  {"id":203180,"date":"2004-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203180"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T20:13:13","slug":"auto-insert-203180","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203180\/","title":{"rendered":"Public hearing before ICJ on separation wall &#8211; Verbatim record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>CR 2004\/4<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>International Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>of Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Cour internationale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;de Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>THE HAGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;LA HAYE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>YEAR 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Public sitting<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>held on Tuesday 24 February 2004, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace,<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>President Shi presiding,<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>on the <\/strong><\/i><strong>Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>in the Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>(Request for <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/3740E39487A5428A85256ECC005E157A.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>advisory opinion<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>VERBATIM RECORD<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>ANN&#201;E 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Audience publique<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>tenue le mardi 24 f&#233;vrier 2004, &#224; 15 heures, au Palais de la Paix,<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>sous la pr&#233;sidence de M. Shi, pr&#233;sident,<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>sur les <\/strong><\/i><strong>Cons&#233;quences juridiques de l&#8217;&#233;dification d&#8217;un mur<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>(Demande d&#8217;avis consultatif soumise par l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>COMPTE RENDU<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>____________________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Present:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">President<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Shi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Vice-President<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ranjeva<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Judges<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Guillaume<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Koroma<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Vereshchetin<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Higgins<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Parra-Aranguren<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Kooijmans<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Rezek<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Al-Khasawneh<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Buergenthal<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Elaraby<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Owada<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Simma<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tomka<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Registrar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Couvreur<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#190;&#190;&#190;&#190;&#190;&#190;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Pr&#233;sents :<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Shi, pr&#233;sident<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ranjeva, vice-pr&#233;sident<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">MM.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Guillaume<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Koroma<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Vereshchetin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Higgins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">MM. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Parra-Aranguren<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Kooijmans<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Rezek<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Al-Khasawneh<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Buergenthal<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Elaraby<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Owada<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Simma<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tomka, juges<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Couvreur, greffier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Palestine is represent by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Georges Abi-Saab, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Member of the Institute of International Law, Counsel and Advocate;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Vaughan Lowe, Chichele Professor of International Law, University of Oxford, Counsel and Advocate;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Jean Salmon, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Universit&#233; libre de Bruxelles, Member of the Institute of International Law, Counsel and Advocate;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Peter Bekker, Member of the Bar of New York, Senior Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Anis Kassim, Member of the Bar of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Senior Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Raja Aziz Shehadeh, Barrister at law, Ramallah, Palestine, Senior Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Stephanie Koury, Member, Negotiations Support Unit, Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Jarat Chopra, Member, Negotiations Support Unit, Professor of International Law, Brown University, Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Rami Shehadeh, Member, Negotiations Support Unit, Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Yousef Habbab, Ambassador, General Delegate of Palestine to the Netherlands, Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Muin Shreim, Counsellor, Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Feda Abdelhady Nasser, Counsellor, Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Michael Tarazi, Member, Negotiations Support Unit, Adviser\/Media Co-ordinator;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Kylie Evans, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Fran&#231;ois Dubuisson, Centre de droit international de l&#8217;Universit&#233; libre de Bruxelles;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Markus W. Gehring, Yale University;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Jafer Shadid, delegation of Palestine in the Netherlands.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Republic of South Africa is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Ms P. Jana, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and diplomatic representative to the International Court of Justice;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. D. S. Kumalo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. M. R. W. Madlanga, S.C.;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms J. G. S. de Wet, Acting Chief State Law Adviser (International Law), Department of Foreign Affairs;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. A. Stemmet, Senior State Law Adviser (International Law) Department of Foreign Affairs;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms T. Lujiza, State Law Adviser (International Law) Department of Foreign Affairs;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. I. Mogotsi, Director, Middle East Department of Foreign Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The People&#39;s Democratic Republic of Algeria is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Noureddine Djoudi, Ambassador of Algeria to the Kingdom of the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ahmed Laraba, Professor of International Law;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mohamed Habchi, Member of the Constitutional Council;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Abdelkader Cherbal, Member of the Constitutional Council;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Merzak Bedjaoui, Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Fawzi A. Shobokshi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in New York, Head of Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Hazim Karakotly, Minister plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Samir Aqqad, First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Saud Al-Shawaf, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ziyad Alsudairi, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Muhammed Omar Al-Madani, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Khaled Al-Thubaiti, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Brian Vohrer, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. David Colson, member.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The People&#39;s Republic of Bangladesh is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Liaquat Ali Choudhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Naureen Ahsan, First Secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in The Hague.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Belize is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Bassam Freiha, Permanent Representative of Belize to Unesco;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Jean-Marc Sorel, Professor at the Universit&#233; de Paris 1 (Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne);<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Mireille Cailbault.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Republic of Cuba is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Abelardo Moreno Fern&#225;ndez, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Elio Rodr&#237;guez Perdomo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Enrique Prieto L&#243;pez, Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Cuba in the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mrs. Soraya E. Alvarez N&#250;&#241;ez, Official of the Multilateral Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Republic of Indonesia is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Mohammad Jusuf, Ambassador the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Head of Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Nuni Turnijati Djoko, Minister, Deputy Chief of Mission, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mulya Wirana, Counsellor (Political Affairs), member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Col. A Subandi, Defence Attach&#233;, member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mrs. Kusuma N. Lubis, Counsellor (Information Affairs), member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Sulaiman Syarif, First Secretary (Political Affairs), member;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Daniel T. S. Simanjuntak, Third Secretary (Political Affairs), member.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.R.H. Ambassador Zeid Ra&#8217;ad Zeid Al-Hussien, Head of the Delegation and Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations, New York;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Mazen Armouti, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Sir Arthur Watts, Senior Legal Adviser to the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Guy Goodwin-Gill, Legal Adviser to the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Bisher Al Khasawneh, Legal Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mahmoud Al-Hmoud, Legal Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Samer Naber, Legal Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ashraf Zeitoon, Political Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Diana Madbak, Support Staff.