Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) - Provisional Measures - Programme of the hearings opening on Monday 10 May 1999

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Conununiqué
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forimmediate release

No. 99/19
7 May 1999

Legality of Use of Force
(Yugoslavia v. Belgium) (Yugoslaviav. Canada) (Yugoslavia v. France)
(Xugoslavia v. Germany} (Yugoslavia v. Italy) (Yugoslayia v. Netherlands)
(Yugoslavia v. Portugal) (Yugoslavia v. Spain) Q'ugoslavia v. UnitgdKingdom)
(Yugoslavia v. United States of America)

Provisional Measures

Programme of the hearings opening on Monday 10 May 1929

THE HAGUE, 7 May 1999. The hearings schedu!ed to open on Monday 10 May 1999 at
the Internationalurt of Justice (ICJ) in the above-mentioned cases will take place from 10 a.m.
till 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. till 6 p.m. each day.

They will begin with a preliminary common statement by Judge Christopher Weeramantry,
Vice-President of the Court, exercising the fonctions of the presidency in the ten cases.

Judges a.d...l;ill subsequently take the oath (Article 31 of the Court's Statute provides that
Parties whîch do not have any judge oftheir nationality on the Bench may appoin~).judge

The Court will then hear the Parties. Yugoslavia, as the applicant State, will speak first for
two hoursin a common statement addressed to ali ten cases. It will be followed by the respondent
States in English alphabetical order. Each State will have approximately one hour to submit its
arguments .

The delegationsof the Parties will be led by the following persans:
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Yugoslavia: Mr. Rodoljub Etinski, Chief Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Agent;

Belgium: Mrs. Raymonde Foucart, Director-General Legal Matters at the Minîstry of Foreign
Affairs, Agent;

Canada: Mr. Philippe Kirsch, Legal Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade, Agent;

France: Mr. Ronny Abraham, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Agent;

Germany: H.E. Mr. Eberhard U. B. J. von Puttkamer, Ambassador to the Netherlands, and
Mr. Gerhard Westdickenberg, Legal Adviser of the Federal Foreign Office, Agents; - 2 -

Italy: Mr. Umberto Leanza, Head of the Diplomatie Legal Service at the Ministry of foreign
Affairs, Agent;

Netherlands: Prof. DrJ.G. Lammers, Acting Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Agent;

Portugal: Mr. JoséMaria Teixeira Leite Martins, Head of the Legal Aff airs Department of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agent;

Spain: Mr. Aurelio Pérez Giralda, Director of the International Legal Department at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agent;

United Kingdom: Sir Franklin D. Berman, K.C.M.G., Q.C., Legal Adviser to the Foreign &

Commonwealth Office, Agent;

United States of America: Mr. David R. Andrews, Legal Adviser, Department of State,
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NOTE FOR THE PRESS

A press briefing will be organized on MondayMay 1999 at 8.15 a.m. in the Press Room
(Room 5) of the Peace Palace at The Hague, seat of the Court. Media representatives are cordially
invited to attend. However, no filming will be allowed durîng the briefing.

The verbatim records of the hearwillbe published daily on the Court's website (address:
http://www .icj-cij.org).

Information Office:

Mr. Arthur Witteveen, Secretary of the Court (+e31 70 302 2336)
Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Infonnation Officer (+e31 70 302 2337)
E-mail address:[email protected] •