CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDANCE CORRESPONDENCE 225
1. THE SECRETARY-GENERALOF THE UNITED NATIONSTO THE PRESIDENT Of THE
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[See p. 3, supra]
2. THE DEPUTY-REGISTRAR OF THE COURT TO THE SECRETARY-GENE RFALHE
UNITED NATIONS
4 August 1981.
1have the honour to acknowledgereceipt of the letter of 23July 1981whereby
Your Excellency informed the President of the Court that the Committee on
~~.r~~~~ions for Reviewof Administrative Tribunal Judeements had on 13Julv
1981decided IOrequest of ~h~lnternation~lour ri oufszcean~dviso~opini<i~
on an application for the review of Judgement No. 273 of the United Natiims
Administrative Trihunal, and to inform you that your leiter. with whiih you
trnnsmitted ccrtified copies of the English and French texts of the Commitree's
decision, was duly filed-inthe Registj on the date of its receipt, namely 28July
a,"..
Today, in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the
Court, 1have notified al1States entitled to appear hefore the Court of the request
for an advisory opinion. 1am enclosing herewith, for your information, a copy
of the printed Request, containing the text of your letter in English and French,
as transmitted to those States.
1 have taken note that in accordance with Article 65, paragraph 2, of the
Statute of the Court you willbetransmitting to the Court al1documents likelyto
throw light upon the question. 1have further taken note that, in accordance with
Article II, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the United Nations Administrative
Tribunal, you will he arranging for the transmission to the Court of such views
as the person in respect of whom Judgement No. 273 was rendered may wish to
snbmit.
3. LE GREFFTERADJOINT AU MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES ETRANG& D'AFGHANISTAN'
4 août 1981.
J'ai l'honneur, en exécutionde l'article 66, paragraphe 1.du Statut de la Cour
intcrnationalc de Justice, de faire tcnirci-joint a Votre Excellenceun exemplaire.
impnmépar lessoins du GreiTe.de la requéte poura\is consultatif transmise a la
Cour par le .Qcrr:tairc général desNarions Unies en vertu d'une dkision du
Cornite desdemandes de réformationdejugements du Tribunal administratif en
date du 13juillet 1981
'La même communicationa étéadresséeuxautresEtatsadmisà estedevant la Cour.226 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW
4. THE DEPUTY-REGIST ROARHE DIRECTOROF THE OmCE OF THE LEGAI
COUNSELOF THE UNITED NATIONS
(relex)
6 August 1981
Reference request for advisory opinion on Applicarionfor Review oj Judge-
mentNo. 273ofthe UniiedNalionsAahinisrrative Tribunal,President has today,
6 August, decided pursuant Statute, Artic66 (2)that (a) United Nations and
(b) States Members of United Nations are considered likelyto beable to furnish
information on question and has made Order' under that Article fixing
30 October 1981 as time-limit for filing wntten statements. Formal letter to
Sacretary-General and copy Order will be airmailed directly.
5. THE DEPUTY-REGISTRAR TO THE SECRETARY-GENERALOF
ïHE UNITED NATIONS
I have the honour to refer Io your leiter of 23 July 1981.bv uhich you were
goodenough io communicatc Io the Court a dmrion iaken on 13July 1981 by
the Committee on Applications for Reviewof Adminisirati\e Tnbunal Judgc-
mcnis concerning a rcqucst for advisory opinion. and to drau your attention to
Article 66. paragraph 2, of the Statute of ihc Court. which pro\ides:
"The Registrar shall also, by means of a special and direct communi-
cation, notify any State entitled to appear before the Court or international
organization considered by the Court, or, should it not be sitting, by the
President, as likely to be able to furnish information on the question, that
the Court will be prepared 10receive,within a time-limit to be fixedby the
President, written statements, or to hear, at a public sittibe held for
the purpose, oral statements relating to the question."
In pursuance of tbis provision, 1have the honour to inform you by this special
and direct communication that in the present case the United Nations and ils
member States have so Carbeen considered by the President of the Court as
likely to be able to furnish information on the question, and that, by an Order
dated 6 August 1981, a copy of which is enclosed, the President has fixed
30October 1981as the time-limit for the submission of wntten statements. The
subsequent procedure has been reserved for furiher decision.
1am furtber to inform you that the President considers that il would facilitate
the work of the Court on this request for advisory opinion if, as in previous
cases,any written statement presented on behalf of the United Nations, and any
other documentation, were made available to the Court in both the official
languages of the Court (English and French).
