w'ith sooe of the ad @ procedu:es j.D Dor€ reoeat oases bac' gtva d.ee to soEe thLEldllg rhether it El&t Eot be @re advaatagEous to hav€ lecouBse to the IntenatioDal Courb of Juetice urder a specia.l a6reerne"t eE)eciall,y lEdet the Cbanber 24.It ls thE first Eixed Claids CoEclssion l:c vhloh the Unlteil States bas particlpateil sinoe World ltar II. Se€ Dayid P.Steward & la,rrra 3.Sre:oaa: 'DevelopEsatsEt the lraa-{hitaal States Cf, aios Bribr:aal: 't981dJu LE Vilgjlla Jourrral of Inteaatj.oaa,I LaH, 1'ol . 24tlo. binson: rrReo€Et lbvelopDat s at the lraa-lhited states CIaiEs[rlhual 't l.a Illte]glatlonal t,aryer, Vo1.17 (198r), p.56t et ""q.-A/ 40/ 682 English vage 19 Irocd.ur€ {h€r€ the partlos oay notr bave a choice ia the coastlfirtLon of the Gaeber uDd€ tbs reeiged 8r.:1ee of tle Court. lbl.s rsuld ap!6ar to be borcre out W th€ a€?een€Dt reacheil betrea th6 USA ancl Canaila to hare reco:rse to th€ Cougt for d.e1i-od,taticu!' of thelr oarj.tt.o€ bor:ad.a*l eg i! the $:1f of I'lair€ antl by rcquest oad€ to the Court in 1981 for tbe coastltution of a Oranber ill accordalce wltb .Artlcle 25, parag?aph 2 of the Statute of tbg Cgtrrt e',d th€ rg1ris6al Ru.l€s of procedum thefeof. A slEilar !i,$r€st r*or:ld also appear to have bea roada by lfall atl llppe! VoI ta i:r Septenbar 198J. ghele haE b€ea 6@e criticisn abor:.t ttrE naoD€! in wtrlch the Oranber of, the Colat was ccnetltuted. ijl the ffl].f of llajJle caFe hrt the. coltEt(Ets rDade cll that ecors 'Fu]d aot se€@ to iletract iJl aly saf fro4 th€ vfaliXty of th6 OM.obec plocodure foa s€tt16E€dt of illeputes rfi€r€ tlre pa$i€6 l.eeort to tbe Court ty special a€le€rtut ad request fe the cclrstitltioE of a Cbapbe=. 3€forg Eaba'|crng oflr a dl,ggusslcn about the relative nelits aa tr€tw€€n -g{ !39 pceilures aal an aBproech to tbe Coult uader