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The President of the International Court of
Justice,
Having regard to Articles 48 and 66, paragraph 4, of the Statute of the
Court, and to Article 105, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the request for an advisory opinion submitted on 26 April
2010 by the International Fund for Agricultural Development on questions
concerning the Judgment No. 2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the
International Labour Organization upon a complaint filed against the Fund,
Having regard to the Order made by the Court on 29 April 2010, fixing 29
October 2010 as the time-limit within which written statements might be
submitted, in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 2, of the Statute, on
the question laid before the Court for advisory opinion, and 31 January 2011
as the time-limit within which States and organizations having presented
written statements might submit, in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 4,
of the Statute, written comments on the other written statements,
Having regard to the same Order whereby the Court decided that the President
of the International Fund for Agricultural Development should transmit to
the Court any statement setting forth the views of the complainant in the
proceedings against the Fund before the Administrative Tribunal of the
International Labour Organization which the said complainant might wish to
bring to the attention of the Court, and fixed 29 October 2010 as the
time-limit within which any possible statement by the complainant who is the
subject of the judgment might be presented to the Court and 31 January 2011
as the time-limit within which any possible comments by the complainant
might be presented to the Court;
Whereas the General Counsel of IFAD, on 19 October 2010, submitted a written
statement of the Fund and, on 26 October 2010, a statement setting forth the
views of the complainant in the proceedings against the Fund before the
Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, within the
time-limits fixed by the Court for those purposes;
Whereas on 28 October 2010 the Ambassador of the Plurinational State of
Bolivia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands submitted a written statement of
the Government of Bolivia, within the time-limit fixed by the Court for that
purpose;
Whereas by a letter dated 21 January 2011 and received in the Registry on
the same day, the General Counsel of the Fund, referring to forthcoming
consultations between the Fund and the Bureau of the Conference of the
Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, relating
to the very subject-matter of the proceedings before the Court, requested
that the time-limit for the submission of written comments be extended to 11
March 2011, in order that comments on behalf of the Fund might be submitted
“immediately following such consultations and after the thirty-fourth
session of the IFAD Governing Council . . . and the first session of the
Consultation for the Ninth Replenishment of the Resources of the Fund . . .
”,
Extends to 11 March 2011 the time-limit within which written comments may be
submitted on the other written statements, in accordance with Article 66,
paragraph 4, of the Statute of the Court, as well as the time-limit within
which any possible comments by the complainant may be presented to the
Court; and
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand and
eleven.
(Signed) Hisashi OWADA,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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