'I.C.JReports1981,p.49. CORRESPONDENCE 227
II est 'connu de Votre Excellence que, le 13 juillet 1981, le Comité des
demandes de réformation de jugements du Tribunal administratif des Nations
Unies a pris la décisionsuivante:
[Voir ci-dessup.31
Le texte de &!te décision est parvenu au Greffe de la Cour le 28juillet 1981.
Sous le couvert d'une lettre du 4 août 1981, une édition imprimée ena été
communiquéeà Votre Excellenceen exécutionde I'article 66,paragraphe 1,du
Statut de la Cour.
Le paragraphe 2 du mêmearticle du Statut prévoit:
«à tout Etat admis à ester devant la Cour et à toute organisation
internationale jugés, par la Cour ou par le Présidentsi elle ne siègepas,
susceptibles de fournir des renseignements sur la question, le Greffier fait
. wnnailre, par communication spécialeet directe, quela Cour est disposéeà
recevoir des exposés écritsdans un délai à fixer par le Président, ou à
entendre des exposésoraux au cours d'une audience publique tenue à cet
effet».
Appliquant cette disposition, j'ai l'honneur de faire connaître à Votre
Excellence,par la présente communication spécialeet directe, qu'en l'espèceet à
cejour l'organisation des Nations Unies et ses Etats Membres ont jugéspar
lePrésident susceptiblesde fournirdes renseignements sur la question et que, par
ordonnance datée du 6 août 1981,dont un exemplaire est joint, le Présidenta
fixéau 30 octobre 1981 la date d'expiration du délai pour la présentation
d'exposés écrits. La suitede la procédure estréservée.
Au cas où votre gouvernement désirerait se prévaloir dela faculté quilui est
en &re inf6rméaussitôt que possible. J'ajoute que~l'exp&édevrait être&dig&orix à
soit en français soit en anglais, langues officiellesde la Cour (art. 39, par. 1, du
Statut).
10 août 1981.
Le Greffier adjoint de la Cour internationale de Justice a I'honneur de
communiquer ci-joint à Son Excellence le Chef du Gouvernement de la
Principautéde Liechtenstein le texte d'une ordonnance rendue par le Président
de la Cour le août 1981en l'affairede lDemandederéformationdujugement
no273 du TribunaladministratifdesNations Unies.
'La même communicationaétéadte& auxautresEtatsMembred sesNationsUnies.
La mème communicationa éléadresdt auxautresEtatsparties auStatutdclaCour
maisnon membresdes NationsUnia (Saint-Marin.Suisw).228 APPLICATION FORREVlEW
8. THE REGlSTRAR TU TtE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE LEGAL COUNSELOF
THE üNiTED NATIONS
28 August 1981
Regarding the Advisory Opinion requested on the Application for Review of
JudgementNo. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunali,l would hc
appreciated if you would kindly let us know the approximate date of the
transmittal of the dossier referred to in Art65,paragraph 2, of the Court's
Statute. As you are aware the late President fixed 30October as the lime-limit
for written statements under Articl66,paragraph 2, of the Statute.
(Signed) Santiago Tom BERNARDEZ
9. THE LEGAL COUNSEL OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO COUNSELFOR MR. MORTISHED
17September 1981.
1enclose a copy of a letter from MI. A. Pillepich, Deputy-Registrar of the
lnternational Court of Justice which, although dated 10August 1981,was only.
receivedin the Officeof Legal Afïairs at the end of August 1981,transmitting an
Order fixing30 October 1981as the time-limit within which written statements
may he submitted to the Court.
I very much regret that this letter was not sent to you immediately upon ils
arrival. Fortunately, the date fixed by the Court was chosen after informal
consultation in July 1981 with al1concerned in the case and it confirms the
estimated date for submission of written statements referred to in those
consultations.
(Signed) Erik SUY
10. COUNSEL FOR MR MORTISHED TO THE LEGAL COUNSEL OF THE UNITED
NATIONS
New York, September 1981
I wish to thank you for your letter of 17September 1981transmitting to me a
copy of the letter of Mr. A. Pillepich, Deputy-Registrar of the lnternational
Court of Justice, dated 10 August 1981.The letter of Mr. Pillepich contained
information on the Order of the Court fixing30 October 1981as the time limit
within which written statements may be submitted to the Court. I assume that
the sameinformation was communicated 10other interested parties on or about
the same date, namely 10August 1981.
