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KEYNOTE SPEECH OF JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF,
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
INSTITUT DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL,
THE HAGUE, 26 AUGUST 2019
Your Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands,
Excellencies,
Chères consoeurs,
Chers confrères,
1. I would like to extend to you a very warm welcome to the Peace Palace and the
International Court of Justice. It is a great honour for me to address the Institut here at the

SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, AT THE 71ST SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
11 July 2019
Mr. Chairman,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Colleagues and friends,
I am delighted to be able to address the International Law Commission on the occasion of its seventy-first session. I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the International Court of Justice, and to congratulate the newly elected Officers of the Commission.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
I am honoured to have been invited here to deliver the keynote address, and I am particularly
happy that my first speech before you as President of the International Court of Justice should be
on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Law Commission.
As a judge of the International Court, but also first and foremost as an international lawyer,

SPEECH OF H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF BELGIUM
Brussels, 12 November 2018
The strengths and challenges for supranational justice: the growing role of
the International Court of Justice
Your Excellences,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I. INTRODUCTION
1. It is a great pleasure to address you today as part of the lecture series “Visions du Monde.

SPEECH OF H.E. JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT
OF JUSTICE AT THE “DIALOGUE WITH LEGAL PRACTITIONERS”, ORGANIZED BY
THE ASIAN-AFRICAN LEGAL CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION
Mr. Chairman/Ms Chairwoman,
Ladies and gentlemen,
1. It is an honour to address you at this Dialogue with Legal Practitioners organized by
AALCO, and particularly by its Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Professor Roy Lee. My
first participation in the activities of the AALCO goes back to 1974 when I attended a meeting of

SPEECH OF H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL
9 November 2018
Multilateralism and the International Court of Justice
Mr. President,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mr. President,
1. Allow me at the outset to congratulate you and to congratulate the People’s Republic of
China for assuming the chairmanship of the Council during this month. I thank you also for taking
this initiative and for inviting me to participate in it.

SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
25 October 2018
Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

ADDRESS BY H.E. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT
OF JUSTICE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ONE YOUNG WORLD FORUM
ON 17 OCTOBER 2018
Your Majesty,
Excellencies,
Ambassadors,
One Young World.
Nabad. Nabad.
This is the word for “Peace” in my native Somalia, where it is used to greet every person you
meet. So, “Nabad” to you all.
Welcome to the International Court of Justice, or as it is popularly known, “the World
Court”. Welcome to the home of peace-making among nations.

SPEECH OF H.E. JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT, OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE, AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY
IN HONOUR OF DR. JOSÉ GUSTAVO GUERRERO
16 OCTOBER 2018
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this ceremony at the Peace Palace to pay tribute to
Judge José Gustavo Guerrero. This is the place in which he spent a significant part of his life as
Judge of two courts, as Vice-President of two courts and as President of two courts: the Permanent