Request by World Health Organization for an Advisory Opinion - Order fixing time-limits

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13 September 1993

Requestbv WHO for an AdvisoryO~inion

Order fixinntime-limits

Registryof the InternationalCourt,ofJustice:odthe Pressby the

As mentionedin PressCommuniqué93/26of 3 September 1993the World
Health Assembly adoptedo,n 14 May 1993, Resolution WA6.40,which
requestedan advisory opinionfrom theInternationalCourtof Justiceon
the followingquestion:

"In view of the healthand environmental effects, would
the use of nuclear weaponby a State in war or otherarmed
conflictbe a breach ofits obligationsunder internationalaw
includingthe WHO Constitution?"

Theletterfrom theDirector-General of the World Health
Organizationtransmittingthe requestwas receivedin the Registryof the
Court on 3 September1993.
The Court,by an Order of 13 September 1993,xed 10 June 1994 as
the time-limitwithin whichwritten statements relatinto the question
may be submittedto the Courtby the World Health Organisatiand by
those of its member States who arentitledto appearbeforethe Court.

The subsequent proceduris reservedfor furtherdecision.