Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) - Conclusion of the public hearings - Court to begin its deliberation

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2011/8
30 March 2011

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

Conclusion of the public hearings

Court to begin its deliberation

THE HAGUE, 30March2011. The public hearings in the case concerning Application of
the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (t he former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece)
were concluded today. The Court will now begin its deliberation.

During the hearings, which opened on 21March2011 at the Peace Palace, seat of
the Court, the delegation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was led by
H.E. Mr. Antonio Miloshoski, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, as Agent and H.E. Mr. Nikola Dimitrov, Ambassador of the former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Co-Agent. The delegation of Greece was led
by H.E.Mr.Georges Savvaides, Ambassador, and MsMariaTelalian, Legal Adviser, Head of the
Public International Law Section of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Agents.

The Court’s Judgment will be rendered at a public sitting, the date of which will be

announced in due course.

Final submissions of the Parties

At the end of the oral proceedings, the Par ties presented the following final submissions to
the Court:

For the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

“On the basis of the evidence and legal arguments presented in its written and oral pleadings,
the Applicant requests the Court:

(i)to reject the Respondent’s objections as to the jurisdiction of the Court and the
admissibility of the Applicant’s claims;

(ii) to adjudge and declare that the Responde nt, through its State organs and Agents, has
violated its obligations under Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Interim Accord; and

(iii) to order that the Respondent immediately take all necessary steps to comply with its
obligations under Article11, pa ragraph1, of the Interim Accord, and to cease and desist from objecting in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to the Applicant’s membership
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and/or of any other ‘international, multilateral

and regional organizations a nd institutions’ of which the Respondent is a member, in
circumstances where the Applicant is to be re ferred to in such organization or institution
by the designation provided for in paragra ph2 of United Nations Security Council
resolution 817 (1993).”

For Greece:

“On the basis of the preceding evidence and legal arguments presented in its written and oral

pleadings, the Respondent, the Hellenic Republic, requests the Court to adjudge and declare:

(i) that the case brought by the Applicant before the Court does not fall within the jurisdiction
of the Court and that the Applicant’s claims are inadmissible;

(ii) in the event that the Court finds that it h as jurisdiction and that the claims are admissible,
that the Applicant’s claims are unfounded.”

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The verbatim records of the hearings held between 21 and 30March2011 are available on
the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org).

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Information Department:

Mr. Andrey Poskakukhin, First Secretary of the Court, Head of Department (+31 (0)70 302 2336)
Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officer (+31 (0)70 302 2337)
Ms Joanne Moore, Associate Information Officer (+31 (0)70 302 2394)

Ms Genoveva Madurga, Administrative Assistant (+31 (0) 70 302 2396)