Further Request for the indication of Provisional Measures by New Zealand

NUCLEARTESTS CASEflVEWZEALANDV FRANm

IA~~iicationof9 Mav 1973)

FURTFlERREOUESTFOR THE INDICATIONOFPROVISIONAL

MEASURES

CASETO WHICHTHIS REOUESTRELATES

1. 1 have the honour to refer to the proceedings comnced by the

Applicationfiled by New Zealandaeainst France on 9 May 1973 in the case cntitled

NuclearTestsCase (Uew Zeaiarid1Fratice).These proceedingsled to an Order of the

Coun on 22 June 1973 indicatinginterirnrneasures ofprotection and to a Judofnen*

-theCoun of 20 December 1974. KewZealandhas today fileNith the Coun, withinthe

frameworkof the proceedingsbe-n on 9 hlay 1973and in accordance with paragraph

63 of the 1974Judgrnent,a Reauest for an Exarninationof the Situation ansing out of a

proposed actionannouncedbyFrance which will.if camed out, affect the basis of the

1974Judgrnent.

2. As a matter of priority and urgency, NewZealand now additionally

requests the Coun in accordanieuitn .hicle 33 of the General Aa for the Pacific

Senlementof International Disputes,done ar Genevaon 26 September 1928,and Article41 of the Statute of the Courtto indicfurtheprovisionalmeanires to preserve its

righu,pcndingthefin dalcisionofthe CowtintheCase.

RIGHTS TO BE PROTEMD

3. îhe rights New Zdand to be protcctcaithisstageare (1)the righ':

that wouldbe adverselyaffectedbyentry into the marine environmentof radioactiq

materialin consequenceof the funher tests tcaniedout atMururoa or Fangataufa

Atolls, and (2) the right to the protection and benefit of a properly conductcd

environmentalimpactassessment,

4. Thegroundsonwhichthe funherinterirnmasures are soughtare:

. first that the proponucleartestsuilbreachthe rights referredto in

paragraph3; inpanicular,radioactivematerialmaybe introducedinto the

manne environmentwith ineparable consequences;the informationand

safeguards provided by an environmentalimpact assessment will be

completelydeniedto the Applicant;andthe denialof these rightscannot

be repairedby an) action by France,includingthe paymentof damages,

takenfier the event.

secondthar altheindicationsare that the nucleartwillbcginin the

verynearfuture. 5. New Zealandrequests the Court tomercise its power to indicatethe

foUowing provisionalmeaniresto protectthrightof Nm Zealand setoutinparagraph

3 abovependingthefinaldecisionof theCourtintheprocecdhgs:

(1) thatFrance refrain froconductinganytiirthernucleartests Mwroa

andFangataufaAtolls;

(2) that France undenake an environmentalimpact assessmentof the

proposed nucleartestsaccordingto accepted internationltandardsand that,

unlessthe assessmentestablishesthar the tests will not give nse to radioactive

contaminationof the manneen~ironment.France refrain from conductingthe

tests;

(3) that FranceandKeu,Zealandensurethat noactionof anykind is taken

whichmightaggravateor exrendthe dispute submittedto the Coun or prejudice

the rightsof the otherPam inrespectof the carryingout of whateverdecisions

theCoun maygiveinthiscase

6. NewZealand is separately requesting the Presidentof the Court to

exercisehisowersundertheRuiespending theexercisebytheCoun ofitspowers.