Order of 14 July 1972

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INTERNATIONACOURT OF JUSTICE

REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS,
ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS

APPLICATIONFOR REVIEWOFJUDGEMENT

No. 158OFTHE UNITEDNATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVETRIBUNAL

(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)

ORDER OF 14 JULY 1972

COUR INTERNATIONALDE JUSTICE

RECUEIL DES ARRÊTS,
AVIS CONSULTATIFS ET ORDONNANCES

DEMANDE DE RÉFORMATIONDU JUGEMENT

No158DU TRIBUNALADMINISTRATIF
DES NATIONSUNIES

(REQUÊTE POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF)

ORDONNANCE DU 14 JUILLET 1972 Officialcita:ion
Application for Review of Judgenze~ztNo. 158 of
flze United Natiolls Administrative Trihrrnul,Order
of 14 July 1972, I.C.J. Reports 1972, p. 9.

Mode officielde ci:ation
Dernarlciede réformationdujutz158dut
Tribunal administratif des Nations Unies, ordonnatrcc
du 14juill1972,C.I.Recueil 19p. 9.

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No devente: 14JULY 1972

ORDER

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF JUDGEMENT No. 158

OF THE UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)

DEMANDE DE RÉFORMATION DU JUGEMENT No 158
DU TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DES NATIONS UNIES

(REQUÊTE POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF)

14 JUILLET 1972

ORDONNANCE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

1972 YEAR 1972
14 July
General List 14July1972
No. 57

APPLICATIONFOR REVIEWOF JUDGEMENT

No. 158OFTHE UNITED NATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVETRIBUNAL

(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)

ORDER

Prcsent: PresideSir Muhammad ZAFRGLLAKHAN ; Vice-President
AMMOUN udges Sir Gerald FITZMAURIC PA,DILLA NERVO,
FORSTER G,ROS,BENGZON, PETRÉNL,ACHSO , NYEAMAD,ILLARD,

IGNACIO-PINTO,DECASTROM , OROZOVJ,IMÉNEZ DEARÉCHAGA;
RegistraAQUARONE.

The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,

After deliberation,
Having regard to Article paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court,

Makes thefollowing Order:

Whereas, on20June 1972,the Cornmittee on Applications for Review
of Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the United Nations
adopted the followingcisio:
4 "The Committee on Applications for Review of Administrative
Tribunal Judgements has decided that there is a substantial basis
within the meaning of Article 11of the Statute of the Administrative
Tribunal for the application for the review of Administrative Tri-
bunal Judgement No. 158, delivered at Geneva on 28 April 1972.

Accordingly, the Committee requests an advisory opinion of
the International Court of Justice on the following questions:
1. Has the Tribunal failed to exercise jurisdiction vested in it as
contended in the applicant's application to the Committee on

Applications for Review of Administrative Tribunal Judgements
(A/AC.86/R.59)?
2. Has the Tribunal committed a fundamental error in procedure
which has occasioned a failure of justice as contended in the
applicant's application to the Committee on Applications for Re-
view of Administrative Tribunal Judgements (A,/AC.86/R.59)?"

Whereas certified true copies of the English and French texts of the
aforesaid decision were transmitted to the Court by a letter of the Secre-
tary-General of the United Nations dated 28 June 1972 and filed in the

Registry on 3 July 1972;
Whereas the Secretary-General has stated in his letter:

"as required by paragraph 2 of Article11 of the Statute of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal, 1shall arrange to transmit to the
Court any viewswhich the applicant to the Committee on Applications
for Review of Administrative Tribunal Judgements may wish to
submit",

Fixes 20 September 1972 as the time-limit within which written state-
ments may be submitted in accordance with Article 66,paragraph 2, of
the Statute of the Court;
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.

Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative,
at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this fourteenth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-two.

(Signed) ZAFRULLA KHAN,
President.

(Signed) S. AQUARONE,

Registrar.

Bilingual Content

INTERNATIONACOURT OF JUSTICE

REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS,
ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS

APPLICATIONFOR REVIEWOFJUDGEMENT

No. 158OFTHE UNITEDNATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVETRIBUNAL

(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)

ORDER OF 14 JULY 1972

COUR INTERNATIONALDE JUSTICE

RECUEIL DES ARRÊTS,
AVIS CONSULTATIFS ET ORDONNANCES

DEMANDE DE RÉFORMATIONDU JUGEMENT

No158DU TRIBUNALADMINISTRATIF
DES NATIONSUNIES

(REQUÊTE POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF)

ORDONNANCE DU 14 JUILLET 1972 Officialcita:ion
Application for Review of Judgenze~ztNo. 158 of
flze United Natiolls Administrative Trihrrnul,Order
of 14 July 1972, I.C.J. Reports 1972, p. 9.

Mode officielde ci:ation
Dernarlciede réformationdujutz158dut
Tribunal administratif des Nations Unies, ordonnatrcc
du 14juill1972,C.I.Recueil 19p. 9.

""'"""""3 1 5
No devente: 14JULY 1972

ORDER

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF JUDGEMENT No. 158

OF THE UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)

DEMANDE DE RÉFORMATION DU JUGEMENT No 158
DU TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DES NATIONS UNIES

(REQUÊTE POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF)

14 JUILLET 1972

ORDONNANCE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

1972 YEAR 1972
14 July
General List 14July1972
No. 57

APPLICATIONFOR REVIEWOF JUDGEMENT

No. 158OFTHE UNITED NATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVETRIBUNAL

(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)

ORDER

Prcsent: PresideSir Muhammad ZAFRGLLAKHAN ; Vice-President
AMMOUN udges Sir Gerald FITZMAURIC PA,DILLA NERVO,
FORSTER G,ROS,BENGZON, PETRÉNL,ACHSO , NYEAMAD,ILLARD,

IGNACIO-PINTO,DECASTROM , OROZOVJ,IMÉNEZ DEARÉCHAGA;
RegistraAQUARONE.

