written_pleading

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

APPLICATION
FOR PERMISSION TO INTERVENE

BY THE GOVERNMENTOFEQUATORIALGUINEA

filed in the Registry of the Court
on 30 June 1999

CASECONCERNINGTHE LANDAND MARITIME
BOUNDARYBETWEENCAMEROONANDNIGERIA

(CAMEROON v.NIGERIA)

COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE

REQUÊTE

À FIN D'INTERVENTION

DUGOWERNEMENTDELAGUINÉE ÉQUATORIALE

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Pursuant to Article 80, para. 3 of the Rules of the Court, within the time­
limit fixedby the letter of the Registrar of the Court, dated 10 October
1997,the Federal Republic ofYugoslavia has the honour to submit to the

~· International Courtof Justice the following
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STATEMENT

1.Introduction

International Courtof Justice

Case Conceming Questions of
InterpretationandApplicationof the
1971 Montreal ConventionArising from
the AerialIncident at Lockerbie

(LibyanArabJamahinya v.United Kingdom)

PreliminaryObjectionsof the
UnitedKingdom

JUNE, 1995 TABLEOFCONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ......................................................
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I FED MEN OF JUSTICE mBUJA 895235288 P. B1

I--- HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENEKAL

OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
SE-IEHU SI-IAGARI WAY,
.-MAITAMA ABUJA: ?
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3 September 1999

The HonorableEduardo Valencia?.Ospina

Registrar
InternationalCourt ofJustice
PeacePalace
251 7W The Hague
TheNetherlands

Dear Sir:
-.
Thavethehonorto refer tothe observationsfiledwith theCowt on 36 August 1999by the
FederalRepublic ofN~geriaand the RepublicofCameroonconcerningtheApplication of theRepublic
ofEquatorialGuinea to intervenein the CaseConcerningthe Land and MantimeBoundan between

October11,1999

i
I

VIAFACSIMILE ANDMAIL

TheHonorableEduardo Valencia-Ospina

Registrar
TheInternational ourtof Justice
PeacePalace
2517KJ The Hague
TheNetherlands

DearSir:

54 NORTHERN CAMEROONS

2. COUNTER-MEMORIAS LUBMITTEDBY THE GOVERNMENT
OFTHE UNITED KINGDOMOFGREAT BRITAINAND
NORTHERN IRELAND

Introduction