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His Ex~etlmcyPbilippeCuuweut ,
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The PeacePalace
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TheNetherlaads

Re:Case cone Legal@ ofUse ofForceflugoslawiav.Germmy)

Sir,

Ihavethehonour torefertoyour letteof30December 2002bywhich thewritlenobservations

of&e FederalRepublicof Yugoslavia,dated18 Deccmbcr 2002, dn Germany's Preliminary

Objecfianinthe caseconcerningLegality01the Useof Force (YugbpI~viuv.Gemany) were
transmitted.

Notwithstandingthe brevityof theseobservationsit isclearthat theyconstitutea formal

acknowledsemen totheeffwt thatheCourtlath jurisdictiaverthe ease.

The statemencontainedin point(a)impliethattheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia ,tthetime
when itbwught proceedingsagainsGmany on 29 April1999,was not apw to thStatuteof

theCow. Hence,pursuan to Miele 35 (1)ofthe Statuteithad noright tomakeuseof the

Cow for thcsettlemenofmy internationdlisputesitmighth~vat thattime.Thismeansthat
the Courtlacksjurisdictiorarionpersonae everhe case.The subsequent admission ofthe

FederalRepublicof Yugoslaviabas notremedicsthisdclect.Nor hasthejudgmentwhich the J& .I99 h6 the ha- roncu- ~pplidon of the Convetltioon rheP~Verrtianend
pllnishmenof&e hoe of Genocide(BosniaandHenegwina v. ~u~oslavlaP,reliminary

~bjection(Yugos1mIy.Bqmio wad EkrzegoviqJiEec,tc€helepdpositioa hijudgmentis

trsmtidy fo& on?he agument ihuths non-pcmbuship ~fthe Fded ~~ublgof
Yugodaviawas nota new factintheoenrc~mrztempIa tydArtic-61of theStatutewith-

*regardtothejdgmmt of11 July1996.lathecumnt pmceedvlgsitdw mt matterwhm&
lackof mmwp becameamatterofpubkknow1dge. In anywent,asisknown today and

hasbccnconfirmedby theFed* Republiof ~ugoslaviaobrervatioaof18Denmbs 2002, '
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theApplican tasnota membQ of theUniteNationsand heme notaputy tothe.Srri nlrc
' ~pril1999.Norhasitbeenau&orizedinanyothemannertoappearbeforerhCourt

From theewplmationispoht @) ofmihebscrvsrlmsof1BDccunb~r 20Q2,it isdear ththe

FederalRepublicof Yugoslaviadoes not relany more on ArticleRC of the Genocide
Conv~tion a the basiofjurisdictioSince u.is-bvis Gemany,thatproviwasnth~only

compmmirrory clause whicthoApplicanthu invoked,nootherbasisofjurisdictiobeing.
conwivable,tmustbsooncluded&attheApplicatioiinadmissibeutiomrnatviae~5
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I For thereasonsexplaine& Germanys PrtEiminar~bjcctionand inlightof thewinen
obruvslio*submittebythe~ppli&t, Gemanyrespectfullquests theGout toadjudgeand
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1 deslarcLait lacjurisdictiwer he claimsbmught bytheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia
againsGtmy andthat. hence,theseclaimsare inadmissiblAlternativelGermany

respectfulrequeststhCourtto make r findintothe effect t'theFederalRepublicof
Yugslaviadoesnowish.togoonwithths pmcecdingsasindicatein itwrittenobswuions,
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andhat,consequently,thcase is discontinu(Article of cbeRules).Gemrany hasno

Accept,Sirthe .rsuu~cofmy highesconsideration