Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Court to give its Order on Thursday 13 July 2006 at 10 a.m. - The President of the Court w

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF WSTICE

Peace Palace, 2517 KJ The Hague. Tel: +31 (0)70 302 23 23. Cables: Intercourt,
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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2006/25

6 July 2006

Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)

Reguest for the indication of provisional measures

Court to give its Order on Thursday 13 .July 2006 at 10 a.m.

The President of the Court will make a statement to the press

immediately after the reading of the Order

THE HAGUE, 6 July 2006. On Thursday 13 July 2006, the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will give its Order on the request for
the indication of provisional measures submitted by Argentina in the case conceming Pulp Mills on

the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay).

A public sitting will be held at 10 a.m. in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in
The Hague, at which the President of the Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, will read the Court's
Order.

Immediately after the public sitting, the President of the Court will make a statement to the
media in the Small Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace. The statement will not be followed by a
press conference.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases Nos. 2006117 of 4 May 2006
and 2006/22 of 9 June 2006, available on the Court's website (www.icj-cij.org)On the home
page, click on "Docket" and on the link for the case. Then click on "Press Releases".

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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. Any offending deviee will be temporarily retained. -2-

2. Members of the Press may attend on presentation of a press card. Tables are reserved for

them to the far let of the 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 Order will be transmitted, live, in full on a large screen in the Press Room

on the ground floor of the Peace Palace (Room 5). It will be possible for TV crews to connect
recording equipment directly to the Court's video system, but advance notice of this should be given
to the Information Department. For media members wishing to make a sound recording of the
reading of the Order, there is also a facility in the Press Room for connection to the Court's audio

system.

4. At the end of the sitting, a press release, a summary of the Court's Order and the full text
of the Order will be distributed in the Press Room. The text of the President' s press statement will

be available a little later in the Small Hall of Justice and in the Press Room.

5. Ali the above documents will also be available on the Court's website (www.icj-cij.org).

6. Members of the Press 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. Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Head of the Information Department (tel.: +31-70-302 2336), and
Messrs. Boris Heim and Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers (tel.: +31-70-302 2337; e-mail
address: [email protected]), are available to answer any queries from the Press and to help
with arrangements for TV crews.