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29 April 2022
Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, to mark the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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29 October 2021
Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee
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28 October 2021
Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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18 April 2021
Speech of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Court (video message)
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18 December 2020
Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council
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10 December 2020
Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the one hundreth anniversary of the adoption of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice
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2 November 2020
Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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26 October 2020
The
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26 June 2020
Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations Charter.
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18 June 2020
Speech of His Excellency, Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the LLM graduating class at IUHEID
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27 January 2020
Introductory remarks of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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1 November 2019
The International Court of Justice and unwritten sources of international law, statement of H.E. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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30 October 2019
Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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18 October 2019
Speech of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the event organized by the Hague Academy of International Law and the Permanent Missions of Andorra, Brazil, Chile, Gabon, Germany and Ukraine to the United Nations
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3 October 2019
Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the London Conference on International Law
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20 September 2019
The Governance of the International Court of Justice , speech by H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice
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2 September 2019
Opening remarks of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Second World Meeting of Societies for International Law
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26 August 2019
Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 79th Session of the Institut de droit international
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11 July 2019
Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 71st Session of the International Law Commission
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12 November 2018
Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice before the Royal Academy of Belgium
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9 November 2018
Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Security Council
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26 October 2018
Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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25 October 2018
Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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23 October 2018
Speech of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice at the “Dialogue with Legal Practitioners”, organized by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
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17 October 2018
Speech of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the opening ceremony of the One Young World Forum
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16 October 2018
Speech of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the commemorative ceremony in honour of Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero
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5 July 2018
Keynote address by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Law Commission
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27 October 2017
Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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26 October 2017
Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the Seventy-second Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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28 October 2016
Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
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27 October 2016
Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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6 November 2015
Address by H.E. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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5 November 2015
Address by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Seventieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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29 September 2015
Speech by H.E. Judge Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Heads of State and Government, ministers and diplomats gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on 29 September 2015, in the margins of the session of the General Assembly, at a side event entitled "The International Court of Justice: a Contemporary Court"
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31 October 2014
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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31 October 2014
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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22 July 2014
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Sixty-sixth Session of the International Law Commission
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28 April 2014
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Stele of Hammurabi
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10 April 2014
Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Organization of American States
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2 December 2013
Inaugural Hilding Eek Memorial Lecture by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice - The Rule of Law and the Role of the International Court of Justice in World Affairs
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1 November 2013
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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31 October 2013
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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30 October 2013
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
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29 October 2013
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Legal Advisers of United Nations Member States
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27 September 2013
The ICJ in the service of peace and justice - Words of welcome by President Tomka
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25 September 2013
Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Ministerial Breakfast "100 Years Peace Palace: Advancing the Framework for Peaceful Settlements of Disputes"
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18 July 2013
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Sixty-fifth Session of the International Law Commission
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16 May 2013
Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, on Panel titled “The Hague International City of Peace and Justice”
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15 May 2013
Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Plenary Session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
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14 May 2013
Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to Students of the St. Petersburg State University
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4 February 2013
Opening Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the ICJ, at the conference on the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice held in Bucharest on 4 February 2013 (video message, available in English only)
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10 December 2012
Address to the United Nations General Assembly at the commemoration of the thirtieth Anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by H.E. Judge Christopher Greenwood on behalf of the International Court of Justice 10 December 2012
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2 November 2012
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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1 November 2012
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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24 September 2012
Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the High-Level Meeting on the Rule of Law
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21 September 2012
Message of peace from H.E. Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor, Vice-President of the International Court of Justice, “Day of Peace” in The Hague
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24 July 2012
Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Sixth-fourth Session of the International Law Commission
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29 November 2011
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, H.E. Dr. Danilo Türk
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28 October 2011
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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26 October 2011
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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25 October 2011
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the legal advisers of United Nations Member States
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25 October 2011
Statement by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council
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2 May 2011
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by the President of Ireland, H.E.Mrs.Mary McAleese
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29 October 2010
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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28 October 2010
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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27 October 2010
Statement by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council
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26 October 2010
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the legal advisers of the United Nations Member States
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30 October 2009
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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29 October 2009
Statement by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council
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29 October 2009
Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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31 October 2008
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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30 October 2008
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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24 October 2008
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
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21 September 2008
Message of Peace from H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the "Day of the Peace" in The Hague
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22 July 2008
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 60th Session of the International Law Commission
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19 May 2008
Address by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the International Law Commission
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5 November 2007
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
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2 November 2007
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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1 November 2007
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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29 October 2007
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the meeting of Legal Advisers of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs
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10 July 2007
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 59th Session of the International Law Commission
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26 June 2007
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the unveiling of a mosaic donated by Jordan
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26 February 2007
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Statement to the Press by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice
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26 October 2006
Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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13 July 2006
Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Statement to the Press by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice
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3 February 2006
Case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002)(Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) - Statement to the Press by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice
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28 October 2005
Speech by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations - The internal working practice of the International Court of Justice
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27 October 2005
Speech by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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5 November 2004
Speech by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice,, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations - The advisory function of the International Court of Justice
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4 November 2004
Speech by H.E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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25 May 2004
Address by H. E. Judge Shi, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by the president of the Swiss Confederation, H. E. Mr. Joseph Deiss
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31 October 2003
Speech by H.E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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30 October 2002
Speech by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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29 October 2002
Speech by H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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10 October 2002
Case concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) - Statement to the press by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice
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14 February 2002
Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Press statement by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice
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31 October 2001
Speech by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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30 October 2001
Speech by H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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16 March 2001
Maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain(Qatar v. Bahrain) - Statement to the Press by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice
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27 October 2000
Speech by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly
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26 October 2000
Address by H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the United Nations General Assembly
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15 February 2000
Press conference of H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice
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27 October 1998
Address by H. E. Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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27 October 1997
Statement by H. E. Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, President of the International Court of Justice, to the fifty-second session of the General Assembly in connection with the annual report of the International Court of Justice
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15 October 1996
Statement by H.E. Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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11 October 1995
Statement by H.E. Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assemby of the United Nations
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13 October 1994
Address by H. E. Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations
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