INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, 2517 KJ The Hague. TeL 92 44 41. Cables: lntercourtThe Hague
Telex 32323
Communiqué
unoffieial
for immsdiatfl rs/eass
No. 83/5
25 October 1983
Upper Volta and Mali bring a case
before the Court
The following information is made available to the press by the
Registry of the International Court of Justice:
Ort 14 October 1983, the Government of the Republic of Upper Volta.
and the Government of the Republic of Mali notified ta the Registry
by a joint letter a Special Agreement concluded by them on
16 Sept.ember 1983 which. entered into force on that day. The Special
Agreement submits ta a Chamber of. the Court the question of the
delimitation of a part of the .land frontier between the t.wo States .
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Upper Volta and Mali bring a case before the Court