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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 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,
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,
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 Kingdom,
Having regard to the Rejoinder filed by the United Kingdom within the
time-limit thus fixed;
Whereas by a letter dated 9 September 2003, filed in the Registry on the
same day, the Agents of the two Parties jointly notified the Court that “the
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the United Kingdom 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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; 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 Kingdom of
Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, respectively.
(Signed) Shi Jiuyong,
President.
(Signed) Philippe Couvreur,
Registrar.
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