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Republic of Madagascar is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Alfred Rambeloson, Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the Office of the United Nations at Geneva and to the Specialized Agencies, Head of Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Odon Prosper Rambatoson, Inspector, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Malaysia is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Foreign Minister of Malaysia, Head of Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Datin Seri Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin, wife of the Minister for Foreign Affairs;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Dato&#8217; Rastam Mohd Isa, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Dato&#8217; Noor Farida Ariffin, Ambassador of Malaysia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. John Louis O&#8217;hara, Head, International Affairs Division, Attorney-General&#8217;s Chambers;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Professor Nico Schrijver, Professor of International Law, Free University, Amsterdam and Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Professor Dr. Marcelo G. Kohen, Professor of International Law, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, Undersecretary, OIC Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Hasnudin Hamzah, Special Officer to the Foreign Minister;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Zulkifli Adnan, Counsellor, Embassy of Malaysia in the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ikram Mohd. Ibrahim, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mohd. Normusni Mustapa Albakri, Federal Counsel, International Affairs Division, Attorney-General&#8217;s Chambers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Republic of Senegal is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Saliou Ciss&#233;, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Head of Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Cheikh Niang, Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Thiam, Director of Legal and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Republic of the Sudan is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Abuelgasim A. Idris, Ambassador of the Sudan to the Netherlands;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Ali Al Sadig, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Sudan in the Netherlands.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The League of Arab States is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Michael Bothe, Professor of Law, Head of the Legal Team;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Professor of Law;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Yehia El Gamal, Legal Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Salah Amer, Legal Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mohammed Gomaa, Legal Adviser;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mohamed Redouane Benkhadra, Legal Adviser of the Secretary General, Head of the Legal Department, League of Arab States.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>The Organization of the Islamic Conference is represented by:<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ms Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, Professor of Public Law, University of Paris VII-Denis Diderot, as Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Willy Jackson, <i>charg&#233; de cours<\/i>, University of Paris VII-Denis Diderot, as Assistant to Counsel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">H.E. Mr. Babacar Ba, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the Office of the United Nations at Geneva.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La Palestine est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Nasser Al-Kidwa, ambassadeur, observateur permanent de la Palestine aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Georges Abi-Saab, professeur de droit international &#224; l&#8217;Institut de hautes &#233;tudes internationales, Gen&#232;ve, membre de l&#8217;Institut de droit international, conseil et avocat;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. James Crawford, professeur de droit international &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Cambridge (chaire Whewell), conseil et avocat;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Vaughan Lowe, professeur de droit international &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; d&#8217;Oxford (chaire Chichele), conseil et avocat ;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Jean Salmon, professeur &#233;m&#233;rite de droit international &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; libre de Bruxelles, membre de l&#8217;Institut de droit international, conseil et avocat;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Peter Bekker, membre du barreau de New York, conseil principal;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Anis Kassim, membre du barreau du Royaume hach&#233;mite de Jordanie, conseil principal;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Raja Aziz Shehadeh, <i>Barrister at Law <\/i>&#224; Ramallah, Palestine, conseil principal;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Stephanie Koury, membre du groupe d&#8217;appui aux n&#233;gociations, conseil;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Jarat Chopra, membre du groupe d&#8217;appui aux n&#233;gociations, professeur de droit international &#224; la Brown University, conseil;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Rami Shehadeh, membre du groupe d&#8217;appui aux n&#233;gociations, conseil;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Yousef Habbab, ambassadeur, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233; g&#233;n&#233;ral de la Palestine aux Pays-Bas, conseiller;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Muin Shreim, conseiller &#224; la mission permanente d&#8217;observation de la Palestine aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies, conseiller;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Feda Abdelhady Nasser, conseill&#232;re &#224; la mission permanente d&#8217;observation de la Palestine aupr&#232;s de l&#39;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Michael Tarazi, membre du groupe d&#8217;appui aux n&#233;gociations, coordonnateur pour les m&#233;dias;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Kylie Evans, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Universit&#233; de Cambridge;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Fran&#231;ois Dubuisson, Centre de droit international de l&#8217;Universit&#233; libre de Bruxelles;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Markus W. Gehring, Universit&#233; de Yale;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Jafer Shadid, d&#233;l&#233;gation de la Palestine aux Pays-Bas.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique sud-africaine est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Aziz Pahad, vice-ministre des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res, chef de la d&#233;l&#233;gation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. Mme P. Jana, ambassadeur de la R&#233;publique sud-africaine aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. D. S. Kumalo, repr&#233;sentant permanent de la R&#233;publique sud-africaine aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. M.R.W. Madlanga, juge;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme J. G.S. de Wet, conseiller juridique en chef <i>a.i. <\/i>(droit international), minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. A. Stemmet, conseiller juridique principal (droit international), minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme T. Lujiza, conseiller juridique (droit international), minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. I. Mogotsi, directeur, direction du Moyen-Orient, minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique alg&#233;rienne d&#233;mocratique et populaire est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Noureddine Djoudi, ambassadeur d&#8217;Alg&#233;rie aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Ahmed Laraba, professeur de droit international;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Mohamed Habchi, membre du conseil constitutionnel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Abdelkader Cherbal, membre du conseil constitutionnel;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Merzak Bedjaoui, directeur des affaires juridiques au minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Le Royaume d&#8217;Arabie saoudite est repr&#233;sent&#233; par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Fawzi A. Shobokshi, ambassadeur et repr&#233;sentant permanent du Royaume d&#8217;Arabie saoudite aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies &#224; New York, chef de la d&#233;l&#233;gation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Hazim Karakotly, ministre pl&#233;nipotentiaire au minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res &#224; Riyad, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Samir Aqqad, premier secr&#233;taire au minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res &#224; Riyad, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;M. Saud Al-Shawaf, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Saud Al-Shawaf, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Ziyad Alsudairi, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Muhammed Omar Al-Madani, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Khaled Al-Thubaiti, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Brian Vohrer, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. David Colson, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique populaire du Bangladesh est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Liaquat Ali Choudhury, ambassadeur du Bangladesh aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Naureen Ahsan, premier secr&#233;taire &#224; l&#8217;ambassade du Bangladesh aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Le Belize est repr&#233;sent&#233; par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Bassam Freiha, ambassadeur d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233; permanent du Belize aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Unesco;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Jean-Marc Sorel, professeur &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Paris 1 (Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne) ;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Mireille Cailbault.