Statements by the President

25 October 2024

Speech by HE Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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24 October 2024

Speech by HE Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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16 October 2024

Cherishing multilateralism, speech of HE Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the International Court of Justice, at the annual dinner of the International Association of the Permanent Representatives to the United Nations

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Speech of HE Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the International Court of Justice, at the seventy-fifth session of the International Law Commission

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6 December 2023

Speech by HE Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, at a dinner for the Heads of international organizations in the Netherlands

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26 October 2023

Speech by HE Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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25 October 2023

Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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Speech of HE Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 74th session of the International Law Commission

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12 January 2023

Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, at the United Nations Security Council’s signature event on “The Promotion and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: the Rule of Law among Nations”

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28 October 2022

Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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27 October 2022

Speech by H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly

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Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 73rd session of the International Law Commission

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Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, to mark the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

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29 October 2021

Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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28 October 2021

Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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Speech of H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 72nd session of the International Law Commission

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Speech of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Court (video message)

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18 December 2020

Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council

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10 December 2020

Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the one hundreth anniversary of the adoption of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice

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2 November 2020

Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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26 October 2020

The UN@75: international law and the future we want, speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations Charter.

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Speech of His Excellency, Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the LLM graduating class at IUHEID

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27 January 2020

Introductory remarks of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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1 November 2019

The International Court of Justice and unwritten sources of international law, statement of H.E. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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30 October 2019

Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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18 October 2019

Speech of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the event organized by the Hague Academy of International Law and the Permanent Missions of Andorra, Brazil, Chile, Gabon, Germany and Ukraine to the United Nations

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Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the London Conference on International Law

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20 September 2019

The Governance of the International Court of Justice , speech by H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice

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2 September 2019

Opening remarks of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Second World Meeting of Societies for International Law

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Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 79th Session of the Institut de droit international

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Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 71st Session of the International Law Commission

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12 November 2018

Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice before the Royal Academy of Belgium

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9 November 2018

Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Security Council

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26 October 2018

Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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French Bilingual

25 October 2018

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

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23 October 2018

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

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17 October 2018

Speech of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the opening ceremony of the One Young World Forum

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16 October 2018

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

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Keynote address by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Law Commission

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27 October 2017

Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, before the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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26 October 2017

Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the Seventy-second Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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28 October 2016

Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

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27 October 2016

Speech by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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6 November 2015

Address by H.E. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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5 November 2015

Address by H.E. Mr. Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Seventieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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29 September 2015

Speech by H.E. Judge Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Heads of State and Government, ministers and diplomats gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on 29 September 2015, in the margins of the session of the General Assembly, at a side event entitled "The International Court of Justice: a Contemporary Court"

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31 October 2014

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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31 October 2014

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Sixty-sixth Session of the International Law Commission

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Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Stele of Hammurabi

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Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Organization of American States

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2 December 2013

Inaugural Hilding Eek Memorial Lecture by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice - The Rule of Law and the Role of the International Court of Justice in World Affairs

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1 November 2013

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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31 October 2013

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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30 October 2013

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization

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29 October 2013

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Legal Advisers of United Nations Member States

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27 September 2013

The ICJ in the service of peace and justice - Words of welcome by President Tomka

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25 September 2013

Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Ministerial Breakfast "100 Years Peace Palace: Advancing the Framework for Peaceful Settlements of Disputes"

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Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Sixty-fifth Session of the International Law Commission

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Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, on Panel titled “The Hague International City of Peace and Justice”

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Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Plenary Session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum

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Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to Students of the St. Petersburg State University

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4 February 2013

Opening Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the ICJ, at the conference on the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice held in Bucharest on 4 February 2013 (video message, available in English only)

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10 December 2012

Address to the United Nations General Assembly at the commemoration of the thirtieth Anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by H.E. Judge Christopher Greenwood on behalf of the International Court of Justice 10 December 2012

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2 November 2012

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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1 November 2012

Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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24 September 2012

Statement by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the High-Level Meeting on the Rule of Law

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21 September 2012

Message of peace from H.E. Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor, Vice-President of the International Court of Justice, “Day of Peace” in The Hague

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Speech by H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, at the Sixth-fourth Session of the International Law Commission

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29 November 2011

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, H.E. Dr. Danilo Türk

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28 October 2011

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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26 October 2011

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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25 October 2011

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the legal advisers of United Nations Member States

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25 October 2011

Statement by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council

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Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by the President of Ireland, H.E.Mrs.Mary McAleese

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29 October 2010

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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28 October 2010

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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27 October 2010

Statement by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council

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26 October 2010

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the legal advisers of the United Nations Member States

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30 October 2009

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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29 October 2009

Statement by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council

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29 October 2009

Speech by H.E. Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, to the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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31 October 2008

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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30 October 2008

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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24 October 2008

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization

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21 September 2008

Message of Peace from H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the "Day of the Peace" in The Hague

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Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 60th Session of the International Law Commission

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Address by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the International Law Commission

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5 November 2007

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization

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2 November 2007

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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1 November 2007

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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29 October 2007

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the meeting of Legal Advisers of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs

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Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 59th Session of the International Law Commission

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Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the unveiling of a mosaic donated by Jordan

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26 February 2007

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Statement to the Press by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice

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26 October 2006

Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Statement to the Press by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice

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3 February 2006

Case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002)(Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) - Statement to the Press by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice

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28 October 2005

Speech by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations - The internal working practice of the International Court of Justice

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27 October 2005

Speech by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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5 November 2004

Speech by H. E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice,, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations - The advisory function of the International Court of Justice

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4 November 2004

Speech by H.E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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Address by H. E. Judge Shi, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the visit by the president of the Swiss Confederation, H. E. Mr. Joseph Deiss

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31 October 2003

Speech by H.E. Judge Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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30 October 2002

Speech by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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29 October 2002

Speech by H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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10 October 2002

Case concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) - Statement to the press by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice

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14 February 2002

Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Press statement by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice

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31 October 2001

Speech by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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30 October 2001

Speech by H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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Maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain(Qatar v. Bahrain) - Statement to the Press by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice

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27 October 2000

Speech by H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly

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26 October 2000

Address by H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice, to the United Nations General Assembly

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15 February 2000

Press conference of H. E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice

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27 October 1998

Address by H. E. Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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27 October 1997

Statement by H. E. Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, President of the International Court of Justice, to the fifty-second session of the General Assembly in connection with the annual report of the International Court of Justice

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15 October 1996

Statement by H.E. Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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11 October 1995

Statement by H.E. Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assemby of the United Nations

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13 October 1994

Address by H. E. Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, President of the International Court of Justice, to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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