Declaration by Judge Spiropoulos (as appended immediately after the judgment)

The Court concludes that Article 7 of the Mandate is a treaty or
convention still in force within the meaning of Article 37 of the
Statute of the Court and that the dispute is one which is envisaged
in the said Article7 and cannot be settled by negotiation. Conse-
quently the Court is competent to hear the dispute on the merits.

For these reasons,

by eight votes to seven,

finds that ithas jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the merits of the
dispute.

Dissenting Opinion of Judge Bustamante (translation)

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE BUSTAMANTE
[Translation]

As 1 am unable to concur in the decision reached by the Court
in its Judgment inthe present case, 1 must set out the reasons for
my dissenting opinion and also the conclusions at which 1 have
arrived, but 1must first Say that 1 do so with the greatest deference
towards the opinion of the majority of the Members of the Court.

Separate Opinion of Judge Sir Percy Spender

SEPARATE OPINION OF

JLDGE SIR PERCY SPENDER

The central issue in this case is, in my opinion, whether the
dispute alleged by the Republic of Cameroon is a dispute within
the meaning of the adjudication clause; Article 19 of the Trustee-
ship -Agreement. Since 1 reach the conclusion that the dispute
alleged is not a dispute within the meaning of that Article, the
Court is, in my opinion, u-ithout jurisdiction.

Declaration of Judge Jessup (as appended immediately after the judgment)

But the Court has said in this case, without dealing with the
question of its jurisdiction, that a judgment on the claims of the
Republic of Cameroon "would be without objectU-that is, the
Court has appraised Cameroon's claims on their merits. Such an
appraisal could only be made at a later stage in the proceedings
(on the merits), and by such an appraisal the Court substituted for
the stage of deciding on preliminary objections to jurisdiction the
stage of deciding the case on its merits.

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