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique de Cuba est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Abelardo Moreno Fern&#225;ndez, vice-ministre des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Elio Rodr&#237;guez Perdomo, ambassadeur extraordinaire et pl&#233;nipotentiaire aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Enrique Prieto L&#243;pez, ministre conseiller &#224; l&#8217;ambassade de Cuba aux Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Soraya E. Alvarez N&#250;&#241;ez, fonctionnaire &#224; la direction des affaires multilat&#233;rales du minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique d&#8217;Indon&#233;sie est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Mohammad Jusuf, ambassadeur de la R&#233;publique d&#8217;Indon&#233;sie aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas, chef de la d&#233;l&#233;gation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Nuni Turnijati Djoko, ministre, chef de mission adjoint, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Mulya Wirana, conseiller (affaires politiques), d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Le colonel A. Subandi, attach&#233; de d&#233;fense, d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Kusuma N. Lubis, conseiller (affaires de presse), d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Sulaiman Syarif, premier secr&#233;taire (affaires politiques), d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Daniel T. S. Simanjuntak, troisi&#232;me secr&#233;taire (affaires politiques), d&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>Le Royaume hach&#233;mite de Jordanie est repr&#233;sent&#233; par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. A. R. Zeid Ra&#8217;ad Zeid Al-Hussien, ambassadeur, chef de la d&#233;l&#233;gation, repr&#233;sentant permanent du Royaume hach&#233;mite de Jordanie aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Mazen Armouti, ambassadeur du Royaume hach&#233;mite de Jordanie aux du Royaume des Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Sir Arthur Watts, conseiller juridique principal du Gouvernement du Royaume hach&#233;mite de Jordanie;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Guy Goodwin-Gill, conseiller juridique du Gouvernement du Royaume hach&#233;mite de Jordanie;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Bisher Al Khasawneh, conseiller juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Mahmoud Al-Hmoud, conseiller juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Samer Naber, conseiller juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Ashraf Zeitoon, conseiller politique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Diana Madbak, personnel administratif.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique de Madagascar est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Alfred Rambeloson, repr&#233;sentant permanent de Madagascar aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Office des Nations Unies et des institutions sp&#233;cialis&#233;es &#224; Gen&#232;ve, chef de d&#233;l&#233;gation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Odon Prosper Rambatoson, inspecteur au minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La Malaisie est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, ministre des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res de la Malaisie, chef de la d&#233;l&#233;gation;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Datin Seri Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin, &#233;pouse du ministre des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. Tan sri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral du minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. Dato&#8217; Rastam Mohd. Isa, repr&#233;sentant permanent de la Malaisie aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. Dato&#8217; Noor Farida Ariffin, ambassadeur de la Malaisie aupr&#232;s du Royaume des Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. John Louis O&#8217;hara, directeur de la division des affaires internationales, bureau de l&#8217;<i>Attorney-General<\/i>;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Nico Schrijver, professeur de droit international &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; libre d&#8217;Amsterdam et &#224; l&#8217;Institut d&#8217;&#233;tudes sociales de La Haye, membre de la Cour permanente d&#8217;arbitrage;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Marcelo G. Kohen, professeur de droit international &#224; l&#8217;Institut universitaire de hautes &#233;tudes internationales, Gen&#232;ve;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, sous-secr&#233;taire &#224; la division de l&#8217;Organisation de la Conf&#233;rence islamique, minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Hasnudin Hamzah, conseiller sp&#233;cial aupr&#232;s du ministre des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Zulkifli Adnan, conseiller de l&#8217;ambassade de la Malaisie aux Pays-Bas;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Ikram Mohd. Ibrahim, premier secr&#233;taire de la mission permanente de la Malaisie aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Mohd. Normusni Mustapa Albakri, conseil <i>(Federal Counsel)<\/i>, division des affaires internationales, bureau de l&#8217;<i>Attorney-General<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique du S&#233;n&#233;gal est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Saliou Ciss&#233;, ambassadeur du S&#233;n&#233;gal aux Pays-Bas, chef de la d&#233;l&#233;gation ;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Cheikh Niang, ministre-conseiller &#224; la mission permanente du S&#233;n&#233;gal aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Cheikh Tidiane Thiam, directeur des affaires juridiques et consulaires au minist&#232;re des affaires &#233;trang&#232;res.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La R&#233;publique du Soudan est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Abuelgasim A. Idris, ambassadeur du Soudan aux Pays-Bas ;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Ali Al Sadig, chef de mission adjoint &#224; l&#8217;ambassade du Soudan aux Pays-Bas.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>La Ligue des Etats arabes est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S.Exc. M. Amre Moussa, Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral de la Ligue des Etats arabes;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Michael Bothe, professeur de droit, chef de l&#8217;&#233;quipe juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Vera Gowlland-Debbas, professeur de droit;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Yehia El Gamal, conseiller juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Salah Amer, conseiller juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Mohammed Gomaa, conseiller juridique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Mohamed Redouane Benkhadra, conseiller juridique du Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral, chef du d&#233;partement des affaires juridiques de la Ligue des Etats arabes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong>L&#8217;Organisation de la Conf&#233;rence islamique est repr&#233;sent&#233;e par :<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral de l&#8217;Organisation de la Conf&#233;rence islamique;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mme Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, professeur de droit public &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; Paris VII &#8211; Denis Diderot, conseil;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">M. Willy Jackson, charg&#233; de cours &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; Paris VII &#8211; Denis Diderot, assistant du conseil;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">S. Exc. M. Babacar Ba, ambassadeur, observateur permanent de l&#8217;Organisation de la Conf&#233;rence islamique aupr&#232;s de l&#8217;Office des Nations Unies &#224; Gen&#232;ve.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The PRESIDENT: Please be seated. The Court is now in session. It meets this afternoon to hear the following participants on the question submitted to the Court: Madagascar, Malaysia and Senegal. I shall now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alfred Rambeloson of Madagascar.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>M. RAMBELOSON : Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame et Messieurs de la Cour, l&#8217;honneur m&#8217;&#233;choit ce jour en tant qu&#8217;ambassadeur de Madagascar aupr&#232;s des Nations Unies &#224; Gen&#232;ve de m&#8217;exprimer pour la premi&#232;re fois devant la Cour internationale de Justice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>1. C&#8217;est une fiert&#233; pour Madagascar que de pouvoir apporter sa modeste contribution &#224; la pr&#233;sente proc&#233;dure consultative.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>2. D&#8217;une part, la pr&#233;sente contribution sert &#224; resituer notre pays dans l&#8217;&#233;conomie de la politique judiciaire internationale car Madagascar a accept&#233; la clause facultative de juridiction obligatoire de l&#8217;article 36, paragraphe 2, du Statut de la Cour.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>3. D&#8217;autre part, pour Madagascar, ind&#233;pendamment de l&#8217;action diplomatique et politique, le r&#232;glement des diff&#233;rends internationaux devant la Cour internationale de Justice est un &#233;l&#233;ment fondamental de la paix dans les relations internationales.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>4. Le 8 d&#233;cembre 2003, dans sa r&#233;solution ES-10\/14, l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies demande &#224; la Cour internationale de Justice, en vertu de l&#8217;article 96 de la Charte des Nations Unies et conform&#233;ment &#224; l&#8217;article 65 du Statut de la Cour, de &#171;rendre d&#8217;urgence un avis consultatif sur la question suivante&#187; :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t5. &#171;Quelles sont en droit les cons&#233;quences de l&#8217;&#233;dification du mur qu&#8217;Isra&#235;l,\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tpuissance occupante, est en train de construire dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;, y\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tcompris &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur et sur le pourtour de J&#233;rusalem-Est, selon ce qui est expos&#233; dans\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tle rapport du Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral, compte tenu des r&#232;gles et des principes de droit\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tinternational, notamment la quatri&#232;me convention de Gen&#232;ve de 1949, et les\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tr&#233;solutions consacr&#233;es &#224; la question par le Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; et l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tg&#233;n&#233;rale ?&#187;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>6. Cette proc&#233;dure consultative, bien que ne portant pas directement sur des diff&#233;rends qui opposent des Etats, participe pleinement &#224; cette action de pr&#233;vention et de promotion de la paix. Elle offre &#233;galement aux Nations Unies, aux Etats Membres ainsi qu&#8217;&#224; la communaut&#233; une interpr&#233;tation authentique des r&#232;gles de droit qui assurent la s&#233;curit&#233;, la transparence dans les relations entre les acteurs et les sujets de vie internationale.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>A titre d&#8217;exemple, pour Madagascar, l&#8217;autorit&#233; de l&#8217;avis consultatif se fonde moins sur des consid&#233;rations formelles que sur la valeur et la qualit&#233; de l&#8217;interpr&#233;tation de la r&#232;gle de droit que fournit la Cour.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>En d&#8217;autres termes, le manquement aux prescriptions, nous dirions th&#233;rapeutiques, de la Cour est constitutif d&#8217;un manquement &#224; des obligations de droit international.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>7. L&#8217;importance de cette mission nous am&#232;ne &#224; exprimer, au nom de Madagascar et de son gouvernement, l&#8217;estime et le respect que vous, Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame et Messieurs de la Cour, m&#233;ritez par la grandeur de cette mission.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>I. Sur l&#8217;objet de la pr&#233;sente demande d&#8217;avis consultatif<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>8. Ces avis sont brefs et clairs. Toutefois une interrogation double se pose : Madagascar <i>n&#8217;a ni lu<\/i>, ni vu la moindre prise de position officielle de la part d&#8217;un gouvernement, d&#8217;une organisation internationale, r&#233;gionale, d&#8217;une organisation non gouvernementale, qui e&#251;t approuv&#233; la construction du mur litigieux.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Les Etats-Unis d&#8217;Am&#233;rique, par exemple, n&#8217;ont pas exclu la possibilit&#233; de sanction sous forme de r&#233;duction de l&#8217;aide financi&#232;re.