Since neither MI. Mortished nor I receivedthis information until 17Septem-
ber 1981,we have no choice but to ask for an extension of the time-limitswithin
which 10filea written statement on behalf of Mr. Mortished. 1would appreciate
your assistance in ohtaining for us an extension of the time-limits for a further
one month. Le.. un to 30 November 1981.to cornoensate for the time lost.
Ivcry much kgkt io have to make this ;equesi, ihc rcsult of which hcyio
delay the Coun's consideration of the marier. On ihc oiher handam1 sure ihat
you apprcciüic the timc constraints under which inicrnal voluntcer counsel
usually work.
(Signed) Sylvanus A. TIEWL 11. THE LEGAL COLJNSELOF THE UNITED NATIONS TO THE REGlSTRAR
24 Septemher 1981
1have the honour to inform you that counsel for Mr. Mortished has requested
an extension of one month to 30 November 1981 for submission of a written
statement in the Applicarionfor Review of Judgemenr No. 273 of the Unired
Nations Administrarive Tribunal.
~he Secrctary-General supports ihis requçsi and 1should be grateful if you
could ask the Court io grant counsel's requesi for a one-monih extsnîion iu
30 November 1981in which IOfile his wntien slatcmcnt.
12.THE LEGAL COUNSELOF THE UNITED NATIONS TO THii REGISTRAR
25 September 1981
1wish to refer to the Secretary-General's letter of 23 July 1981transmitting a
request by the Committee on Applications for Review of Administrative
Tribunal Judgements for an advisory opinion on Judgement No. 273 of the
United Nations Administrative Tribunal.
Pursuant to Article 65, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the International Court
of Justice, 1am transmitting to you today hy air freight for submission to the
Court 30dossiers in English containing documents likelyto throw light upon the
question submitted to the Court. 1certify that the dossier contains true copies of
the documents that are official records of the General Assembly (these are
indicated in the Table of Contents) and true copies of al1other documents that
exist only in mimeographed or typewritten form. Each dossier also contains a
Table of Contents listingal1the documents transmitted, as wellas an Introduc-
tory Note designed to facilitate the use of the dossier'.
At the same lime 1am transmitting a copy of the dossier to Mr. Mortished, to
whom the ahove-mentioned Judgeme-t of the Administrative Tribunal relates,
as well as to his counsel.
Many of the documents in the dossier are availahle in English only and
therefore have had to be translated into French. The volume of documents tobe
translated poses some prohlems during a General Assembly sessionbut it is now
expected that a complete French version of the dossier will be ready by mid-
November.
The Secretary-General will he pleased to provide the Court with any
additional documentation or information in his possession that the Court might
find useful in its consideration of the question formulated hy the Committee for
Applications for Review.
13. COUNSEL FOR MR. MORTISHED TO THE LXGAL COUNSELOF THE UNITED
NATIONS
New York, 30 September 1981.
Please refer to my letter to you of 23 September 1981 and to your letter of
24 September 1981Io Mr. Santiago Torres Bernardez, Registrar, International
Court of Justice.
'See pp.7-13,supra.230 APPLlCATlOF NOR REVIEW
1wish to express my appreciation to you for the support which you gave to
Ourrequest for an extension of the time-limitfor filinga written statement up to
30 November 1981in order to compensate for the time lost hy us.
1have communicated the above two letters to MI. Mortished. In linewith his
wishes,1would like to request that you transmit a copy of my letter to you of
23September 1981to Mr. Torres Bernirdez as an accompaniment to your letter
of 24 September 1981.
14. THE LEGAL COUNSELOf THE UNITED NATIONS TO THE REGISTRAR
6 October 1981
1 have the honour to refer to my letter of 24 September 1981 which
transmitted a request from counsel for Mr. Mortished for an extension of one
month, 10 30 November 1981, for suhmission of Mr. Mortished's written
statement in the Applicationfor Review of Judgement No. 273 of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal.
1 now enclose a letter dated 30 September 1981 from counsel for Mr.
Mortished, which requests that 1transmit to you a copy of his request for an
extension dated 23 September 1981.Accordingly, 1attach a copy of that letter.
Counsel'sletter of 23September 1981,in ils firstparagraph, refersto my letter to
him of 17September 1981,a copy of which isalso attached.
