ofCc 66 inth cons 12A 1985 Parti Ap 67. reque tee0 Admi Judge the Secre 1984. hadd 71. a.:corr Holy diplon Palace welco prece 72. 74. tasks. which 75. Gover Court ofthe Sectio touch outththeStatuteandRulesofCourt.Intheoutcome, itwas decided titattheActingPresident wouldcalluponthe AgentsofthePartiestoprovide theCourtwithfurther explanations orclarifications onseveralpoints.TheActing president didsoinaletterof18December 1981,towhich thePartiesrepliedbyaletterof6January 1982.After consideration oftheanswers thussupplied, theCourt decided toaccedetotherequestbytheGovernments of CanadaandtheUnitedStatesthataspecialchamber be formed, andheldanelection on15January 1982. 49.On20January 1982,byIIvotesto2(Judges Morozov andEl-Khan:), theCourtadopted anOrder whereby itconstituted aspecialchamber todealwiththe questionofdelimitation ofthemaritime boundary between CanadaandtheUnitedStatesintheGulfofMainearea, withthecomposition havingresulted fromtheabove­ mentioned election: JudgesGros,Ruda,Mosler,Agoand SchwebeI. TheOrdernotedthat,inapplication ofArticle 31,paragraph 4,oftheStatuteoftheCourt,theActing President hadrequested JudgeRudatogiveplaceindue coursetothejudgeadhoctobechosenbyCanada, andthat Ju('~eRudahadindicated hisreadiness todoso(/.C.l. Reports1982,p.3).JudgeOdaappended adeclaration to' theOrder(ibid.•p.10).JudgesMorozov andEI-Khani appended dissenting opinions (ibid.•pp.11-13). 50.Canada chose Professor Maxwell Cohenasajudge adhoc.andJudgeRudaduly gave placetohim. 51.TheChamber constituted todealwiththecase electedJudgeR.AgotobeitsPresident. Itwascomposed asfollows:JudgeAgo.President; JudgesGros.Moslerand Schwebel; JudgeadhocCohen. 52.On29January 1982.theChamber helditsfirst publicsitting.JudgeadhocCohenmadeonthatoccasion thesolemndeclaration required bytheStatuteandRulesof Court. 53.OnIFebruary 1982.thePartieshavingconfirmed theindications givenintheSpecialAgreement andthe Chamber havingbeenconsulted. theCourtmadeanOrder fixing26August1982asthetime-limit forthefilingof Memorials byCanadaandtheUnitedStates.Thesubse­ quentprocedure wasreserved forfurtherdecision. The Orderwasadopted by10votesto2(JudgesMorozov and EI-Khani). Thejudgeadhocwasinattendance atthe Court'sinvitation andexpressed hissupportfortheOrder (/.e.l.Reports1982.p.15).Attherequestofoneofthe Parties.thistime-limit wasextended on28July1982bythe President oftheChamber to 27September 1982(ibid.• p.557).TheAgentsofthePartiesfiledtheirMemorials withintheprescribed time-limit. 54.ByanOrderof5November 1982.thePresident of theChamber fixed28June1983asthetime-limit forthe filingoftheCounter-Memorials (I.C.l.Reports1982. p.560).Thesepleadings werefiledwithintheprescribed time-limit. 55.ByanOrderof27July1983.thePresident ofthe Chamber authorized thesubmission ofrepliesbyCanada andtheUnitedStatesinthecaseandfixed12December 1983asthetime-limit fortheirfiling(l.C.l.Reports1983. p.6).Thesepleadings werefiledwithintheprescribed time-limit. Inordertosubstantiate theirclaims.theParties submitted totheChamber aparticularly voluminous docu­ mentation (some9.500pages). 56.ByanOrderof30March ~984.theChamber. acceding toarequestmadebythePartiesinaccordance withtheirSpecialAgreement. appointed atechnical expert toassistitinrespectoftechnical mattersand.inparticular. 6inpreparing thedescription ofthemaritime boundary and thechartsrequired(/.C.l.Reports1984,p.165). 57.Between 2Apriland11May1984,theChamber heardarguments presented onbehalfofCanadaandthe UnitedStatesat26publicsittings. 58.On12October 1984,theChamber delivered its Judgment atapublicsitting(I.C.l.Reports1984,p.246). Theoperative partoftheJudgment readsasfollows: "TheChamber, "Byfourvotestoone, "Decides "Thatthecourseoftltesinglemaritime boundary that dividesthecontinental shelfandtheexclusive fisheries zonesofCanadaandtheUnitedStatesofAmerica inthe areareferredtointheSpecialAgreement concluded by thosetwoStateson29March1979shallbedefinedby geodetic linescOilnecting thepointswiththefollowing co-ordinates. LatitudeNonh Longilllde "i'st A44°11'12" 67°16'46" B42°53'14" 67°44'35" C42°31'08" 67°28'05" D40°27'05" 65°41'59" "Infavour:President Ago;JudgesMosler.Schwebel; JudgeadhocCohen; ..Against: JudgeGros." JudgeSchwebel appended aseparate opiniontotheJudg­ ment(ibid..pp.353-359) andJudgeGrosappended a dissenting opinion(ibid.•pp.360-390). 2.FrontierDispute(Burkina Faso/Mali) 59.On14October 1983.theGovernments ofthe Republic ofUpperVolta(sincere-named BurkinaFaso)and theRepublic o(Malijointlynotified totheRegistrar a SpecialAgreement concluded bythemon16September 1983.havingentered intoforceonthatsamedayand registered withtheUnitedNations Secretariat. bywhich theysubmitted toaChamber oftheCourtthequestionofthe
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a legal document related to a maritime boundary dispute between Canada and the United States, and a separate frontier dispute between Burkina Faso and Mali. The disputes involve the definition of territorial waters, fisheries zones, and continental shelves. The text describes the process of the International Court of Justice in handling these disputes, including the formation of special chambers, the submission of documents and arguments, and the delivery of judgments.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International trade