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United Nations A/77/L.58
General Assembly Distr.: Limited
1 March 2023
Original: English
23-03831 (E) 060323
*2303831*
Seventy-seventh session
Agenda item 70

Dossier
No. Date Type of Document Document Symbol Title
1 01 March 2023 Draft General Assembly
Resolution A/77/L.58 Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of
climate change
2 29 March 2023 General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/276 Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of
climate change
3 29 March 2023 General Assembly Official
Records A/77/PV.64 Sixty-fourth plenary meeting
4 9 May 1992 / 21
March 1994

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MATERIALS COMPILED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 65, PARAGRAPH 2 OF
THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
(Request for an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice pursuant to
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30 June 2023
The Request
1. Under agenda item 70 of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly entitled “Report
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