9 October 1981.
1refer 10the letter dated 24September 1981from Mr. Suy, the LegalCounsel,
requesting an extension of the time-limitfixedby the President of the Court for
the filing of wntten statements under Article 66, paragraph 2, of the Statute of
the Court, in the caseconcerning Applicationfor ReviewofJudgementNo. 273 of
the UnitedNations Administrative Tribunal. 1 have the honour to inform you
that, by an Order' dated 8 October 1981,the Court has extended that time-limit
to 30 November 1981, the sub uent procedure king reserved for further
decision. A copy of the Order w?be transmitted to you in due course.
16octobre 1981.
Me référantàma lettre du 10août 1981relativeàlademanded'avisconsultatif
formuléepar le Comitédes demandes de réformationdejugements du Tribunal
administratif des Nations Unies, j'ai l'honneur de vous faire savoir que, par
ordonnancedu 8octobre 1981,la Cour a prorogéjusqu'au 30novembre 1981 la
date d'expiration du délaidans lequel des exposés écrits peuventêtreprésentés
conformémentà l'article66, paragraphe 2, du Statut de la Cour. La suite de la
procédure estréservée.
' I.C.JReporlr1981,p. 52.
Laméme communicatio nétéadresséeauxautresEtatsMembresdesNations Unies. CORRESPONDENCE 231
Je vous prie de bien vouloir trouver ci-joint le texte impriméde l'ordonnance
dont il s'agit.
17. LE GREFFE AU COWERNEMEN DTLA PRINCIP AU D^E LIECHTENSTEIN'
16octobre 1981.
Le GreiTede la Cour internïiionale de Justice présenieses compliments au
Gouvernement de 13Principauté de Liechtensteinci a l'honneuluicommuni-
quer ci-joini le lexie d'une ordonnance rendue par la Cour le 8octobre 1981en
l'affairedela Demandederéformationdujunement no273du Tribunal&ninirira-
tifdes Nations Unies
18. COUNSEL FOR MR. MORTISHED Tû THE LEOAL COUNSEL OFTHE UNITED
NATIONS
New York, 6 November 1981.
Thank you for your letter of 23October 1981transmitting to mea copy of the
Order of the International Court of Justice dated 8 October 1981extending the
time-limit to 30 November 1981 for the filing of written statements. This
confirmed the oral communication made to me by your staff.
1have noticed in the Order of the Court tbat the ground for the extension is
stated as follows: "such extension is required for the preparation of the
observations of the staff member in respect of whom the Judgement of the
Tribunal was rendered". 1 have no choice but 10 comment upon this issue
inasmuch as it appears that the Court has been misled.
Bya letter dated 17September 1981you transmitted to me a copy of a letter
dated 10August 1981from Mr. A. Pillepich, Deputy-Registrar of the Interna-
tional Court of Justice. That letter contained information on the Order of the
Court fixing 30 October 1981as the time-limit within which written statements
were to be submitted to the Court.
In my response to you of 23 September 1981, 1 stated that in view of the
failure on your part to communicate to us, for well over one month, the
information concming the time-lirnitfor filinga statement, an extension of the
time-limit "10 compensate for the time lost" was needed by us.
In your communication to the Coiirt of 24 September 1981,you informed the
Courtthat an extension of the time-limit wasbang requested bynselfor Mr.
Mortished. As your communication disclosed neither the real nature of my
request nor the reasons underlying il, I requested you by my letter of 30
September 1981 10transmit a copy of my letter of 24 September 198110 the
Court.
By a letter dated 6 October 1981 you transmitted a copy of the letter in
question to the Court. As the Order of the Court extending the time-limittill30
November 1981was dated 8October 1981,il isclear that the copy of myletter of
23 Seolember 1981which vou transmitted on 6 October 1981could not have
reachédthe Court by the the that itissued ils Order. The language in the las1
preambular paragrnph of the Court's Order confirms the Cdctthat the Order of
ihe Court w3sissucd on the basis of incompleie informaiion.
'Lamtmccommunicationa été adres& auxautresEtatspartieauStatude la Cour
maisnon membres desNationsUnies (Saint-Marin.Suisse).232 APPLICATION FOR REVlEW
I am afraid that the issue involved here is responsible for the delay in the
present proceedings and the correction of the record. It should be clearly
understood that the extension of the time-limit wasto compensate for the time
lost by Mr. Mortished as a result of a failure of communication on your part and
not merely that "such extension is required for the preparation of the observa-
tions of the staffmember in respect of whom the Judgement of the Tribunal was
rendered". I hope that you will take appropriate steps to secure an appropriate
amendment so that the Court's records reflect the situation more accurately.
