Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) - The Court authorizes the submission of a Reply by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedon

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2010/5
16 March 2010

Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995
(the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece)

The Court authorizes the submission of a Reply by the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia and a Rejoinder by Greece, and fixes time-limits
for the filing of these pleadings

THE HAGUE, 16March2010. The Internationa l Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal
judicial organ of the United Nations, has authorized the submission of a Reply by the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and a Rejoinder by the Hellenic Republic in the case concerning
Application of the Interim Accord of 13Se ptember1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia v. Greece).

By an Order of 12March2010, the Cour t fixed 9June2010 and 27October2010 as the
respective time-limits for the filing of these written pleadings.

The Court observed that the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
wished to be able to respond to the C ounter-Memorial of the Hellenic Republic, including the

objections to jurisdiction and admissibility containe d therein, by means of a Reply, and to have
available for that purpose a time-limit of approximately four and a half months as from the filing of
the Counter-Memorial. It further noted that the Government of the Hellenic Republic had no
objection to the granting of this request, in so far as it could in turn submit a Rejoinder and had an
identical time-limit available for that purpose.

The subsequent procedure has been reserved for further decision.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases 2008/40 of 17 November 2008

and 2009/6 of 22 January 2009, available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org).

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The full text of the Court’s Order will be available shortly on the Court’s website. However,
written pleadings remain confidential until the Court decides to make them accessible to the public,

generally at the opening of the oral proceedings.

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