INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2005/25
12 December 2005
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo
(Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda)
Court to deliver its Judgment on Monday 19 December 2005 at 10 a.m.
THE HAGUE, 12 December 2005. On Monday 19 December 2005, the International Court
of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Judgment in the case
concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v.
Uganda).
A public sitting will be held at 10a.m. in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in
The Hague, at which the President of the Court, Judge Shi Jiuyong, will read the Court’s Judgment.
History of 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
Releases Nos. 2005/11 of 29 April 2005 and 2004/36 of 6 December 2004. These are available on
the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org). On the ho me page, click on “What’s new” and on the link
for the case. Then click on the Press Release of your choice.
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N OTE TO THE PRESS
1. The public sitting will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in
TheHague, Netherlands. Mobile telephones and beepers are allowed in the courtroom provided
they are turned off. Any offending device 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 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 (Room5). In the Press Room, it will be possible
for TV crews to connect recording equipment di rectly to the Court’s new video system, but - 2 -
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 telephon es in the Post Office in the basement of the
Peace Palace.
7. Mrs.LaurenceBlairon, Head of the Info rmation Department (tel .: +31-70-302 2336) and
Messrs.BorisHeim and Maxime Schouppe, Informati on Officers, are available to deal with any
requests from the Press and for the requirements of TV crews (tel.: +31-70-3022337; e-mail
address: [email protected]).
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Armed activities on the territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo v. Uganda) - Court to deliver its Judgment on Monday 19 December 2005 at 10 a.m.