filedtheirrespective Replies within thetime-limi~ andthe casethusbecamereadyforhearing. Thedocumentation whichthePartieshavesubmitted totheCourtinordertosub­ stantiatetheirclaimsisveryvoluminous (some3,400pages). 37.Following theresignation forhealthreasonsof JudgeadhocMr.J.Castaneda, appointed byMalta,Malta appointed Mr.N.Valticosasitsm~wjudgeadhoc. 38.Between 26November and14December 1984and 4and24February 1985,theCourtheld25publicsittings duringwhichspeeches weremadeonbehalfoftheLibyan ArabJamahiriya andMalta. 39.On3June1985.theCourtdelivered itsJudgment at apublicsitting(I.e.J.Reports1985.p.13).The operative partoftheJudgment readsasfollows: "TheCourt. "byfourteen votestothree. "findsthat,withreference totheareasofcontinental shelfbetween thecoastsofthePartieswithinthelimits definedinthepresentJudgment. namelythemeridian 13°50'Eandthemeridian 15°10'E: "A.Theprinciples andrulesofinternational law applicable fDrthedelimitation. tobeeffected byagree­ mentinimplementation ofthepresentJudgment. ofthe areasofcontinental shelfappertaining totheSocialist •People'sLibyanArabJamahiriya andtotheRepublic of Maltarespectively are.asfollows: "(I)thedelimitation istobeeffectedinaccordance withequitable principles andtakingaccountof allrelevantcircumstances. soastoarriveatan equitable result; "(2)theareaofcontinental shelftobefoundto appertain toeitherPartynotextending more than200milesfromthecoastoftheParty concerned. nocriterion fordelimitation ofshelf areascanbederived fromtheprinciple of naturalprolongation inthephysical sense. "B.Thecircumstances andfactorstobetakeninto account inachieving anequitable delimitation inthe presentcasearethefollowing: "(I)thegeneralconfiguration ofthecoastsofthe Parties.theiroppositeness. andtheirrelation­ shiptoeachotherwithinthegeneralgeograph­ icalcontext;.. .. arri me low the coa adj stan sub that (so mat con con Lib resp Can Ag M Are Judge (ibid., separal Ruda appen~ andJu (ibid., appenc pp.11 3.AJ-jUt thE (Tu 40. Republ revisio Court Comin Tunisia tionon andI theSt mad fact was, Cou prov Article evenm:"~~._------------ ----------. "(2)thedisparity inthelengthsoftherelevantcoasts ofthePartiesandthedistance between them; "(3)theneedtoavoidinthedelimitation any excessive disproportion between theextentof thecontinental shelfareasappertaining tothe coastalStateandthelengthoftherelevantpart ofitscoast,measured inthegeneraldirection of thecoastlines. "C.Inconsequence, anequitable resultmaybe arrivedatbydrawing, asafirststageintheprocess, a medianlineeverypointofwhichisequidistant fromthe low-water markoftherelevantcoastofMalta(excluding theisletofFilfla)andthelow-water markoftherelevant coastofLibya,thatinitiallinebeingthensubjectto adjustment inthelightoftheabove-mentioned circum­ stancesandfactors. "D.Theadjustment ofthemedianlinereferredtoin subparagraph C above istobeeffected bytransposing thatlinenorthwards througheighteen minutesoflatitude (sothatitinterserts themeridian 15°10'Eatapproxi­ matelylatitude34°30'N)suchtransposed linethen constitutilag thedelimitation linebetween theareasof continental shelfapP,ertaining totheSocialist People's LibyanArabJamahiriya andtotheRepublic ofMalta respectively. "Infavour:President Elias;Vice-President Sette­ Camara;JudgesLachs,Morozov, Nagendra Singh,Ruda, Ago,EI-Khani, SirRobertJennings, deLacharriere, Mbaye,Bedjaoui; JudgesadhocValticos, Jimenez de Arechaga. "Against: JudgesMosler,OdaandSchwebel." JudgeEI-Khani appended adeclaration totheJudgment (ibid.,p.59).Vice-President Sette-Camara appended a separateopiniontotheJudgment (ibid.,pp.60-75);Judges RudaandBedjaoui andJudgeadhocJimenezdeArechaga appen~ed ajointopinion(ibid.,pp.76-92);JudgeMbaye andJudgeadhocValticoseachappended separateopinions (ibid.,pp.93-113). JudgesMosler,OdaandSchwebel appended dissenting opinions totheJudgment (ibid., pp.114-187). 3.~p'plication .forrevISIon andinterpretation ofthe -JudJ?ment Qf24February 1982inthecaseconcerninJ? theContinental Shelf('Tunisia/Libyan ArabJamahiriya) ('Tunisia v.LibyanArabJamahiriya) 40.On27July1984,theGovernment oftheTunisian Republic submitted totheCourtanapplication forthe revisionandtheinterpretation oftheJudgment givenbythe Courton24February 1982inthecaseconcerning the Colltillental Shelf(Tunisia/Libyan ArabJamahiriya). Tunisiafoundeditsapplication forrevisionandinterpreta­ tiononArticles60and61oftheStatuteandArticles98,99 and100oftheRulesofCourt.Article61,paragraph I,of theStatuteiswordedasfollows: "I.Anapplication forrevisionofajudgment maybe' madeonlywhenitisbaseduponthediscovery ofsome factofsuchanatureastobeadecisivefactor,whichfact was,whenthejudgment wasgiven,unknown tothe Courtandalsotothepartyclaiming revision, always