order to ascertain the views of the Parties on the subsequent
procedure, the President of the Court met their Agents on 5 September 2000,
Taking account of the views of the Parties,
Fixes 3 August 2001 as the time-limit for the filing of the Rejoinder of the
United Kingdom;
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 sixth day of September, 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 Great Socialist People's Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, respectively.
(Signed) Gilbert Guillaume,
President.
(Signed) Philippe Couvreur,
Registrar.
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