19.THE LEGAL COUNSELOF THE UNllFD NATIONS 10 THE REGlSTRAR
12November 1981.
1have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter dated 6 Novemher 1981that 1
receivedfrom MI. Tiewul, counsel for MI. Mortished, concerning the Order of
8 Ociober 1981by the International Court of Justice extending the time-limit
within which writtenstatements may be suhmitted in accordance with Article66,
paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court.
20. THE SECRETARY-GENE RFALHE UNITED NATIONS TO THE ACTING PRESIDENT
OF THE COURT
[Seepp. 99, supra]
21. THE MINISTER-COUNSEL OLFTHE EMBASSYOF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERlCA TO THE REGISIRAR
30 November 1981.
1have the honour to submit to the International Court of Justice the written
statement' of the Government of the United States of America on the question
submitted by the Committee on Applications for Review of Administrative
Tribunal Judgements pursuant to Article II of the Statute of the Tribunal
regarding the effect to be given to General Assembly resolution 341165.
(Signed) W. Dixon Boccs.
30 novembre 1981.
Je vous prie de trouver ci-joint les observations' du Gouvernement français
sur la demande d'avis consultatifformuléeDar le Comité des demandes de
'See pp. 16@191supro.
Voir ci-dessp. 192-209. CORRESPONDENCE 233
réformation dejugementsdu Tribunal administratif desNations Unies àpropos
du jugement n0273 (Mortished).
(Signé) GilbertGUILLAUME.
B. THELEGALCOUNSELOF THE UNITED NATIONSTO THEREGISTRAR
(telex)
1advise thît the Secreiary-Genersl willnui submii a wntien statcment to the
Court under Article66, paragraph 2,of the,Couri's Staiute other [han formally
trînrmiiiing the observations of Mr Mortished.
24. THEREGISTRAR TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THEUNITED NATIONS
21 Decemher 1981
1have the honour to acknowledge the feceipt of the letter dated 30November
1981whereby Your Excellency,as required by Article II of the Statute of the
United Nations Administrative Tribunaland ursuant to Article 66, paragraph
2, of the Statute of the International Court o?Justice, transmitted tome copies
of a sta-ment setting forth the viewsof Mr. Ivor P. Mortished concerning the
Applicationfor Reviewof JudgementNo. 273 of rhe United NationsAdminisfra-
tive Tribunalon which an advisory opinion has been requested of the Court.
1have further to inform you, with reference to my letters of IOAugust and
9 Octoher 1981,that, within the extended time-limitof 30Novemher 1981fixed
by the President of the Court, the Governments of France and the United States
of America submitted written statements in the above-mentioned case, pursuant
to Article66, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court. Copies of the texts of
these staternents, which you may wish to make available to counsel for Mr.
Mortished, are being sent to you under separate cover, and the unoficial
translations bv the Re-.stw will likewisbe forwarded to vou when thev are
available.
1shall not failto inform you indue course of such further decisionsas may he
taken by the Court with respect to the subsequent procedure.
25. THEREGISTRARTO THo SBCRETAAMERICA'TEOF THE UNITEDSTATIBOF
23 December 1981
By a letter of 10 August 19811 informed Your Excellencytbat the United
Nations Committee on Applications for Review of Administrative Tribunal
Judgements had requested an advisoryopinion of the International Court of
'A communication inthesamelems wassentto theMinisterforExtemalRelations of
France.234 APPLICATIONFOR REVlEW
Justice wncerning an Applicationfor Reviewof JudgementNo. 273 of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal and that the President of the Court had
considered the United Nations and its member States as likely to be able to
furnish information on the question. 1also informed you, by the sameletter. that
30 October 1981had been fixed as the time-limit for the suhmission of wntten
statemenls and, by a letter of 16October 1981,that that time-limit had been
extended to 30 November 1981.
1 now have the honour to inform you that, within the time-limit as thus
extended. the Secretary-General of the United Nations transmitted to the Court
a statement of the views of Mr. Mortished, whose case was the subject of the
aforesaid Judgement No. 273,and that, in addition to your Government, that of
France submitted a written statement.
1enclose the texts of the above statementsin the original language and shall
send you, when available, the wrresponding translations being prepared by the
Registry. 1am also enclosing the lntroductory Note with which the Secretary-
General of the United Nations has prefaced the dossier of documents likely to
throw light upon the question on which an opinion is required (Statute, Art. 65,
para. 2) and the table of contents of that dossier.