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>9. La g&#233;n&#233;ralisation du refus d&#8217;approbation, de la condamnation de cet &#233;dification est <i>significative <\/i>&#224; tel point que la Cour ne saurait en sous-estimer l&#8217;importance. Sur le plan politique, il y a rejet &#233;vident de l&#8217;op&#233;ration et sur plan juridique international, il n&#8217;y a ni adh&#233;sion, ni reconnaissance de lic&#233;it&#233; de cette construction.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>10. Sur ce point, Madagascar ne se d&#233;marque pas de l&#8217;attitude g&#233;n&#233;rale et renvoie aux analyses pertinentes que les Etats ont eu l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;exposer tant par &#233;crit que lors de ces audiences publiques devant la Cour. Nous nous rapportons donc &#224; la sagesse de la Cour qui ne saurait ignorer les aspirations du monde.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>11. En fait pour notre pays, notre r&#234;ve, li&#233; au caract&#232;re insulaire, est que le mur ne soit pas s&#233;paration mais espace de rencontre pour se conna&#238;tre, s&#8217;appr&#233;cier et se respecter.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>II. Sur les questions juridiques de comp&#233;tence et d&#8217;opportunit&#233; de l&#8217;avis<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Madagascar apporte les quelques pr&#233;cisions suivantes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>II.1. Sur la comp&#233;tence<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tDeux questions se posent.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>12. Quelle est la comp&#233;tence de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale pour demander l&#8217;avis de la Cour internationale de Justice ?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>13. Aucune objection n&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; soulev&#233;e sur le droit de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale pour poser cette demande. La r&#233;solution adopt&#233;e dans les conditions r&#233;guli&#232;res de forme et de fond lie tous les Etats Membres de l&#8217;Organisation sans consid&#233;ration de leurs options, positions au vote lors du scrutin d&#8217;adoption de la r&#233;solution. Solution logique fond&#233;e sur une distinction entre la contribution de la formulation de la position de l&#8217;organisation et la d&#233;cision finale de cette derni&#232;re en tant que telle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>14. Cette question a-t-elle un caract&#232;re et un objet juridiques ?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>15. La r&#233;ponse est affirmative et incontestable : l&#8217;examen des <i>cons&#233;quences en droit <\/i>d&#8217;un acte ou d&#8217;un fait est l&#8217;&#233;vidence m&#234;me.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>16. L&#8217;aspect politique de la demande d&#8217;avis est au niveau de la prise de d&#233;cision pour saisir la Cour internationale de Justice :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">pr&#233;sentation de la proposition avant sa r&#233;solution;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">adoption de la proposition de r&#233;solution par l&#8217;expression d&#8217;un vote affirmatif, n&#233;gatif, absent&#233;iste ou non-participation &#224; un vote.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>17. Cet objet de demande d&#8217;avis aurait eu un caract&#232;re politique et non juridique si la Cour internationale de Justice &#233;tait consult&#233;e sur l&#8217;opportunit&#233; ou non d&#8217;une r&#233;solution de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale relative &#224; la construction du mur.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Telle n&#8217;est pas la question pos&#233;e ici.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>II.2. Sur l&#8217;opportunit&#233; d&#8217;une r&#233;ponse de la Cour &#224; une demande d&#8217;avis<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>18. Madagascar est conscient de l&#8217;importance de cette objection, et de l&#8217;attitude constante de la jurisprudence de par l&#8217;existence de raisons particuli&#232;rement importantes et d&#233;terminantes pour refuser de donner une r&#233;ponse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>L&#8217;on devrait alors s&#8217;interroger sur les raisons susceptibles de justifier une non-r&#233;ponse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>19. <i>Premi&#232;re question : <\/i>Peut-on raisonnablement refuser &#224; un sujet de droit de s&#8217;interroger sur les cons&#233;quences juridiques d&#8217;un acte ou d&#8217;un fait ou de s&#8217;adresser &#224; l&#8217;institution la plus qualifi&#233;e ?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>20. La r&#233;ponse est non. Au contraire, Madagascar d&#233;plore que l&#8217;insuffisance est une mise &#224; profit des ressources inestimables que repr&#233;sente la proc&#233;dure consultative.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>21. <i>Deuxi&#232;me question : <\/i>L&#8217;argument le plus souvent invoqu&#233; &#233;tant &#171;avis de la Cour internationale de Justice&#187;. Cela compliquerait la situation et la mise en &#339;uvre de la feuille de route pour la voie de la paix.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>22. En d&#8217;autres termes, cette attitude serait irresponsable d&#8217;une part pour la Cour internationale de Justice sur le plan politique que de formuler un avis ! C&#8217;est un argument tr&#232;s s&#233;rieux qu&#8217;il faut analyser en profondeur.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>23. <i>D&#8217;abord<\/i>, il faut relever que pour une grande majorit&#233; d&#8217;Etats qui ont pris part le mur, en constituant un fait accompli, complique la feuille de route. En cons&#233;quence, une confusion est entretenue au niveau des difficult&#233;s cr&#233;&#233;es &#224; propos de cette feuille de route : une confusion entre le mur lui-m&#234;me qui est source de probl&#232;mes nouveaux et l&#8217;avis que peut rendre la Cour non vis&#233;e comme constitutive en soi de difficult&#233;s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>24. <i>Ensuite<\/i>, l&#8217;objet de la demande d&#8217;avis est-il &#224; caract&#232;re dangereux pour le processus de paix ?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>La r&#233;ponse est &#224; identifier dans les termes de la question :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>25. <i>a) <\/i>L&#8217;examen des cons&#233;quences li&#233;es &#224; la construction du mur par rapport aux r&#232;gles de droit international est de voir quelles sont les obligations que le droit international rappelle aux Etats, &#224; l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies, aux organisations internationales et r&#233;gionales, &#224; la communaut&#233; internationale du fait de cette construction. Il faut insister sur le terme <i>rappeler <\/i>et non <i>cr&#233;er <\/i>car il ne s&#8217;agit pas de substituer de nouvelles r&#232;gles ou obligations, ni de se substituer aux parties concern&#233;es.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>26. <i>b) <\/i>La connaissance de ces cons&#233;quences compl&#232;te la feuille de route en indiquant les points juridiques susceptibles d&#8217;&#234;tre litigieux. La recherche de la transparence des relations internationales et le respect de la bonne foi sont compatibles avec l&#8217;avis et une r&#233;ponse &#224; l&#8217;avis. 27. <i>c) <\/i>Pour Madagascar, il est n&#233;cessaire d&#8217;insister sur le fait que l&#8217;avis de la Cour internationale de Justice n&#8217;affecte pas, ne porte pas atteinte au droit des Etats directement concern&#233;s (c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire Isra&#235;l et la Palestine) &#224; fixer, dans le cadre du futur trait&#233; de paix, les r&#232;gles qu&#8217;ils entendent r&#233;ciproquement s&#8217;imposer vers leurs futures relations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>28. En conclusion, l&#8217;avis a une fonction d&#8217;information et non de direction ni de ma&#238;trise.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>III.1. Sur le fond des cons&#233;quences juridiques<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>29. Premier probl&#232;me. Au c&#339;ur de la question, il y a un risque de politisation de la Cour internationale de Justice en cas de prise de position sur une question sensible et d&#233;licate : le mur et l&#8217;ill&#233;galit&#233; de sa construction. La question est mal pos&#233;e car il y a une confusion entre diff&#233;rents &#233;l&#233;ments &#224; d&#233;sarticuler pour cerner le c&#339;ur de cette question.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>30. La construction d&#8217;un mur est une d&#233;cision &#224; caract&#232;re politique. Cette r&#233;ponse est consid&#233;r&#233;e comme appropri&#233;e selon l&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Isra&#235;l avec les difficult&#233;s qu&#8217;il &#233;prouve. Sur ce point, pour Madagascar, il est difficile de contester en soi un caract&#232;re discriminatoire, la libert&#233; et la pl&#233;nitude du jugement fait par un gouvernement responsable sur l&#8217;&#233;valuation des risques et la r&#233;ponse &#224; am&#233;nager face aux risques. Conform&#233;ment aux dispositions de la Charte, le pouvoir d&#8217;appr&#233;ciation d&#8217;initiative demeure une comp&#233;tence nationale.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>31. Mais Madagascar refuse l&#8217;assimilation du pouvoir discr&#233;tionnaire et du pouvoir arbitraire. Une d&#233;cision politique librement et souverainement prise doit &#234;tre mise en &#339;uvre dans des conditions telles que non constitutives de violation des r&#232;gles du droit international. 32. C&#8217;est-&#224;-dire qu&#8217;il y a une absence de non-incompatibilit&#233; avec la r&#232;gle du droit international aussi bien au niveau des m&#233;thodes et des moyens mis en &#339;uvre de la d&#233;cision initiale que des r&#233;sultats attendus et obtenus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>III.2. Manifestation des r&#232;gles que doit &#233;viter de violer l&#8217;Etat constructeur<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>33. Nous avons trois grandes cat&#233;gories de r&#232;gles :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>a) <\/i>N&#233;gatives sous deux aspects :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Non-annexion directe ou indirecte de droit ou de fait de la totalit&#233; ou d&#8217;une partie du territoire.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Abstention de comportement de mauvaise foi soit par cr&#233;ation de fait accompli hypoth&#233;quant l&#8217;avenir, soit par l&#8217;organisation d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;e d&#8217;actes de violence ou de terrorisme.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>34. <i>b) <\/i>Positives : il existe un respect de la r&#232;gle de proportionnalit&#233; entre les menaces, les actes de violence et la r&#233;ponse am&#233;nag&#233;e.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>35. <i>c) <\/i>Institutionnelles : il y a le r&#233;gime juridique de l&#8217;occupation militaire et les questions des droits de l&#8217;homme. Nous sommes d&#8217;avis que le r&#232;glement du conflit isra&#233;lo-arabe ne peut qu&#8217;&#234;tre politique mais, en revanche, nous sommes d&#8217;un avis contraire quand on d&#233;clare que la Cour consult&#233;e par l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale pour une question pr&#233;cise, n&#8217;a pas &#224; en conna&#238;tre. En effet, la Cour est requise &#224; fournir un avis consultatif et les termes de la demande d&#8217;avis sont clairs et pr&#233;cis. Outre l&#8217;abondante jurisprudence de la Cour consacrant sa comp&#233;tence &#224; ce sujet, est-il besoin d&#8217;&#233;voquer la doctrine dominante sur ce point rappel&#233;e par d&#8217;&#233;minents repr&#233;sentants au cours de la pr&#233;sente audience ?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>36. