DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE FISCHER
To myregret 1am unable to concurin the decision ofthe Court for the
reasonswhich 1shallbriefly setforth below.Myremarkswillconcentrate
on the principal divergenceof views.
Onthe otherhand, 1amin agreement with someofthe reasoning ofthe
Court.
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AJIBOLA
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE WEERAMANTRY
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SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SCHWEBEL
1am in substantial but not full agreement with the Court's Judgment.
There is no need to specify the several holdings of the Court with which
1agree. The questions whose treatment by the Court is in my view ques-
tionable arethe following.
1. SHOULD THE LAW OF MARITIM DEELIMITATIO BNEREVISED TO
INTRODUC END APPLY DISTRIBUTIV JUESTICE?
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DECLAUATION OF JUDGE RANJEVA
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1 have voted in favour of the operative part of the Judgment and sub-
scribe to the arguments on which it isbased. In myopinion, the solution
adopted by the Court constitutes an equitable result, which pays due
regard to the interests at stake. 1 would nevertheless have wished the
DECLARATION OF JUDGE AGUILAR MAWDSLEY
1have voted for the Judgment because 1 concur with its reasoning.
However, 1am not persuadëd that the delimitation line as drawn by the
Court orovidesforaneauitableresult.Inmvooinion. the dimerenceinthe
GngthSofthe coasts of~reenland and ~an~a~en issuch that Greenland
(Denmark) should have receiveda largerproportion ofthe disputed area.
Given the importance attached to this factor in the Judgment, it would
have beenlogicalat leastto makean equal distribution ofzones I,3.and
DECLARATION OF JUDGE EVENSEN
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea signed at
Montego Bay,Jamaica, on 10December 1982endeavoun to formulate in
its text of 320Articles,9Annexes and a Final Actthe prevailing(to some
extent emerging) principles of the modem law of the sea. Article 308,
paragraph 1,of the Convention provides:
"ThisConvention shallenterinto force 12months afterthe date of
deposit ofthe sixtiethinstrument of ratification or accession."
DECLARATION OF VICE-PRESIDENT ODA
Myview,asappears inmyseparate opinion,isthat the DanishApplica-