The subsequent procedure havin been reserved, 1shall not fail to inform you
in due course of such decision as t e Court may take in the matter.
26. LE GREFTlER AU MlNlSTRB DES AFFAIRESÉTRANG~ES
D'AFGHANISTAN '
23 décembre1981.
Par lettre du 10 août 1981. je vous ai fait connaître que le Comité des
demandes de réformationde jugements du Tribunal administratif des Nations
Unies avait demandéà la Cour internationale de Justice un avis consultatif en
I'aiïairede laDemande de réformation duiueementno273duTribunaladministra-
tif des ~atio~~.ni-s~~ ~.. ~.e 1~0-z~ni&tron des Nati.n~ ~ ~-e. e~ ~ ~ ~~es Etats
Membres étÿicntjugéspar le ~rés:denÏiuwepiiblcs de fournir des rense&I
mentssur la question Par la mèmelettre.jc vous ai égalementfait connailre que
la date d'expiration du délaipour la présentationd'cxpoK:si~rits avait étéfixk
au 30octobre 1981et, par une lettre du 16octobre 1981,je vous ai informéque
cette date avait étéprorogée au30 novembre 1981.
J'ai aujourd'hui l'honneur de porter à votre connaissance que, dans le délai
ainsi prorogé, le Secrétaire général deN s ations Unies a transmis à la Cour
l'opinion de M. Mortished, qui a étél'objet du jugement no 273 du Tribunal
administratif, et les Gouvernements des Etats-Unis d'Amériqueet de la France
ont présentédes exposés écrits.
Je vous communique le texte de ces exposés en langue originale.Je vous
adres également la note liminaire et la table des matières du dossier de
documents pouvant servir à éluciderla question que le Secrétaire généradles
Nations Unies a transmis àla Cour en vertu de l'article65,pa.agra-.e 2,de son
Statut.
La suite de la procédureayant étéréservéej,e ne manquerai pas de vous faire
connaître en temps utile toute décisionque la Cour prendra en la matière.
'La méme communication a étéadresséaeuxautresEtaü Membres des NationsUnies,
à l'exceptiodes Etats-Unisd'Amérique e de la France. CORRESPONDENCE 235
8 Fehruary 1982.
Further to my letter of 21 December 1981 on the suhject of the written
statements filed in thcase concerning an Applicationfor Reviewof Judgement
No. 273 of the United NationsAdmini.strativTribunal, 1have the the honour to
inform Your Excellency that 1 have today transmitted to you, under separate
cover, copies of two volumes prepared in the Registry, one in English and the
other in French, containing translations of the ahove-mentioned statements as
well as the original texts.
Should you make a copy or CO ies of these volumes availahle to counsel for
Mr. Mortished, 1would be grateil if you would in so doing draw attention to
the unofficial character of the translations and 10 the fact that the written
statement of the Government of the United States appears in a corrected version
taking account of the errata transmitted to you with my letter of 12 January
1982.
28. THE REGISTRAR TO THE SECRFTARYOF STATEOF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERlCA
8 Fehruary 1982
In my letter of 23December 1981on the suhject of the written statements filed
in the case concerning an Applicationfor Reviewof JudgementNo. 273 of the
United Nations AdministrativT eribunal1undertook to furnish Your Excellency
in due course with the corresponding unofficial translations prepared by the
Registry for the use of Members of the Court.
1 have accordingly the honour to transmit to you herewith copies of two
volumes prepared in the Registry, one in English and the other in French,
containine the orieinal texts and the translations of the above-mentioned
siatement'i Thc stahnent of your Government is incorporated in the corrected
version of which I acknowledgcd the receipt on 12 January 1982,and in the
French translation due accoun! has ben taken of the corngend.i
29. THE RffilSTRAR TO THE SECRFTARY-GENERALOF THE UNITED NATIONS'
1 March 1982
Wiih reference to Your Excellencv'sletter of 30 November 1981concernine
an Appl~cut8on/or~eviewof~udgem>ntNo. 273 of the UnitedNitions ~dm;niG
trativeTribunal,and further to the letters of 21 December 1981and8 Fehruary
1982hy which 1transmitted to )ou the written statemenrs submiited in that case,
1 have the honour 10 inform you rhat ihe Coun. pursuant tu Article 66,
paragraph 4,of iis Siatute. h3s decided to permit any Stats or orgnnization
'Asimilarcommunication warwni io ihcMinistcrfurExicmalRelaiionsof Frana
'A similarwmmuntcaiion was wni Io ihcSccrciarof Slaieof the UnliedSratcsof
Amcnca and to ihcMini,icfurtiirmal RclaiionsofFrancî236 APPLICATION FOR REVlEW
having presented or transmitted a written statement to submit comments in
wnting on the statement made or transmitted by any other.
