Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) - Removal of the case of the Court's list

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No. 91/28
27 September 1991

Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua
-(~icara~ua v. United States of America)

The following information is communicated to the Press by the
Regist ry of the International Court of Justice:

Thc above case., in which Nicaragua's claim to reparations had still
been pending before the Court, has now been brought to an end on the
initiative of Nicaragua.

On 12 September 1991 the Agent of Nicaragua informed the Court that
his Government :

"had decided to renounce al1 further right of action based on

the case and did not wish to go on with the proceedings and
requested that an Order be made of ficially recording the
discontinuance of the proceedings and directing the removal of
the case from the list."

As required by Article 89 of the Rules of Court, the President of
the Court then fixed 25 September 1991 as the time-limit within which the
United States of America might state whether it opposed the
discontinuance. On that date a letter welcoming the discontinuance was
received £rom the Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State,
writing on behalf of his Government.

In consequence, the President of the Court, on 26 September 1991,
made an Order recording the discontinuance of the proceedings and
directing the removal of the case from the Court's list.