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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 by the Islamic Republic of Iran in
the Registry of the Court on 17 May 1989 instituting proceedings against the
United States of America in respect of a dispute concerning the
interpretation and application of the 1944 Convention on International
Civil Aviation and the 1971 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts
Against the Safely of Civil Aviation, which arose from the destruction of an
Iranian aircraft, and the killing of its 290 passengers and crew, on 3 July
1988.
Having regard to the notifications addressed, respectively, to the
International Civil Aviation Organization, pursuant to Article 34.
paragraph 3, of the Statute, and to the parties to the aforementioned
Conventions, pursuant to Article 63, paragraph I, of the Statute,
Having regard to the Order made by the Court on 13 December 1989 fixing 12
June 1990 as the lime-limit for the filing of the Memorial of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, and 10 December 1990 as the time-limit for the filing of
the Counter-Memorial of the United States of America.
Having regard to the Order made by the President of the Court on 12 June
1990 extending to 24 July 1990 and 4 March 1991 the time-limits for the
filing of the Memorial and the Counter-Memorial, respectively.[p 10]
Having regard to the Memorial filed by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the
preliminary objections to the jurisdiction of the Court filed by the United
States of America, within those extended time-limits.
Having regard to the Order made by the Court on 9 April 1991 fixing 9
December 1991 as the time-limit within which the Islamic Republic of Iran
might present a written statement of its observations and submissions on
the preliminary objections raised by the United States of America,
Having regard to the Orders made by the President of the Court on 18
December 1991 and 5 June 1992 extending successively to 9 June and 9
September 1992 the time-limit within which the Islamic Republic of Iran
might present such a written statement,
Having regard to the written statement of the observations and submissions
of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the preliminary objections, filed within
that extended time-limit,
Having regard to the written observations submitted by the International
Civil Aviation Organization on 4 December 1992 within the time-limit fixed
by the President of the Court for that purpose, pursuant to Article 69,
paragraph 3, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the letter of 8 August 1994 by which the Agents of the two
Parties jointly informed the Court that their Governments had "entered into
negotiations that may lead to a full and final settlement of [the] case" and
requested the Court "[to postpone] sine die the opening of the oral
proceedings", for which it had fixed the date of 12 September 1994;
Whereas by a letter dated 22 February 1996, filed in the Registry on the
same day, the Agents of the two Parties jointly notified the Court that
their Governments had agreed to discontinue the case because they had
entered into
"an agreement in full and final settlement of all disputes, differences,
claims, counterclaims and matters directly or indirectly raised by or
capable of arising out of, or directly or indirectly related to or
connected with, this case",
Places on record the discontinuance, by agreement of the Parties, of the
proceedings instituted on 17 May 1989 by the Islamic Republic of Iran
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 twenty-second day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and ninety-six, in three copies, one of which will [p11] be
placed in the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Government of the United
States of America, respectively.
(Signed)
Mohammed Bedjaoui,
President.
(Signed)
Eduardo Valencia-Ospina,
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