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame et Messieurs de la Cour, au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale, la Grande-Bretagne, impuissante devant la mont&#233;e des tensions en Palestine, s&#8217;en remet aux Nations Unies d&#232;s 1947 pour trouver une solution. Apr&#232;s le refus du plan de partage, plusieurs r&#233;solutions de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale et du Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; vont poser les conditions du retour &#224; la paix dont le retrait des forces isra&#233;liennes des territoires occup&#233;s, le retour des r&#233;fugi&#233;s dans leurs foyers, l&#8217;instauration d&#8217;une paix juste et durable.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>37. Le conflit au Moyen-Orient est sans doute une des questions la plus complexe, la plus br&#251;lante de notre temps. Les efforts d&#233;ploy&#233;s par la communaut&#233; internationale pour l&#8217;instauration d&#8217;une paix durable au Moyen-Orient laquelle, il convient de le rappeler, repose sur le r&#232;glement juste de la question palestinienne sont multiples. Ces efforts r&#233;alis&#233;s &#224; travers diff&#233;rentes initiatives et mat&#233;rialis&#233;s par des accords (accords d&#8217;Oslo), des rapports ou des plans de travail (entre autres le rapport Mitchel et le plan de travail Tenet) et des r&#233;solutions pertinentes du Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; (les r&#233;solutions 181, 194, 242, 338, 1322, 1397) ou de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale (r&#233;s. 3236) n&#8217;ont pas encore abouti.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>38. Des avanc&#233;es positives sont n&#233;anmoins &#224; souligner avec notamment le soutien d&#233;sormais acquis des autorit&#233;s palestiniennes de reconna&#238;tre l&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Isra&#235;l et son droit d&#8217;exister dans des fronti&#232;res s&#251;res, d&#8217;une part, et l&#8217;effort par Isra&#235;l d&#8217;accepter le principe d&#8217;un Etat palestinien, d&#8217;autre part. Nous f&#233;licitons d&#8217;ailleurs ce dernier accord de Gen&#232;ve.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>39. Les derni&#232;res n&#233;gociations pour la mise en &#339;uvre de la feuille de route parrain&#233;e par les Etats-Unis d&#8217;Am&#233;rique, la F&#233;d&#233;ration de Russie, l&#8217;ONU et l&#8217;Union europ&#233;enne ont fait na&#238;tre beaucoup d&#8217;espoirs. Ces n&#233;gociations ont enregistr&#233; des avanc&#233;es encourageantes mais achoppent encore sur quelques questions. Elles sont pratiquement dans l&#8217;impasse aujourd&#8217;hui. Mais nous ne d&#233;sesp&#233;rons pas de les voir se poursuivre prochainement en vue d&#8217;un aboutissement heureux d&#8217;ici 2005 peut-&#234;tre, en faveur des peuples palestiniens et ceux de la r&#233;gion.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>40. La communaut&#233; internationale ne peut en effet rester impuissante devant les &#233;v&#233;nements dramatiques auxquels elle assiste presque quotidiennement depuis la reprise de l&#8217;<i>Intifada<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>41. Le ph&#233;nom&#232;ne de violence est complexe parce qu&#8217;il faut prendre en consid&#233;ration le droit &#224; la survie d&#8217;un Etat, ce qui justifie la l&#233;gitime d&#233;fense (art. 51 de la Charte) et les actes de r&#233;sistance qui sont ins&#233;parables de toute occupation militaire. Ce qui implique de la part des autorit&#233;s occupantes une intelligence globale de la situation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>42. Au surplus, l&#8217;&#233;dification d&#8217;un mur de s&#233;paration ne nous para&#238;t pas de nature &#224; favoriser le processus de paix.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>43. De l&#8217;opinion de mon gouvernement, l&#8217;&#233;dification de ce mur par Isra&#235;l se heurte &#224; deux ordres de consid&#233;ration, l&#8217;une juridique et l&#8217;autre humanitaire.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>La consid&#233;ration juridique<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>44. Il r&#233;sulte du rapport du Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral, M. Kofi Annan, contenu dans le document A\/ES-10\/248 du 24 octobre 2003 adress&#233; &#224; l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale et de la r&#233;solution de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale du 8 d&#233;cembre 2003 que la construction du mur a &#233;t&#233; effectu&#233;e par Isra&#235;l, puissance occupante, en violation des dispositions du droit international et du droit humanitaire international dans les territoires palestiniens occup&#233;s le long de la limite nord-est de la Cisjordanie et sur le pourtour de J&#233;rusalem-Est selon un trac&#233; qui s&#8217;&#233;carte de la ligne d&#8217;armistice de 1949 (qu&#8217;on appelle la &#171;Ligne verte&#187;).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>45. Nous reconnaissons le droit d&#8217;Isra&#235;l et son devoir de prot&#233;ger ses nationaux, mais cela ne l&#8217;autorise pas &#224; violer impun&#233;ment les dispositions du droit international et celles du droit humanitaire international dont la quatri&#232;me convention de Gen&#232;ve de 1949 applicable aux territoires palestiniens comme l&#8217;a affirm&#233; &#224; plusieurs reprises l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>46. Est-il besoin de rappeler que la communaut&#233; internationale dans son ensemble n&#8217;a pas approuv&#233; la d&#233;cision isra&#233;lienne et pas plus tard que la semaine derni&#232;re, le CICR, gardien des conventions de Gen&#232;ve de 1949 y a ajout&#233; sa voix pour fustiger l&#8217;ill&#233;galit&#233; de la barri&#232;re isra&#233;lienne.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>47. Le Gouvernement isra&#233;lien soutient par ailleurs que cette ligne d&#8217;armistice de 1949 n&#8217;a pas &#233;t&#233; confirm&#233;e en tant que fronti&#232;re internationale par les r&#233;solutions 242 et 338 qui invitent les parties &#224; n&#233;gocier, que le statut l&#233;gal du Territoire palestinien occup&#233; demeure contest&#233;. 48. Or, la construction de ce mur qui porte manifestement atteinte &#224; la souverainet&#233; territoriale de la Palestine, en entra&#238;nant une annexion de fait de vaste partie du territoire palestinien, r&#233;sulte d&#8217;une d&#233;cision unilat&#233;rale et non n&#233;goci&#233;e alors que des n&#233;gociations importantes ne sont pas encore achev&#233;es pour la r&#233;solution du conflit isra&#233;lo-palestinien.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>49. La construction de ce mur se poursuit au m&#233;pris de la r&#233;solution ES-10\/13 du 21 octobre 2003 de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale exigeant <i>l&#8217;arr&#234;t des travaux et le renoncement par Isra&#235;l &#224; ce projet<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>La consid&#233;ration humanitaire<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>50. Il r&#233;sulte des documents sus-indiqu&#233;s, que la construction de ce mur :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">a entra&#238;n&#233; la confiscation et la destruction des terres et des ressources palestiniennes ainsi que le bouleversement de la vie de milliers de civils;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">limitera fortement les d&#233;placements des milliers de Palestiniens vivant en milieu urbain;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">aura des cons&#233;quences sur l&#8217;alimentation des Palestiniens, les tron&#231;ons d&#233;j&#224; achev&#233;s ayant eu de s&#233;rieuses r&#233;percussions sur l&#8217;agriculture.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>51. La construction favorise en cons&#233;quences de graves atteintes aux droits de l&#8217;homme.&nbsp;&nbsp;Elle fait peser des restrictions sans pr&#233;c&#233;dent sur les mouvements des populations &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur des territoires occup&#233;s et entra&#238;ne d&#8217;autres graves violations aux droits humains notamment le droit au travail, aux soins m&#233;dicaux, &#224; la nourriture et &#224; l&#8217;&#233;ducation. Or, l&#8217;instauration d&#8217;une paix juste et durable passe par le respect des droits de l&#8217;homme. Le Comit&#233; international de la Croix-Rouge est de plus en plus pr&#233;occup&#233; par les cons&#233;quences humanitaires que l&#8217;&#233;dification de la barri&#232;re en Cisjordanie a pour de nombreux Palestiniens des territoires occup&#233;s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>52. Dans les endroits o&#249; elle s&#8217;&#233;carte de la &#171;Ligne verte&#187; et empi&#232;te sur les territoires occup&#233;s, la barri&#232;re prive des milliers de Palestiniens d&#8217;un acc&#232;s ad&#233;quat &#224; des services essentiels comme l&#8217;approvisionnement en eau, les soins m&#233;dicaux et l&#8217;&#233;ducation, ainsi qu&#8217;&#224; des sources de revenu telles que l&#8217;agriculture et d&#8217;autres types d&#8217;emplois. Les communaut&#233;s palestiniennes vivant entre la &#171;Ligne verte&#187; et la barri&#232;re sont, de fait coup&#233;es de la soci&#233;t&#233; palestinienne &#224; laquelle elles appartiennent.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>53. L&#8217;&#233;dification de la barri&#232;re en Cisjordanie continue de donner lieu &#224; l&#8217;appropriation, largement r&#233;pandue de biens palestiniens et de causer des d&#233;g&#226;ts consid&#233;rables aux b&#226;timents et aux terres agricoles, entra&#238;nant souvent leur destruction. Les probl&#232;mes que conna&#238;t la population palestinienne, dans sa vie quotidienne, montrent clairement que la barri&#232;re va &#224; l&#8217;encontre de l&#8217;obligation qui incombe en Isra&#235;l, conform&#233;ment au droit humanitaire, d&#8217;assurer un traitement humain aux civils vivant sous son occupation et de veiller &#224; leur bien-&#234;tre. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>54. Les mesures prises par les autorit&#233;s isra&#233;liennes, en relation avec l&#8217;&#233;dification de la barri&#232;re en territoire occup&#233;, exc&#232;dent de loin ce qu&#8217;une puissance occupante est autoris&#233;e &#224; faire aux termes du droit humanitaire.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>55. Les droit international humanitaire relatif aux droits humains impose en Isra&#235;l, en tant que puissance occupante de prot&#233;ger les droits de la population palestinienne des territoires occup&#233;s et de veiller &#224; ce qu&#8217;ils soient respect&#233;s. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame et Messieurs de la Cour,<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>56. Pour terminer, nous tenons &#224; r&#233;it&#233;rer notre position sur les principes qui doivent r&#233;gler cette question de fa&#231;on juste, globale et d&#233;finitive :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">coexistence de deux Etats souverains <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Isra&#235;l et la Palestine <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">vivant c&#244;te &#224; c&#244;te dans la paix et la s&#233;curit&#233;, &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur de fronti&#232;res s&#251;res et reconnues;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">fin de l&#8217;occupation isra&#233;lienne et d&#233;mant&#232;lement de toutes les colonies isra&#233;liennes de peuplement.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>La feuille de route, accept&#233;e par les parties bellig&#233;rantes sous l&#8217;&#233;gide du Quatuor et cautionn&#233;e par l&#8217;ensemble de la communaut&#233; internationale, offre une chance r&#233;elle de paix au Moyen-Orient. Il appartient d&#233;sormais aux deux protagonistes de faire les concessions n&#233;cessaires pour r&#233;tablir la confiance mutuelle et conclure la paix des braves.