Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras, Nicaragua intervening)(El Salvador v. Hondura

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2003/30
12 September 2003

Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the
Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening)
(El Salvador v.Honduras)

Conclusion of the public hearings

Chamber ready to begin its deliberation

THE HAGUE, 12 September 2003. The public hearings before the Chamber ofthe Court
formed to deal with the case conceming Application for Revision of the Judgment of
11 September 1992 in the Case conceming the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute
(El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) (El Salvador v. Honduras) were concluded today.

The Chamber will now start its deliberation.

At the hearings, which opened on 8 September 2003, the delegation of El Salvador was led
by Mr. Gabriel Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro, as Agent; the delegation of Honduras was led by
H.E. Mr. Carlos L6pez Contreras, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, as Agent.

In accordance with Article 61 of the Statute, these public hearings were devoted to the
question of the admissibility of the Application for Revision filed by El Salvador. The Chamber's
judgment on this matter will be delivered at a public sitting on a date to be announced later.

Final submissionsof the Parties

At the conclusionof the oral proceedings the Parties presented the following submissions to
the Court:

For El Salvador:

"The Republic of El Salvador respectfully requests the Chamber, rejecting all contrary
claims and submissions to adjudge and declare:

1. The Application of the Republic of El Salvador is admissible based on the existence of new
factsof such a nature as to leave the case open to revision, pursuant to Article 61 of the Statute
of the Court, and -2-

2. Once the request is admitted that it proceed to a revlSlon of the Judgment of
11 September 1992, so that a new judgment fixes the boundary line in the sixth disputed sector

of the land boundary between El Salvador and Honduras as follows:

"Starting at the old mouth of the Goascorân River at the entry point known as
the Estero de la Cum, located at latitude 13 degrees 22 minutes 00 seconds north and
longitude 87 degrees 41 minutes 25 seconds west, the border follows the old bed of

the Goascorân River for a distance of 17,300 metres up to the place known as
Rompici6n de Los Amates, located at latitude 13 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds north
and longitude 87 degrees 43 minutes 25 seconds west, which is where the Goascorân
River changed course.""

For Honduras:

"The Govemment of the Republic of Honduras requests the Chamber to declare the

inadmissibilityof the Application for Revision presented on 10 September 2002 by El Salvador."

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NOTE FOR THE PRESS

Full transcripts of the hearings held from 8 to 12 September 2003 can be found on the
Court's website (www.icj-cij.org) under "Docket". Click on the hyperlink bearing the name of the
case.

Information Office:
Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretary of the Court (tel: +31 70 302 2336)

Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers (tel: + 31 70 302 2337)
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