DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE ZORICIC

[Translation]
The Court has found that it has jurisdiction to decide whether
the United Kingdom is under an obligation to submit to arbitra-
tion, in accordance with the Declaration of 1926, the clifference
as to the validity of tlie Ambatieloç clairn, in so far as this claim
is based on .the Treaty of 1886. 1 regret that 1 am unable to concur
in this decision for the follo~ing reasons :

DISSENTING OPIXION OF JUDGE BASDEVANT
iTranslation]

1 greatly regret that 1 am able onlv to concur in part with
the operative portion of the Judgment, and as 1 also disagree
with the way in which the Court arrives at its decision, 1 think
that 1 should indicate mv main reasons for my view and the
conclusions which 1 draw from those reasons.

DISSENTING OPINION OF PRESIDENT McNAIR

1 have voted in favour of the first finding of the Court, namely,
"that it is without jurisdiction to decide on the merits of the
Ambatielos claim", though 1 go further than that and consider
that the Court has no jurisdiction at al1 in this case. 1 regret
that 1 am not able to concur in the second finding of the Court.

INDIVIDUAL OPINION OF M. SPIROPOULOS
[Translation]
Though 1 am oiie of the majority, 1 am unable, to my great

INDIVIDUAL OPINION OF JUDGE LEVI CARNEIRO

[Translation]
Though 1 have voted with the majority on nearly a11 the
questions and have accepted the conclusions of the Judgment,
1 nevertheless venture to draw attention to some secondary
differences of vievi, and to refer to certain considerations which

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SCHWEBEL

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AG0

[Translation]

DISSENTING OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT ODA

1. Themain purpose ofthis opinion isto set forth myreasons for cast-
inganegativevoteon operativeparts 1(b),(c)(d)and (e)ofthe Judgment.
TheApplicationof Nauru was,to mymind, clearlyinadmissibleon those
countsalone. Mysubsidiarypurpose, whichcanbe disposed ofat once,is
to state that my negative vote on operative paCf)is motivated by my

DISSENTING OPINION
OF PRESIDENT SIR ROBERT JENNINGS

1very much regret that 1am unable to agree with the decision of the
Court rejecting Australia's preliminary objection based on the circum-
stancethat New Zealand and the United Kingdom are not alsoparties to

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN