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[p.176]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 44,
paragraphs 3 and 4, 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 Burundi in respect of a dispute
concerning "acts of armed aggression perpetrated by Burundi 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",
Having regard to the Order of 21 October 1999, whereby the Court, taking
into account the agreement concerning the procedure reached between the
Parties, and their views regarding the time-limits to be fixed, decided that
the written proceedings would first be addressed to the questions of the
jurisdiction of the Court to entertain the Application and of its
admissibility, and fixed 21 April 2000 and 23 October 2000 respectively as
the time-limits for the filing of the Memorial of the Republic of Burundi
and the Counter-Memorial of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on those
questions,
Having regard to the Memorial of the Republic of Burundi, which was filed
within the time-limit thus fixed;
Whereas, by a letter dated 6 October 2000, received in the Registry on [p
177] the same day by facsimile, the Agent of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo requested the Court to extend by a period not exceeding four months
the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial, and indicated the
reasons for that request; and whereas, on receipt of that letter, the
Registrar, referring to Article 44, paragraph 3, of the Rules of Court,
transmitted a copy thereof to the Agent of the Republic of Burundi;
Whereas the Government of the Republic of Burundi did not object to the
extension of time-limit requested by the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Extends to 23 January 2001 the time-limit for the filing of the
Counter-Memorial of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; 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 nineteenth day of October 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 Democratic Republic of the
Congo and the Government of the Republic of Burundi, respectively.
(Signed) Gilbert Guillaume,
President.
(Signed) Philippe Couvreur,
Registrar.
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