Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) - Chamber of the Court to deliver its Judgment on Tuesday 12 July 2005 at 3 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL COURTOFWSTICE

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. 2005/14
5 July 2005

Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger)

Chamber of the Court to deliver its Judgment on Tuesday 12 July 2005 at 3 p.m.

THE HAGUE, 5 July 2005. The Chamber of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) formed
to deal with the case concerning the Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) will deliver its Judgment on
Tuesday 12 July 2005.

A public sitting will be held at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in

The Hague, at which the President of the Chamber, Judge Raymond Ranjeva, will read the
Judgment ofthe Chamber, which is binding and not subject to appeal.

History of the proceedings and final subrnissions of the Parties

The history of the proceedings and the final subrnissions of the Parties can be found on the
Court's website (www.icj-cij.org). Click on "Docket" and thenon the hyperlink bearing the name
of the case concerning the Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger).

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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 tables reserved for
them are 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 reading of the Judgment 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 forV crews to connect recording equipment directly to the Court's 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 reading. - 2-

4. At the end of the sitting, a press release, a summary of the Judgment of the Chamber and

the full text of the Judgment will be distributed in the Press Room.

5. Ali 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.: +31-70-3022336), and
Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers, are available to deal with any

requests from the Press and for the requirements of TV crews (tel.: +31-70-302 2337; e-mail
address: information @icj-cij.org).