Letter of the Agent of Serbia and Montenegro

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SERSIA AND MONTENEGRO

His Excellency PhitippeCouvreur
Registrar

International Courtof Justice

Peacepalace

2517 KJThe Hague
The Netherlands

Sir,

I have thehonouEOrefertothecasesconcerninl&@iv ofUse ofForce

UUOS);1 - fluv.orYviV.Francel;

(Yugoslaviv.Portupall:and~u~aslaviav.United Kinmm). On 18December

2002theFederalRepublicofYugoslavia@RY) submittedWrittenObservationand

submissionwith respectoprelimhay objectionmade by Belgium,Canada,
France,Germany,Italy,theNetherlands,Partigandthe UnitedKingdom .Jtis

notedtha telgium,Canada,ItalT y,eNetherlands, Porngal athe United
Kingdomsent commentsonthese WrittenObservation sutsidtheprocedural

frameworksetby theS~tuteandbytheRules ofCow. (BeTgiurnya letteBared16

January2003;Canadaby alettedated14January2003;Italybya letterdate17
January2003;The Netherlandsbyalettedated16 January2003;Porngal bya

letter dat16January2003;and theUnitedKingdomby alettedated17January

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Withregard tothecomments submittedt,he GovernmenofSerbiaandMontenegro
(would likto statethe following:

(1) Serbiand Montenegrosubmitsthaid itspiniontherearenewlydiscovered

factwhich arerdaranfinallcaseinwhichSerbiaandMontenegropahipates
beforethisCourt. Comismrwith i~ othsubmissionsinceshe-newGovernment

oftheFRYtook oficeintheFallof2000 he FRY broughttothe attentiofthe
Court theseefainitsWrittenObservationsf18December.In parhxlartheFRY

maintained-and maintain- thabefore1November 2000 iwas nota member of

theUNanditwas notapartytotheStatute.heFRY alsmaiatahd -and
maintains-thatitwasnotbud by theGtmcide Conventionuntilaccededto

IcharConventioninMarch 2001.The commmts havetakennoticeofthisosition.

(2)Some ofthecommentsalso statthatheWrittenObservationof 18December
2002represenatnoticeofdiscontinuanoftheproceedingwifhinthemm of

Articl89 ofthe'RuleofCourt.SerbiaandMontenegrostressshattheWritten
Observationof 18December ZOO2do notrepresenuchanotice ofdiscontinuance.

InitsSubmissionof 8 December 2002theFederalRepubliofYugoslavia

spdcally requestedtheCourtto#ecideonitsjurisdict(cansideringhe
pleadingformulatedintheWrittenObservationrathethan todiscontinthe

Iproceedings amorhe withArticle89oftheRulesoftheCourt.

I3)Serbiand Montenegroisrqecthlly askinthe Courttoaccortothepresent
commentsofSerbiaandMontenegro thesametreatmenastheone accordetothe

CbnI.mEntsubmittebyBelgium.canad, Ital TheNetherlands,Porngal,andthe
UnitedKingdom.

28 February2003

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