The Court has fixed Thursday 15 April 1982as the time-limit for the sub-
mission of such comments.
30. 1.EDlRECTTUR DFS AFFAIRTSJURIDIQUESDU MIPIISI~R~
DFS RLI.AT1ONSKXTIiR1I:URtSDE FRANCE AU UREFFiER
9 avril 1982.
Je vous priede trouver ci-jointlesobservations complémentaires1du Gouver-
nement français sur la demande d'avis consultatif formuléepar le Comitédes
demandes de réformationde jugements du Tribunal administratif des Nations
Unies à propos du jugement no273 (Mortished).
New York, 15Apnl 1982.
1acknowledge your letter of 10March 1982transmitting to me information
from the International Court of Justiceregarding the establishment by the Court
of 15 Apnl 1982 as the time-limit for filing comments on the statements
submitted by the Governments of the United States and France concerning
Judgement No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal. 1 am to
inform you that we do not wish to submit any comments on these statemeuts.
16Apnl 1982.
Herewith 1 submit to the International Court of Justice the United States'
"Additional Comments"' in the review of Judgement No. 273 of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal.
(Signed) W. Dixon Boccs.
33. THE DEPUTY-REOISTRAR TU THE SECRFTARYGENERAL OF THE UNITED
NATIONS
Further to my letters of8 Febmary and 1 March 19821have the honour to
transmit to Your Excellencyherewithwpies of the written comments submitted
'Voir ci-dessusp213.
'See pp. 214-218supra. CORRESPONDENCE 237
in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 4, of the Statute of the Court, in the
case concerning an Applicarion forReviewof JudgemenrNo. 273 of rhe Unired
Nations AdminisrrariveTribunal, and of their translations prepared hy the
Registry. Should you make any copy of these texts available to counsel for Mr.
Mortished, 1would be grateful if you would in so doing draw attention to the
unofficial char~ ~ ~~of the translations.
lhave further to inform you that thc Court does no1intend 10hold any sitting
for the purpow of heanng oral statements or commcnts. The date of the public
sitting at whicit will rendcr 11sadvisory opinion wilbe notified in due course.
34. LEGREFFIERADJOINT AU MINISTRE DES RELATIONSEXTÉRIEW~ DE FRANCE'
19avril 1982.
l'ai l'honneur d'accuser réceptiondes'observations complémentaires que le
Gouvernement français a présentées, en réponseà ma lettre du 1" mars, en
l'affairede lDemande de réformationdujugementn"273duTribunaiadminurra-
rif des Narions Unies et de vous adresser ci-joint copie de celles que le
Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amérique a de mêmesoumises à la Cour en
application de l'article 66, paragraphe 4, de son Statut.
Vous trouverez également, ci-joint, copie de la traduction française non
officielle de ces dernières observations, établie par les soins du Greffe à
l'intention des membres de la Cour.
Les exposés écrits présentés en l'affaire n'ont pas fait I'ohjet d'autres
observations écriteset je suis informé.en particulier, que M. Mortished n'a as
priéle SecrétairegénéradlesNations Unies d'en transmettre en son nom. Je Lis
en outre porter à votre connaissance que la Cour n'a pas l'intention de tenir
audience pour entendre des exposésoraux.
Je ne manquerai pas de vous faire connaître, une fois fixée,la date de
l'audience publiquea laquelle la Cour rendra son avis consultatif.
35. LE GREffTER ADlOlNT AU MINISTREDES *FFAIRFS FTr<*NGÈRES
D'AFGHANISTAN~
21 avril 1982
Me référantà la lettre du 23 décembre 1981 par laquelle les exposés écrits
présentésen I'instance consultative concernant la Demandede réformationdu
jugement no 273 du Tribunal adminisrrarifdes Nations Unies vous ont été
communiqués,j'ai l'honneur de porter à votre connaissance que, la Cour ayant
décidé,en application de l'article66, paragraphe 4, de son Statut, d'admettre
chaque Etat ou organisation ayant présentéou transmis des exposés écrits à
discuter par écrit,dans un délaiexpirant le 15avril 1982,lesexposésprésentéosu
transmis par d'autres Etats ou organisations, leGouvernement de la République
française et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amérique ont soumis des
observations écritesdont vous trouverez le texte ci-joint.