The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,

After deliberation,
Having regard to Article paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court,

Makes thefollowing Order:

Whereas, on20June 1972,the Cornmittee on Applications for Review
of Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the United Nations
adopted the followingcisio:
4 COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE

ANNÉE 1972
1972
Rôlegénéral
14juillet 1972 no 57

DEMANDE DE RÉFORMATIONDU JUGEMENT

No 158DU TRIBUNALADMINISTRATIF

DESNATIONSUNIES

(REQUÊTE POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF)

ORDONNANCE

Présents:Sir Muhammad ZAFRULLA KHAN, Président; M. AMMOUN,
Vice-Président;sir Gerald FITZMAUM,M. PADILLANERVO,
FORSTER ,ROSB, ENGZON,PETRÉNL,ACHSO, NYEAMA D,ILLARD,
IGNACIO-PINTO,E CASTROM, OROZOV J,IMÉNEDE ARÉCHAGA,
juges; M. AQUARONEG,refJier.

La Cour internationale de Justice,

Ainsi composée,
Après délibéen chambre du conseil,
Vu l'article 66,paragraphe 2, du Statut de la Cour,

Rend l'ordonnance suivante:

Considérantque le 20juin 1972le Comitédes demandes de réformation
de jugements du Tribunal administratif des Nations Unies a adoptéune
décision ainsiconç:e

4 "The Committee on Applications for Review of Administrative
Tribunal Judgements has decided that there is a substantial basis
within the meaning of Article 11of the Statute of the Administrative
Tribunal for the application for the review of Administrative Tri-
bunal Judgement No. 158, delivered at Geneva on 28 April 1972.

Accordingly, the Committee requests an advisory opinion of
the International Court of Justice on the following questions:
1. Has the Tribunal failed to exercise jurisdiction vested in it as
contended in the applicant's application to the Committee on

Applications for Review of Administrative Tribunal Judgements
(A/AC.86/R.59)?
2. Has the Tribunal committed a fundamental error in procedure
which has occasioned a failure of justice as contended in the
applicant's application to the Committee on Applications for Re-
view of Administrative Tribunal Judgements (A,/AC.86/R.59)?"

Whereas certified true copies of the English and French texts of the
aforesaid decision were transmitted to the Court by a letter of the Secre-
tary-General of the United Nations dated 28 June 1972 and filed in the

Registry on 3 July 1972;
Whereas the Secretary-General has stated in his letter:

"as required by paragraph 2 of Article11 of the Statute of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal, 1shall arrange to transmit to the
Court any viewswhich the applicant to the Committee on Applications
for Review of Administrative Tribunal Judgements may wish to
submit",

Fixes 20 September 1972 as the time-limit within which written state-
ments may be submitted in accordance with Article 66,paragraph 2, of
the Statute of the Court;
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.

Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative,
at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this fourteenth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-two.

(Signed) ZAFRULLA KHAN,
President.

(Signed) S. AQUARONE,

Registrar. c(Le Comité des demandes de réformation de jugements du
Tribunal administratif a décidéque la demande de réformation du

jugement no 158 du Tribunal administratif, rendu à Genève le
28 avril 1972, reposait siir des bases sérieuses au sens de l'article 11
du statut du Tribunal.
En conséquence, le Comité prie la Cour internationale de Justice
de donner lin avis consultatif sur les questions suivantes:

1. Le Tribunal a-t-il omis d'exercer sa juridiction ainsi que le
soutient le requérant dans sa demande présentéeau Comité des
demandes de réformation dejugements du Tribunal administratif

(A!AC.86/R.59)?
2. Le Tribunal a-t-il commis, dans la procédure, une erreur essen-
tielle qui a provoqué un mal-jugé,ainsi que le soutient le requérant
dans sademande présentéeau Comitédes demandes de réformation
de jugements du Tribunal administratif (A/AC.86/R.59)? ))

Considérant que copie certifiéeconforme des textes français et anglais

de la susdite décision a été transmiseà la Cour par une lettredu Secrétaire
général del'organisation des Nations Unies du 28 juin 1972 enregistrée
au Greffe le 3 juillet 1972;
Considérant que, dans cette lettre, le Secrétaire générala déclaré:

(ainsi que le requiert le paragraphe 2 de l'article 11 du statut du
Tribunal administratif des Nations Unies, je prendrai les dispositions
voulues pour transmettre à la Cour toute opinion que la personne

ayant soumisune demande au Comitédes demandes deréformation de
jugements dii Tribunal administratif jugeraitbon de présenter )),

Fixe au 20 septembre 1972 la date d'expiration du délai dans lequel
des exposés écritspourront être présentés conformémentà l'article 66,
paragraphe 2, du Statut de la Cour;
Réservela suite de la procédure.

Fait en anglais et en français, le texte anglais faisant foi, au palais de
la Paix, La Haye, le quatorze juillet mil neuf cent soixante-douze.

Le Président,

(SignéZ )AFRULLA KHAN.

Le Greffier.
(SignéS ). AQUARONE.

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Fixing of time-limit: Written Statements

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Order of 14 July 1972

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