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>57. La Cour, nous en sommes convaincus, saura appr&#233;cier souverainement les faits et prendre une d&#233;cision juste et &#233;quitable.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Nous nous en remettons en cons&#233;quence &#224; sa sagesse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Je vous remercie.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Your Excellency. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. ALBAR: Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Court, it is indeed a great honour to appear before your Court in this advisory opinion procedure concerning the legal consequences of the construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. On behalf of Malaysia, I would like to record Malaysia&#8217;s highest regard for the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The matter before the Court in this request for an advisory opinion is a very important one, since it concerns one of the earliest questions which the United Nations dealt with and still remains unresolved. As one of the co-sponsors of the draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, which led to the request for this advisory opinion, and as Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Malaysia participated actively in the General Assembly deliberations on this issue during the Tenth Emergency Session of the General Assembly in October 2003. Malaysia reaffirmed its well-known position that the solution of the question of Palestine requires a just, comprehensive and lasting settlement of the conflict on the basis of the implementation of relevant General Assembly resolutions and Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002) and 1515 (2003).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The General Assembly has come to the Court to seek and to obtain clarification on the legal consequences arising from the construction of the Wall being built by Israel, considering the rules and principles of international law, and to obtain further legal guidance that will assist the international community to determine its response. No institution is better placed than your Court to assess in an authoritative way the situation from an international law perspective. Mr. President, I stand before you today with the conviction that this Court is in the best position as the custodian of international law, which binds us as a community of nations that stand together in order to promote justice, equality, peace, security and prosperity for mankind. Those of us that advocate the rule of law, human rights, freedom and democracy, are duty bound to ensure that these standards are also upheld at the international level without discrimination and exception. We are here before the Court to uphold the sanctity of international law. It is incumbent upon us with a feeling of mercy and compassion to ensure that in this global order that we live in, we can instil a true sense of justice, equality, freedom and democracy. The multilateral system that is the very basis of the establishment of the United Nations should be the core principle that guides us to the sustainability of the rule of law and human rights. We should use the diversities of the world as our strength to unite peoples and not divide us in conflicts that bring untold miseries and sufferings to humankind. As the custodian of international law, this Court is well disposed from a legal viewpoint to determine this important legal question.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President, Section I of this oral statement will summarize briefly the position of Malaysia on the Wall and emphasize its main legal concerns, while further developing some points outlined in our Written Statement <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">in particular by reference to what other States have advanced in their Written Statements. For reasons of time, Malaysia will focus upon some particular points, being conscious that other points are equally relevant and may be addressed by other delegations.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Section II of my statement deals with the competence of the General Assembly to request an advisory opinion and the propriety of such a request. Section III takes up what we consider to be the central point: the international legal status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>By way of a preliminary remark, Malaysia takes strong exception to the pejorative way in which Israel refers to Palestine throughout its Written Statement, such as the use of inverted commas to refer to Palestine, the negation of its territorial integrity, the reference to what is universally recognized as Palestinian territory as though it were a &#8220;disputed&#8221; territory, and the grave accusation, without any evidence, that the Palestinian Authority bears responsibility for the terrorist attacks committed by Palestinian citizens. Malaysia firmly rejects what constitutes a factual negation of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>I.&nbsp;&nbsp;POSITION OF MALAYSIA ON THE WALL<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Court, during the deliberations in the United Nations Security Council on 14 October 2003 and in the General Assembly on 20 October and 8 December 2003, Malaysia took the view that the Wall was illegal and must be dismantled, and that its further construction must be immediately discontinued. Allow me to summarize the main reasons for Malaysia to hold such views:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Wall, sections of which are constructed deep inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, departs from the Armistice Line of 1949 and is therefore illegal under international law. This implies the violation of the obligation to respect the territorial integrity of Palestine and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Wall gravely violates the Fourth Geneva Convention in that it involves the illegal, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>de facto <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">attempt at annexation of substantial parts of the Palestinian territory and its resources; the transfer of a large number of Palestinian civilians, and further deprivation of human rights of the Palestinians, resulting in further dire humanitarian consequences among an already deprived people.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Wall constitutes a violation of freedom of access to Holy Places, including places of worship, of all religions in Jerusalem, embodied not only in human rights rules but also as an autonomous rule included in numerous United Nations resolutions, beginning with General Assembly resolution 181 (II).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Wall constitutes a unilateral action. It harms the process of implementation of the Road Map. It undermines the effective creation of the Palestinian State. All of this implies a violation of the obligation to pursue negotiations in good faith.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>These views I have just stated are also shared by the overwhelming majority of Member States of the United Nations, as reflected by the vote of General Assembly resolution A\/ES-10\/13, adopted by 144 votes to 4, with 12 abstentions. However, Israel ignores these and refuses 51ÁÔÆæ this resolution. Israel is continuing, and in fact is even accelerating, the construction of the Wall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President, I would like now to address the questions of the competence of the General Assembly to request an advisory opinion and the propriety to do so under these particular circumstances.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>II. THE COMPETENCE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REQUEST<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>AN ADVISORY OPINION AND THE PROPRIETY TO DO SO<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>In our Written Statement, Malaysia has submitted that there are no compelling reasons which would justify refusal of the request to provide an advisory opinion, to paraphrase the words of your Court in the <i>Application for Review <\/i>(1987), the <i>Western Sahara <\/i>(1975) and the <i>Nuclear Weapons <\/i>(1996) Advisory Opinions. As a matter of fact, there are ample justifications and compelling reasons for the Court to exercise its advisory jurisdiction.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>First, the request to render an urgent advisory opinion comes from the General Assembly, one of the two named principal organs of the United Nations which may request your Court to give an advisory opinion on &#8220;any legal question&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Secondly, the question put to you is clearly a legal one, framed as it is &#8220;in terms of law and rais[ing] problems of international law . . . [and is by its] very nature susceptible of a reply based on law&#8221;, to quote once again from the Court&#8217;s Advisory Opinions on the <i>Western Sahara <\/i>and <i>Nuclear Weapons.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Thirdly, the General Assembly has a special duty to deal with the Palestinian question. It may suffice here to recall the Assembly&#8217;s intensive involvement with Palestine over a long period of time since the United Kingdom unilaterally terminated its Mandate over Palestine and left responsibility for an adequate solution to the United Nations. In the <i>International Status of South West Africa <\/i>Advisory Opinion (1950) the Court acknowledged that the General Assembly fulfils supervisory functions previously exercised by the League of Nations in the case of a Mandated Territory not placed under the United Nations Trusteeship System. From the early days the Assembly performed a special role with regard to Palestine and the Palestinian people, <i>inter alia<\/i>, by adopting the so-called Plan of Partition in November 1947, providing for an independent Arab State and an independent Jewish State. Ever since, the Palestinian territory has a special status and the General Assembly has a special responsibility.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Fourthly, the General Assembly adopted on 21 October 2003 the above-mentioned resolution A\/ES-10\/13, co-sponsored by the European Union and its acceding and associated members. The Assembly demanded that Israel stop and reverse the construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, considering that this construction is in contradiction with relevant provisions of international law and requested the Secretary-General to report on compliance with the resolution. The Security Council&#8217;s failure to adopt a resolution to the same effect was only because of the exercise of a veto. On 24 November, the United Nations Secretary-General submitted a very disturbing report on the non-compliance of Israel with the European Union-initiated Assembly resolution, describing the poor conditions and deprivation of human rights of the Palestinian people and the failure to achieve a peaceful solution. Given this situation, it became imperative upon the Assembly to act.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Fifthly, contrary to what Israel seems to suggest, the Tenth Emergency Special Session was convened and reconvened in a lawful way. In resolution A\/ES-10\/2 of 2 April 1997, by a vote of 134 to 3, with 11 abstentions, the Assembly determined that:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;the repeated violation by Israel, the occupying Power, of international law and its\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tfailure 51ÁÔÆæ relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tand the agreements reached between the parties undermine the Middle East peace\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tprocess and constitute a threat to peace and security&#8221;.