Written Statement of Sierra Leone

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15 April 2009
RE!F: 3079/96

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DECI..A:Rl\TION OF SUPPORT FOR THE !NDEPENDENCE OF KOSOVO

BY T:S:EGOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

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Co~rt's order dated :7 th October 2008 in the case
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1noe;-;.eno.en ce k.:,·'~lthe

:nstit~tions of Self-Government of Kosovo" the request
for an advisory opinion was refer~ed ~o the court
pursuant ra the General Assernbly resolution 63/3.

~he Government of the Rep~blic Sierra Leone recognized
l(()Sov~c, a.s a,r.1 Ii1deE)encier1t: St.at~e- i.r1 ~T1Jr1E: 2 DOS ari·d. t.l1e
Government of Sierra Leone believed ~hat Koso~o·s
ir1·d.eI.J-·er1cler1ce i·t self ~ir.1 ad,5ition t.o ï::h07, act ()f
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declar~ng independent) ...L. .a.l-c.c:c:r·cic.Jt~.
International Law, as well as wi~~ the consistence
provisions of the Onited Nacions Security Council
Re.solution l244.

the Go\?ernmen:: of the Rc:q;::ublic Sierra Lecn1E~ th:::_nks i.t
i:s a.ppr,::;priate to 1ook mcire closely at -chE, _provisi011sc,f :rE::S.:)1.:.1t.l-cJJ1 1244, l
a ne 1999.
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