Question put by Judgc Cançado Trindadc:
My question is addressed to ail delegations of participants in these oral advisory
proceedings.
As recalled in paragraph (a) of the UN General Assembly's Request for an advisory
opinion of the International Court of Justice, General Assembly resolution 71/292 of22 June
2017, the General Assembly refers to obligations enshrined into successive pertinent resolutions
of its own, as from 1960, namely: General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December

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On behalf of the Republic of Guatemala, it is an lwnour to address you within the context of
the procedures of the request for an advisory opinion 011 the Legal consequcnces of the

WRITTEN REPLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF
MAURITIUS TO JUDGE CANC.ADO TRINDADE'S
QUESTION
"As recalled 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
Assembly resolutions 1514(XV) of 14.12.1960, 2066(XX)
of 16.12.1965, 2232(XXI) of 20.12.1966, and 2357(XXII)

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEPARATION OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965 (REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)
EFFETS JUR/DIQUES DE LA SEPARATION DEL 'ARCH/PEL DES CHA GOS DE
MAURICE EN 1965 (REQUETE POUR AVISCONSULTATIF)
Judge Cancado Trindade: As recalled in paragraph (a) of the V.N. General Assembly's
request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (General Assembly

Written Reply of the Republic of Nicaragua to the Question of
Judge Can@do Trindade
"My question is addressed to all delegations of participants I these oral
advisory proceedings.
As recalled 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,

Ll~GALCONSl~QUENCRS OFTl·m Sl~PAH.ATION OFTIII~ CIIAGOS
ARCIIIPl~LAGO FIU)M MAURITIUS IN 1965
(Rl~QtmST FOR ADVISORY OPINIONS)
.JOINT IU~SPONSI~ ownrn REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
AND THE IUWUHLIC OF VANUATU
ON FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMHER 2019
Question (.Judge AnWnio Augusto Can~ado Trindadc, Cit 2018/25, p. 58):
As recalled in para~raph (a} ,?f the UN General As.,·embly :,· Request fhr an advisOIJ'
opinion <?(the International Court <?{.Justice, (Jenera/ Assembly resolution 71/292 of 22

Australian Government
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SEPARATION OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)
QUESTION PUT BY JUDGE CANCADO TRINDADE
5 SEPTEMBER 2018
Question put by Judge Cancado Trindade:
"As recalled 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

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WRITTEN REPLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS TO JUDGE GAJA'S QUESTION
"In the process of decolonization relating to the Chagos Archipelago, what is the relevance of
the will of the population of Chagossian origin?"
I. The Chagos Archipelago having always been an integral part of the territory of
Mauritius, the "process of decolonization relating to the Chagos Archipelago" could
only be treated as a part of the decolonization of Mauritius as a whole.

SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
25 October 2018
Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

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