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Sixthly, the General Assembly, by requesting an advisory opinion, is certainly not trying to politicize the Court, but on the contrary to seek a <i>legal <\/i>interpretation from an international law perspective for one of the main obstacles to the settlement of the conflict: the construction of the Wall. Malaysia is quite astonished by the position adopted by some States that clearly hold the view that the construction of the Wall is contrary to international law and yet, at the same time, request that the Court does not arrive at such a conclusion because the matter is &#8220;highly political&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;How can it be political when the question put before this Court is about the legal consequences of the construction of the Wall being built by Israel, while these States themselves have taken the<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">view that this construction is contrary to international law? Such an evidently contradictory position may well explain the unfortunate absence of these States at this stage of the procedure.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Similarly, one cannot but be surprised by what is clearly a contradiction in Israel&#8217;s view that constructing the Wall does not harm the Road Map to Peace, but at the same time claiming that&nbsp;&nbsp;raising the question of the legal consequences of the Wall before the Court would harm the Road Map!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Here, Malaysia would like to emphasize that the question before the Court does not concern the question of <i>how <\/i>to resume negotiations between Israel and Palestine, or what is the best way to implement the Road Map. These would clearly be political rather than legal questions. Therefore, Malaysia finds it difficult to understand how the rendering of an advisory opinion, to state what a fact or situation is from an international law standpoint, could impair in any way the implementation of the Road Map.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President, Malaysia cannot but reach the ironic conclusion that the attempt to request the Court to refrain from exercising its jurisdiction to render an advisory opinion for other than legal arguments is tantamount to an attempted &#8220;politicization&#8221; of the Court.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Court is presented by the General Assembly with an unambiguously legal question, and nothing more than a legal question. It is not for the Court to scrutinize possible scenarios about the political consequences of an advisory opinion with regard to a particular situation or to consider whether a State, which has disregarded innumerable United Nations resolutions, will be pleased or not with the advisory opinion. This has never been the role of the Court. The Court has never acted in such a manner. Those inviting it to adopt such an attitude are, in Malaysia&#8217;s view, seriously damaging the Court&#8217;s function, integrity and credibility.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Lastly, in response to Israel&#8217;s claim that the General Assembly raised only &#8220;half&#8221; of the question<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, Malaysia would like to state the following. Mr. President, in all cases in which the General Assembly requests an advisory opinion, there is no other way but to raise particular points of what may well be a larger overall question. If the Court would kindly recall for a moment the questions raised by the General Assembly with regard to the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Reparation of Damages<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Voting Procedure<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Certain Expenses <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">or <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Western Sahara<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, just to mention some requests for advisory opinions, it would well be possible to identify a host of related, if not underlying principal questions. Did this ever prevent the Court from rendering an advisory opinion? The answer is plainly &#8220;no&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Moreover, the other so-called &#8220;half&#8221; of the question, that is the struggle against terrorism, was raised by Israel to justify the construction of the Wall. As reiterated in our Written Statement, Malaysia has always and consistently condemned all forms and manner of terrorism.&nbsp;&nbsp;Internationally, its unequivocal position on terrorism is well known and on record. But Malaysia has also consistently reaffirmed that the struggle against terrorism must be accomplished within the realm of international law and not in violation thereof. As demonstrated in Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement, the construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory cannot be justified on the ground of self-defence, the only circumstance precluding wrongfulness invoked by Israel. Indeed, no other circumstance precluding wrongfulness could be rightfully raised. The conditions required by the Draft Articles on State Responsibility adopted by the International Law Commission to invoke such circumstances as necessity, distress or counter-measures, are clearly not met here. To mention just one reason, the construction of the Wall constitutes a violation of peremptory norms of international law, such as the right to self-determination of peoples and the respect of the territorial integrity of other countries. Palestine is already such a fragile and small entity and there should be no other encroachment of its territory and its natural resources.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Equally, in terms of the law of armed conflict there is no military necessity for Israel to build a wall in a territory it already occupies. From a human rights law perspective the Wall cannot justify the non-compliance with core human rights that are of a non-derogatory nature, even during a state of public emergency. Assuming that the Wall is being constructed in order to protect Israeli citizens within Israel, the Wall should be built on Israeli territory. Furthermore, if an additional main concern is to provide security to the Israeli citizens illegally settled on occupied Palestinian territory, then the best way is to withdraw from those illegal settlements. In any event, to accommodate the security concerns of these illegal Israeli settlements can never be to the detriment of the security and living conditions of the Palestinian people within their own territory and lands.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Court, while thus already touching on the substance of the request for an advisory opinion as submitted to the Court, let me now take up the central point of that part of Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement to the Court.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>III. THE CENTRAL POINT: THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>OF THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Here Malaysia wishes to concentrate this part of its oral statement on the nature of the territory upon which Israel is constructing the main part of its Wall. This is an essential point which the Court has to address with regard to both the admissibility of the request and the merits of the advisory opinion.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>In our Written Statement Malaysia elaborated the main argument why the Court should comply with the General Assembly&#8217;s request for an advisory opinion. It is also the main reason why the construction of the Wall is illegal: the Occupied Palestinian Territory is one under international supervision, for which the United Nations in general and the General Assembly in particular have a special responsibility. This responsibility will last until the whole of the former British Mandated Territory achieves a final status, that is, by the effective existence of two<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">States <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">one Arab and the other Jewish <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">living side by side in peace.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>General Assembly and Security Council resolutions have clearly and insistently determined that the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is Occupied Palestinian Territory. Israel simply cannot validly deny these determinations by the United Nations in discharge of the Organization&#8217;s special responsibilities for a territory under international supervision. Hence, in this case the Court is not facing a bilateral boundary dispute, or even less, an attempt to request the Court to consider a boundary dispute in another guise, as some have liked us to believe<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. In its Written Statement, Israel deliberately misrepresented what Malaysia stated in the General Assembly, in order to prove that the intention of the request for an advisory opinion is to solve a bilateral dispute between Palestine and Israel in favour of the former. No, Mr. President, it is not a bilateral dispute, it is the continuous defiance by Israel of the whole international community with regard to a territory for which the United Nations has a special responsibility and in which the entire international community has a particular interest. Yes, Mr. President, we would like to say again and again:&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;justice must be done in Palestine&#8221;. This refers primarily to the respect for international law.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Israel has adopted a position with regard to the legal status of the Palestinian territory akin to that followed by South Africa with regard to Namibia during the period of the unlawful occupation of Namibia. Israel assumes, without legal justification, to have &#8220;rights&#8221; over the territory. Legally, the Palestinian situation is even more straightforward than those in the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Namibia <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">and <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Western Sahara <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Advisory Opinions. Initially, South Africa had a legal title to administer South West Africa as a Mandatory Power, until this Mandate was validly revoked by the General Assembly in 1966<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. In the case of Western Sahara, Spain was recognized as the Administering Power of a non-self-governing territory. In the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory none of this has occurred. Israel simply has no legal title to administer a territory under international supervision. It is merely a belligerent occupier. Israel is in a pure <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>de facto <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">situation.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Court will have no difficulty in finding as legal consequences of the construction of the Wall that it neither affects Palestinian sovereignty over the territory lying between the Wall and the Green Line nor creates any territorial right whatsoever in favour of Israel<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. Moreover, Israel itself, in trying to justify the construction of the Wall, has recognized that the &#8220;fence&#8221;, as Israel calls it, does not &#8220;annex any Palestinian lands&#8221; and &#8220;does not establish a border&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. Hence, since the territories lying between the Green Line and the Wall are internationally recognized as being Palestinian territory, since they have not been claimed as Israeli territory and since they have come under Israeli control only by virtue of military occupation in 1967, the construction and maintenance of the Wall does not affect Palestinian sovereignty and does not create any territorial right in favour of Israel.