delivered itsJudgment. 9.On3April1985,theCourtconstituted aChamber to dealwiththecaseoftheFrontier Dispute(Burkina Faso/ Mali).Thecomposition ofthisChamber isasfollows: President M.Bedjaoui; JudgesM.LachsandJ.-M.Ruda; JudgesadhocF.Luchaire andG.Abi-Saab. 10.TheCourtlearnedwithregretofthedeathofMr.V. Koretsky, aMember oftheCourtfrom1961to1970and Vice-President oftheCourtfrom1967to1970,andofSir PercySpender, aMemberoftheCourtfrom1958to1967 andPresident oftheCourtfrom1964to1967. Section 11,ofI.C.l.Yearbook 1984-1985. 14.SinceIAugust1984,threetreatiesproviding for thejurisdiction oftheCourtincontentious casesand registered withtheSecretariat oftheUnitedNationshave beenbroughttotheknowledge oftheCourt:Convention concerning theconstruction anduseoftheBiile-Mulhouse airportatBlotzheim concluded between FranceandSwit­ zerlandon4July1949,International Convention onthe Suppression andPunishment oftheCrimeofApartheid concluded on30November 1973andInternational Conven­ tionagainst theTaking QfHostages concluded on 17December 1979. IS.Listsoftreatiesandconventions inforcewhich provideforthejurisdiction oftheCourtappearinChap­ terIV,Section Ill,ofI.C.l.Yearbook 1984-1985. In addition, thejurisdiction oftheCourtextendstotreatiesor conventions inforceproviding forreference tothePerma­ nentCourtofInternational Justice(Statute, Art. 37). B.JURISDICTION OFTHECOURT IN ADVISORY PROCEEDINGS 16.InadditiontotheUnitedNations(General Assem­ bly,Security Council, Economic andSocialCouncil,I.COMPOSITION OFTHECOURI' 11.JURISDICTION OFTHECOURT1.On1August1984,thecomposition oftheCourtwas asfollows: President TaslimO.Elias;Vice-President Jose Sette-Camara; JudgesManfred Lachs,PlatonD.Morozov, Nagendra Singh,Jose-Maria Ruda,Hermann Mosler,Shig­ eruOda,Roberto Ago,Abdall/l-I} EI-Khani, Stephen M. Schwebel, SirRobertJennings, GuyLadreitdeLacharriere, KebaMbayeandMohammed Bedjaoui. 2.On7November 1984,theGeneralAssembly andthe Security Councilre-elected Ju{lgesT.O.Elias,M.Lachs andS.Oda,andelectedMr.NiZhengyu andMr.Jens Evensen asMembers oftheCourtforatermofnineyears beginning on6February 1985.Atapublicsittingofthe Courton6February 1985,thenewJudgesmadethesolemn declaration provided forinArticle20oftheStatute. 3.On14February 1985,theCourtelectedJudge Nagendra SinghasPresident andJudgeG.Ladreitde Lacharriere asVice-Presi~ent, foratermofthreeyears. 4.Thepresentcomposition oftheCourtisasfollows: President Nagendra Singh;Vice-President GuyLadreitde Lacharriere; JudgesManfred Lachs,PlatonD.Morozov, Jose-Maria Ruda,TaslimO.Elias, Shigeru Oda,Roberto Ago,JoseSette-Camara, StephenM.Schwebel, SirRobert Jennings, KebaMbaye,Mohammed Bedjaoui, NiZhengyu andJensEvensen. 5.Inthecaseconcerning theContinental Shelf(Libyan Arablamahiriya/Malta), theCourtcontinued tositinits composition priortothetriennial renewalof6February, in accordance withArticle13,paragraph 3,oftheStatute, until3June1985,thedateonwhichtheJudgment was ..elivered. JudgeT.O.Eliascontinued toexercise the functions ofPresident andJudgeJ.Sette-Camara thoseof Vice-President. A.JURISDICTION OFTHECOURT IN CONTENTIOUS CASES 1I.On31July1985,the159Member Statesofthe UnitedNations, together withLiechtenstein, SanMarino andSwitzerland, werepartiestotheStatuteoftheCourt. 12.On3May1985,theGovernment ofSenegalfiled withtheSecretary-General adeclaration ofacceptance of thecompulsory jurisdiction oftheCourtunderArticle36, paragraph 2,oftheStatute. 13.Therearenow48Stateswhichrecognize (anumber ofthemwithreservations) thejurisdiction oftheCourtas compulsory inaccordance withdeclarations filedunder Article36,paragraphs 2and5,oftheStatute.Theyare: Australia, Austria,Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, CostaRica,Democratic Kampuchea, Denmark, , Dominican Republic, Egypt,ElSalvador, Finland.Gambia. Haiti,Honduras, India,Israel,Japan,Kenya,Liberia. Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta,Mauritius. Mexico, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway. Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan,Swaziland. Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Uganda, UnitedKingdom ofGreatBritainandNorthern Ireland,UnitedStatesofAmerica andUruguay. Thetextsof thedeclarations filedbytheseStatesappearinChapter IV, 16.TheRegistrar oftheCourtisMr.Santiago Torres Bermirdez andtheDeputy-Registrar isMr.Eduardo Valen­ cia-Ospina. 7.Inaccordance withArticle29oftheStatute,the Courtformsannually aChamber ofSummary Procedure. On14February 1985,thisChamber wasconstituted as follows: Members President Nagendra Singh;Vice-President G.Ladreit deLacharriere; JudgesJ.-M.Ruda,K.MbayeandNi Zhengyu. Substitute Members
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