'La mèmecommunication a étéadresséeau secrétaird'Ela1da Etats-Unisd'Am&
tique. .
La memccommunicationa été adresséauxautns EtatsMembres an NationsUnies,
a l'exceptiondn Etats-Unisd'Amériqueet dela France.238 APPLICATION FOR REVIEW
II m'incombe d'autre part de vous faire connaitre que la Cour n'a pas
I'intention de tenir audience pour entendre des exposésoraux ou des observa-
tions orales.
36.THE DIRECTOR OF THEOFFICE OF THE LEGAL COUNSELOF THE UNITED
NATIONS m THE REGISTRAR
22 April 1982
1am enclosing herewith a copy of a letter dated 15April 1982,addressed to
the Legal Counsel by Mr. Sylvanus A. Tiewul, counsel for Mr. Mortished,
informing him that Mr. Mortished does not wish to submit any comments on
the statements submitted Io the International Court of Justice by the Govern-
ments of France and the United States concerning Judgement No. 273 of the
United Nations Administrative Tribunal.
(Signed) John F. SCOIT.
37.THE REGISTRARTO THE SECRETARY-GENE OFATHE UNITED NATIONS
(ielex)
16July 1982.
The International Court of Justiceill deliver ils Advisory Opinion on the
Application forReviewof JudgemeniNo. 273 of the UnitedNotions Administra-
tive Tribunalt a public sitting al 10.30a.m. on Tuesday, 20 July 1982.
3. THE REGLSTRARTO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNIl€D NATIONS
(telex)
20 July 1982
Today, 20July 1982.the International Court of Justice deliveredAdvisory
Opinion in the case concerning tApplication forReviewoffudgementNo. 273
of theUnitedNationsAdministrativeTribunalThe Court iscomposed as follows:
PresideniElias;Vice-PresideniSette-Camara;Judges Lachs, Morozov, Nagen-
dra Singh, Ruda, Mosler, Oda, Ago, El-Khani, Schwebel,Sir Robert Jennings,
de Lacharrière, Mbaye, Bedjaoui.
The operative part of the Opinion reads:
[SeeI.C.J. Reports1982,p. 366.1
39. THE REGISTRAR TO THE SECRFTARY-GENERALOF THE UNITED KATIONS
20 July 1982
I have the honour to scnd you hereuith. in accordance wiih Article 109of the
Rulcs of Court, one onginal copv, duly signed and selilcd,and iuo other copies
ofthe Advisory Opinion givcntoday b) the Internliiionîl Couri of Justice in the CORRESPONDENCE 239
case concerning an Applicationfor Reviewof JudgempntNo. 273 of the Unired
NationsAdmulisfrativeTribunal.
40. LE GREFFIERAU MINISTREDESRELATIONSIXTÉRIEURES
DE FRANCE'
20juillet 1982
En application de l'article 109 du Règlemeni de la Cour intern~tiondle de
Justice, j'ai l'honneur de vous communiquer ci-joint le texte de l'avisconsultatif
que la Cour a rendu cejour en l'affairedBrmunJrder6j>rmationdujugement
n" 273 du TribunaladminisrratijdesNations Unies.
41.LE GREFFIERADJOINTAU MINISTREDESAFFAIRES ~ANGW<ES
D'AFGHANISTAN'
23 aoùt 1982
Conformement i I'anicle 109du Règlementde la Cour. le Greffier adjoint de
la Cour internationale de Justice a l'honneur de transmettre sous ce pli un
exemplaire JeI'avisconsultatif rendu par la Cour le 20jui19x2au sujet dc la
Demandederéformationdujugement # 273du Tribunalidminürrati/desNations
Unies.
42. THEDEPUTY-REGISTRARTO THESECRETARYGENERALOF THE UNITED
NATIONS
24 August 1982
1have the honour to refer to the Registrar's letter dated 20 July 19810and
send you herewith two copies of the pnnted version of the Advisory Opinion
given by the Court in the case concerninApplicationfor Reviewof Judgemenr
No. 273 of the UnitedNations AdministrativeTribunal.By the same pouch 25
copies of that Advisory Opinion are being forwarded 10 the Office of Legal
Affairs (attention Mr. J. F. Scott). ln addition 225 copies are being forwarded
separately by airmail to the Director of the General Legal Division.
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