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The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 88 of
the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 3
March 1992, by which the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
instituted proceedings against the United States of America in respect of a
“dispute between Libya and the United States 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 States,
Having regard to the Memorial filed by Libya and the preliminary objections
submitted by the United States, 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,
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 States, 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 States 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 States 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,
Having regard to the Order of 6 September 2000, by which the President of
the Court fixed 3 August 2001 as the time-limit for the filing of the
Rejoinder of the United States,
Having regard to the Rejoinder filed by the United States within the
time-limit thus fixed;
Whereas by a letter dated 9 September 2003, filed in the Registry on the
same day, the Agent of Libya and the Co-Agent of the United States jointly
notified the Court that “the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the United States of
America have agreed to discontinue with prejudice the proceedings initiated
by the Libyan Application filed on 3 March 1992”,
Places on record the discontinuance with prejudice, by agreement of the
Parties, of the proceedings instituted on 3 March 1992 by the Great
Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
against the United States of America; and
Directs that the case be removed from the List.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this tenth day of September, two thousand and
three, 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 States of
America,
respectively.
(Signed) Shi Jiuyong,
President.
(Signed) Philippe Couvreur,
Registrar.
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