Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) - Court to deliver its Judgment on Tuesday 17 December 2002 at 10 a.m.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF WSTICE

Peace Palace, 2517 KJ The Hague. Tel: +31 (0)70 302 23 23. Cables: Intercourt,
The Hague. Fax: +31 (0)70 364 99 28. Telex: 32323. E-mail address:
[email protected]. Internet address: http://www.icj-cij.org.

Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2002/36
28 November 2002

Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan andonesia/Malaysia)

Court to deliver its Judgment on Tuesday 17 December 2002 at 10 a.m.

THE HAGUE, 28 November 2002. On Tuesday 17 December 2002 the International Court

of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Judgment in the case
conceming Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia!Malaysia).

A public sitting will be held at 10 a.m. in the Peace 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.

History of the proceedings and final submissions of the Parties

The historyof the proceedings and the final submissions of the Parties can be found in Press
Releases 2002114 and 2002/16. 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 Sovereignty overPulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia!Malaysia). Then
clickon the Press Release of your 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 of the public entrance to the courtroom.

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 floorf 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. -2-

4. At the end of the sitting, a press release, a summary of the Court's Judgment and the full
textof 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 caUs or the public telephones in the Post Office in the basement of the
Peace Palace.

7. Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretary of the Court (tel: +31-70-302 2336), and

Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers, are available to deal with any
requestsfrom the Press (tel: +31-70-302 2337; e-mail address: [email protected]).