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

DISSENTING OPINION BY SIR ARNOLD IlcNAIR,
PRESIDENT, AND JUDGES BASDEVAPU'T,KLAESTAD
AND READ

To Our great regret we are unable to concur in the Judgment
of the Court. We must therefore indicate the way in which we
understand the task of the Court in the present case, the meaning
of the question submitted to it, the answer which should be ,@\.en,
and the grounds on which we base Ouropinion.

ISDIVIDcLSL OPISIOI; OF JVDGE LET7 C-IRSEIRO
/Srn~zslatio.ujz
Havii~g voted in favour of the operative clause of the Judgineilt
and accepted al1the reasons in support thereof, I x-enture to add a
fexv obserx-ationç which hax-e decisively iilfhenced mg- personal
vote. These observations relate to circumstances of a general
character xvhich, in my view, explain. confirm, CO-ordinate and
lend value to the acts of occupation which occurred at irregular