it is my opinion that the conclusions of the Court in the Israel v.
Bulgaria case concerning the scope and effect of paragraph 5 of
Article 36 of theStatute are not applicable to the case now decided,
for the abundant reasons stated in the present Judgment.

Judge WELLINGTOK NOO makes the following Declaration:

it is my opinion that the conclusions of the Court in the Israel v.
Bulgaria case concerning the scope and effect of paragraph 5 of
Article 36 of theStatute are not applicable to the case now decided,
for the abundant reasons stated in the present Judgment.

Judge WELLINGTOK NOO makes the following Declaration:

Since the above conclusion is sufficient in itself to found the
Court's jurisdiction, and the issue of jurisdiction is the only one
which the Court has to determine at this stage of the case, it
becomes unnecessary to proceed to a consideration of the second
basis of jurisdiction invoked by Cambodia, and Thailand's objection
to that basis of jurisdiction.

For these reasons,