INTERNATIONAL COURTOFJUSTICE
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Communiqué
unofficial
forimmediaterelease
No. 2002/23
3 October 2002
Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria:
Equatorial Guinea intervening)
Court to deliver its Judgment on Thursday 10 October 2002 at 3 p.m.
THE HAGUE, 3 October 2002. On Thursday 10 October 2002 the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Judgment in the case
conceming the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v.
Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening)
A public sitting will be held at 3 p.m. in thece Palace in The Hague, at which the
Presidentof the Court, Judge Gilbert Guillaume, will read the Court's Judgment, which is binding
and not subject to appeal.
Historyof the proceedings and final submissions of the Parties
The history of the proceedings and the final submissions of the Parties can be found in press
releases2002/1 and 2002111. These are available on line on the Court's website (www.icj-cij.org).
On the home page, click on "What's new", and then click on the link for the case conceming the
Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial
Guinea intervening). Then click on the press releaser choice.
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NOTE TO THE PRESS
1. The public sitting will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in The Hague,
Netherlands. Mobile telephones and beepers are allowed in the courtroom provided they are turned
off or set on silent mode. Any offending deviee will be temporarily retained.
2. Members of the Press may attend on presentation of a press card. The table reserved for
them is situated to the far left public entrance to the courtroom. -2-
3. Photographs and TV shots may be taken for a few minutes only at the opening of the
sitting. The Court's proceedings will be displayed live on a large TV screen in the Press Room,
located on the ground floor of the Peace Palace (Room 5). In the Press Room, it will be possible for
TV crews to connect recording equipment directly to the Court's new video system, but advance
notice of this should be given to the Information Department. There is also a facility for the
connection of sound-only equipment to the Court's audio system during the proceedings.
4. At the end of the sitting, a press release, a summary of the Court's Judgment and the full
text of the Judgment will be distributed in the Press Room.
5. All the above-mentioned documents will also be available at that time on the Court's
website (www.icj-cij.org).
6. Members of the Press who wish to make telephone calls may use the phone located in the
Press Room for collect calls or the public telephones in the Post Office in the basement of the
Peace Palace.
7. Mr. ArthurWitteveen, First Secretary of the Court (tel: +31-70-302 2336), as well as
Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers, are available to deal with any
requests from the Press (tel: +31-70-302 2337; e-mail address: [email protected]).
Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea intervening) - Court to deliver its Judgment on Thursday 10 October 2002 at 3 p.m.