SPEECH OF H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL
9 November 2018
Multilateralism and the International Court of Justice
Mr. President,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mr. President,
1. Allow me at the outset to congratulate you and to congratulate the People’s Republic of
China for assuming the chairmanship of the Council during this month. I thank you also for taking
this initiative and for inviting me to participate in it.

lh(1ucsl h􀂎• lhc Unikd Najion." General Assembly for au !\.th•isory Opinion on the
••Legal consct111cnccs ofthe sep􀂏1rnlion of me Chagos A1·chipclaJ?,o from Maurilius in 19(,5 ..
Wrillcn comments of the Unitc<l States or America on States· Written Replies
nr Sc Jtcmbcr I l, 2018 to the c. ucstions oscc.l b Jug 1 c Can ·ado􀔽·1·rindadc
I. The l lnitcd S1,1tcs offers three observations on the Wrillen Replies of States to the questions
posed by Judge Canc;ado-Trin<ladc on September 5 (hcrcinaller. ''the replies").

WRITTEN REPL Y OF THE AFRICAN UNION TO
JUDGE CANCADO TRINDADE'S QUESTION
"As recal/ed in paragraph (a) of the U.N General Assembly's request for an
Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (General Assembly
resolution 71/292 of 22.06.2017), the General Assembly refers to obligations
enshrined into successive pertinent resolutions of its own, as from 1960, namely:
General Assemb/y reso/utions 1514(XV) of 14.12.1960, 2066(XX) of 16.12.1965,
2232(XXI) of 20.12.1966, and 2357(XXII) of 19.12.1967.

WRITTEN COMMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
ON THE RESPONSES OF THE UNITED KJNGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES TO
,JUDGE CANÇADO TRINDADE'S QUESTION
The United Kingdom and the United States have replied to Judge Cançado Trindade's
question by repeating their arguments that General Assembly resolutions 15 l 4(XV), 2066(XX),
2232(XXI), and 2357(XXII) did not reflect customary international law at the time the Chagos
Archipelago was detached from Mauritius, were not legally binding on the administering power and

Rcqucst by the United Nations Gcncral Asscmbly for an Advisory Opinion on the
"Lcgal conscqucnccs of the scparation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965"
Written comments of the United States of America on the Written Reply of Mauritius
of September 7, 2018 to the question posed by Judge Gaja
1. The United States offers three observations on the Written Reply of Mauritius to the
following question posed by J udge Gaja on September 3: "In the process of decolonization

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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEPARATION OF THE CHA GOS ARCHIPELAGO
FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965 (REQUEST FOR AD V/SOR Y OPINION)
EFFETS JURIDIQUES DE LA SEPARATION DEL 'ARCHIPEL DES CHAGOS DE
.. MAURICE EN 1965 (RliQUETEPOURAVISCONSULTATJF)
Judge Gaja: ln the process of decolonization relating to the Chagos Archipelago, what is the
relevance of the will of the population o/Chagossian origin?
Comment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF
THE SEPARATION OF CHAGOS FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)
Written comment of the Argentine Republic in relation to the reply by the Republic of
Mauritius to the question put by Judge Gaja
In view of the possibility given by the Court to participants to the oral proceedings,
Argentina presents the following wrillen comment in relation to the reply by the Republic
of Mauritius to the question put by Judge Gaja at the end of the hearing on 3 September
2018 in the morning.

WRITTEN REPL Y OF THE AFRICAN UNION TO JUDGE GAJA1S QUESTlON
"ln the process .of dee:olonization relatihg to the Chagos Archipelago, what is
the relevance of the wlll pf the population ofChagossfan origin?11
1. The Afrfcan Union fully agrees with the reply of the Republic Mauritius concerning
the relevance of the Will of the people of Mauritius, including the Will of the
populatîon of Chagossîan origin, in the process of decolonization of Maurice in
1965/1968.
. 2. As the African U11fon has emphasized in its Written Statement, its Written

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF
THE SEP A RATION OF CHAGOS FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)
Answer of the Argentine Republic to the question put by Judge Cançado Trindade
Question by Judge Cançado Trindade:
As recalled in paragraph (a) of the UN General Assembly's Request for an adviso,y opinion of
the Intemational Court of Justice, Gene ra/ Assembly resolution71/292 of 22June 2017, the
General Assembly refers to obligations enshrined into successive pertinent resolutions of its own,