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The President of the International Court of Justice,Having regard to Article
48 of the Statute of the Court and Article 80 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Counter-Memorial filed by Yugoslavia on 22 July 1997,
in which it submitted counter-claims,
Having regard to the Order of 17 December 1997, whereby the Court found that
those counter-claims were admissible as such and formed part of the current
proceedings, directed Bosnia and Herzegovina to submit a Reply and
Yugoslavia to submit a Rejoinder relating to the claims of both Parties, and
fixed the time-limits for the filing of those pleadings,
Having regard to the Reply of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 23 April 1998 and to
the Rejoinder filed by Yugoslavia on 22 February 1999;
Whereas, by the letter dated 20 April 2001 and received in the Registry 23
April 2001, the Agent of Yugoslavia informed the Court that his Government
intended to withdraw the counter-claims submitted in its Counter-Memorial;
and whereas the Registrar transmitted a copy of this letter to the Agent of
Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 April 2001;
Whereas, by the letter dated 12 July 2001 and received in the Registry on 15
August 2001 the Agent of Bosnia and Herzegovina indicated to the Court that
his Government had no objections to the withdrawal by Yugoslavia
counter-claims submitted by it,
Places on record the withdrawal by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of the
counter-claims submitted by it in its Counter-Memorial.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this tenth day of September, two thousand and one,
in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court
and the others transmitted to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, respectively.
(Signed) Gilbert Guillaume,
President
(Signed) Philippe Couvreur,
Registar
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