INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, 2517 KJ The Hague. Tel. 92 44 41. Cables: IntercourtThe Hague
Communiqué
for mvnsdiaterslesss
No. 86/16
Oistributeci 12-,12-66 (17.30) 11 December 1986
post Office P.2. 15-12-86 (11 .j0)
Press not called.
El Salvador and Honduras bring a case to the Court
The following information is made available to the Press by the
Registry of the International Court of Justice:
On 11 December 1986 the Government of the Republic of El Salvador and
the Government of the Republic of Honduras notified, by meana of a joint
letter, a Special Agreement which was signed between them on 24 May 1986
and entered into force on 1 October 1986. This Special Agreement refers
the following two matters to a Chamber to be constituted by the Court:
- the delimitation of parts of the land frontier between the two States and
- the determination of the legal situation in islands and maritime areaa.
El Salvador and Honduras bring a case to the Court