Part I: Material relating to the request by the General Assembly for an advisory opinion of the Court
United Nations A/79/L.28/Rev.1
General Assembly
Distr.: Limited
12 December 2024
Original: English
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Seventy-ninth session
Agenda item 123
Strengthening of the United Nations system
Algeria, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Yemen and State of Palestine:* revised draft resolution
List of Documents (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)
Dossier No. Date Document Document Symbol Title
1 12 December 2024 Draft General Assembly Resolution A/79/L.28/Rev.1 Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of Israel in relation to the
presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States
2 19 December 2024 General Assembly verbatim record A/79/PV.54 General Assembly, verbatim record, 79th session,54th plenary meeting, 19 December 2024, Consideration of
draft resolution (A/79/L.28/Rev.1)
Introductory Note (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)
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DOCUMENTS COMPILED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 65, PARAGRAPH 2, OF THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
(General Assembly’s request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice pursuant to its resolution 79/232)
Introductory Note
30 January 2025
I. Background
192-20250131-Intervention Belize
On 30 January 2025, Belize filed in the Registry of the Court a document containing an application for permission to intervene and a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
Belize files a document containing an application for permission to intervene and a declaration of intervention in the proceedings
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2025/6
31 January 2025
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)
Application for permission to intervene and declaration of intervention submitted by Belize
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND
PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP
(SOUTH AFRICA V. ISRAEL)
APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO INTERVENE
AND DECLARATION OF INTERVENTION
OF BELIZE
182-20250131-Counter-claims Russian Federation
The Court has invited Ukraine and the Russian Federation to submit their views on the admissibility of the counter-claims made by the Russian Federation in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) by 20 May 2025 and 22 September 2025, respectively.
Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) - Counter-claims made by the Russian Federation
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928
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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2025/5
31 January 2025
Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)
Counter-claims made by the Russian Federation