caitea a nedber state of the aAT.CC ie.a party. R€co@end.atiop of the tegal AdvLserE lbe Ueetj-og of L,egal Advisers, after a geaeral reriew of the prevalli.rcg treced. j.n the atbitude of states toward.g poesible reeort to the IateEatloaat colEt of Justice, coasldered that for th€ !r6s@t it would le Eole fnaitful to cqtceotrat€ thjdd]3g oD tbe IloEsibiJity of refereDc€e bei.g roade to tbe Court W a€re@eat of gtetee perties. Ia this coanecti.ca tbe Eeeting took note of the fact that a nruober of statee i.n recent years bad ccncluded.between Unr:erA/40/682 Engl i sh Paqe 15 a€-le@ots r€f6:3LDg <Ij.sputaa fo! s€ttlen€ot iry ad, hoc trCbruals over a !'ida rage of tratterE. lt wae felt tbat lf th€ C'ov€:s.Ioets cou]'d. he courrjacerl of the Cot:rt bei.dg aD eErally effioapious fon:.u f,ce the prrrpoee, it Ei€ht b€ posslb1e to .prcrcte a utd.er use of tb.e facilities offerecl by the Cotrt. The oeeting also aoted, that tbe reviEed Ruleg of ths Court contenplated tbe possibility of a foa:n of pa,rties' drolce if tbey mre a€Eeed upon tb€ir Aisput€o beiag oettlad by a &anber of the Co:s.t, ribj.ch nas €lply to:!e out by the ccdstitutis of th€ 6i. ^Fbe ir, the Gl]].f of Maine oase (uiaited State6 vB. canada). nl€ Llegal Aivisels were of tbe rriew that this was a Ea,tt6! 1&icf ebou.ld b€ brcu€bt eecifically to the notic€ of, gorrasoatE acl that a paper €tlou:Ld. b€ prepared. tci-Egilrg out tft.e relativ€ advatages that roay 6sue. b0' rseort to the Cotab i'!' preferace to ad hoc f,d,bu[alg. CaEe6 r€f,ea-ed to ad hoc trltr:na;Ls It is not lo8gitl€ to @l1itor al] cases {bere gtateE ha{s le8o?ted to eAE td.buaaLs for settleE€Bt of tbei! i}lspu.tes slac€ 1l.ttle Erblicity is attachetl to sone of ii:ie casee or tbey ar€ not co,aside:r€d sufficJ.otly luportant to be cmeuted. t4lcn