Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Schedule of the public hearings which will open on Monday 18 December 2006

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. 2006/42
8 December 2006

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

Reguest for the indication of provisional measures

Schedule of the public hearings which will open on Monday 18 December 2006

THE HAGUE, 8 December 2006. As announced previously, the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case

concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay), opening on Monday
18 December 2006, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the Court.

The hearings will be concerned solely with the request for the indication provisional
measures submitted by Uruguay (see Press Release No. 2006/40).

Schedule for the hearings

- First round of oral argument

Monday 18 December 2006 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Uruguay

3 p.m.-6 p.m.: Argentina

Second round of oral argument

Tuesday 19 December 2006 10 a.m.- 12 noon: Uruguay (if necessary)

4.30 p.m.-6.30 p.m.: Argentina (if necessary)

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases No. 2006/29 of 17 July 2006

and No. 2006/40 of 29 November 2006 available on the Court's website at www.icj-cij.org. -2-

NOTE TO THE PRESS

1. The public hearings 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. Members of the Press may attend. 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 at the opening of the hearings.
The proceedings 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 for TV crews

to connect recording equipment directly to the Court's video system. There is also a facility
for the connection of sound-only equipment to the Court's audio system during the proceedings.

4. Telephone calls may be made from the phone located in the Press Room (collect calls

only) or from the public payphones in the Postffice in the basement of the Peace Palace.

5. Verbatim records of the hearings will be published daily on the Court's website

(www.icj-cij.org), with translations to follow as soon as practicable thereafter.

Information Department

Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Secretaryof the Court, Head of the Department + 31 70 302 23 36)

Messrs. Boris Heim and Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers ( + 31 70 302 23 37)
Ms Joanne Moore, Assistant Information Officer (+ 31 70 302 2394)
E-mail address: information @icj-cij.org