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Indeed, Israel has spoken about &#8220;Palestinian lands&#8221;. But a distinction must be made here. They are not only Palestinian <i>lands<\/i>, but also Palestinian <i>territory<\/i>. The former refers to private property or ownership, the latter to sovereignty. Malaysia wishes to add one further legal consequence to those already mentioned at pages 55 and 56 of our Written Statement:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">the construction and maintenance of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory does not affect in any way the private or public property of land situated between the Green Line and the line followed by the Wall.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Thus, in Malaysia&#8217;s view, the findings of the Court will have nothing to do with the establishment of the borders between Israel and Palestine in future. The two States should be able to determine their boundaries in the normal way States decide upon them: by negotiation, and in the case of disagreement, by adjudication.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Israel argues that the request for an advisory opinion is an attempt to consider the Green Line as &#8220;the presumptive and immutable border of a putative Palestinian State&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. However, Israel is unable to quote any single example of somebody having stated that the Green Line is <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>immutable<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both States are entirely free to determine their boundaries as they think fit. It is not a secret that during negotiations in Camp David and Taba, as well as the recent civil society initiative of the Geneva Agreement, an exchange of territories was envisaged in order to delineate the permanent boundary. This is not under discussion in this procedure. The advisory opinion does <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>not <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">concern the establishment of boundaries. What it will address is the situation as it is at present and the legal consequences of the construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>&nbsp;The only agreed existing international line is the demarcation line of 1949. It was adopted pursuant to Security Council resolution 62 (1948) which called upon the establishment of an armistice in all sectors of Palestine, including &#8220;the delineation of permanent armistice demarcation lines&#8221;. As elaborated in Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, there has been no overriding event, which has altered or modified the position of the 1949 Armistice Line.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Consequently, the Green Line should be the starting point of any legal analysis regarding the construction of the Wall. Not because the Green Line is a boundary line, but because it is the only existent, agreed and internationally recognized separation line. Upon receipt of the advisory opinion given by the Court, there will be no obstacle whatsoever to the parties continuing negotiations and even keeping their present positions further along the trajectory of the Road Map procedures.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>In sum, in Malaysia&#8217;s view the advisory opinion will not result in any change in the international legal status of the territory between the Green Line and the Wall. By basing its analysis on the status of the territory as Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Court will not be making any new pronouncement on the legal situation. The General Assembly and the Security Council, the two main organs of the United Nations competent to deal with this territory under international supervision, have adopted a large number of resolutions to this effect<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Moreover, it is an indisputable fact that Israel did not claim any title to the West Bank before 1967. Even in the aftermath of the six-day war, and with the exception of Jerusalem, there was &#8220;no claim to annexation or title&#8221;, as Judge Rosalyn Higgins rightly pointed out in an article written after the war<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>If Israel wishes to obtain part of the West Bank during negotiations, it can attempt to do so.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing precludes one State to propose to another a territorial arrangement. It will be for the parties to agree or not. The Israeli Government should realize that its defiance to the international community by insisting on the &#8220;disputed&#8221; nature of Palestinian territory could work against its own interests: if the West Bank and Gaza are to be regarded as &#8220;disputed&#8221; territories, equally the rest of the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine is to be regarded as &#8220;disputed territory&#8221;. If the Israeli position were to be consistent, why should only the whole West Bank and Gaza Strip be considered as &#8220;disputed territory&#8221; and not the territory lying between the Green Line and the Partition Plan Line contained in General Assembly resolution 181, for example? The sole purpose of mentioning this is to show the inherent weakness of Israel&#8217;s argument in advocating that the Court must not exercise its advisory jurisdiction. <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>In fact, there is no need and no reason for the Court to deal with these issues<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. The Court&#8217;s sole function is to ascertain the current situation based on the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, the relevant international agreements to which Israel is a party and customary international law. All of these lead to the recognition of the Green Line as the only existing line <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#190;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">a line that can be modified, but only by agreement. Israel itself, when showing that the Green Line is not immutable, offers the Court only examples of modifications <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>made by agreement <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">between Israel and Jordan before 1967<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Indeed, by establishing a <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>de facto <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">unilateral demarcation line by constructing the Wall, Israel is also violating the obligation to respect the Green Line. As explained in Malaysia&#8217;s written statement, whatever the intention of the construction of the Wall, it clearly purports to establish a new separation line. Israelis have freedom of movement west of the Wall but Palestinians need a permit. One of the justifications advanced in the Israeli Written Statement is another clear evidence of this. I quote: &#8220;the fence will be moved to reflect any agreement between the parties&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. If this will be the case, then the construction of the Wall is nothing else than a unilateral demarcation line imposed upon the other party now, until &#8220;any agreement between the parties&#8221; will be reached. Moreover, it could be difficult to find any stronger evidence that the Wall is not a simple &#8220;temporary measure against terrorism&#8221;, but a true <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>de facto <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">separation line aimed at annexation of Palestinian territory than that provided by the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel. It refers to the &#8220;Western, or Israeli side of the security fence&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The insistence of Israel in comparing its &#8220;fence&#8221; in the West Bank, including in and around Jerusalem, with those existing at the borders with Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, provides yet another striking evidence that the Israeli Government&#8217;s purpose in constructing the Wall is not simply to prevent terrorism, but to establish a physical line separating two different areas of exercise of territorial control<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">. Whilst not insisting here upon the &#8220;unilateral disengagement plan&#8221; as announced by the Israeli Prime Minister, this plan proves indisputably the intentions of the Government of Israel in constructing the Wall<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President and distinguished Members of the Court, it is plain that the situation in one of the territories for which the United Nations bears special functions and responsibilities is today plunged in darkness. No other organ within or outside the United Nations system is better placed than the Court to bring to this situation the light of the law, the common language of nations. Malaysia feels compelled to add its voice to those that are addressing this Court on this important question given its strong commitment to the question of Palestine and a just and durable peace in the Middle East, consistent with the United Nations resolutions and the principles of international law and natural justice, as well as its position as the current Chairman of both the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Mr. President and distinguished Members of the Court, Malaysia respectfully requests the Court to render an advisory opinion which identifies the legal consequences of the Israeli construction of a Wall on Occupied Palestinian Territory as elaborated in both Malaysia&#8217;s written and oral statements. With that, I thank you for your kind attention. Thank you very much.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">____________<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Israel&#8217;s Written Statement, para. 1.7.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">See the intervention of the representative of Singapore at the 23rd meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tenth Emergency Special Session of 8 December 2003, in A\/ES-10\/PV.23, p. 22.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">General Assembly resolution 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">See points (5) and (6) of Malaysia&#8217;s written submissions.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">See document No. 4 of the List of Documents provided by Malaysia to the Registrar with its Written Statement.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Israel&#8217;s Written Statement, paras. 2.9 and 3.45.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">See Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement, p. 37, para. 100.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">See Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement, para. 86.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Rosalyn Higgins, &#8220;The June War: The United Nations and Legal Background&#8221;, in: J. N. Moore (ed.), <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Readings and Documents. Abridged and Revised Edition <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">(Princeton, 1977), p. 553.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Israel&#8217;s Written Statement, para. 3.48.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Ibid.<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, 1.8.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement, p. 34, para. 92, document 4 of those provided to the Registrar.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Israel&#8217;s Written Statement, para. 1.8.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Malaysia&#8217;s Written Statement, p. 38, para. 105, document 3 of those provided to the Registrar.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Your Excellency. I now give the floor to His Excellency Ambassador Saliou Ciss&#233; of Senegal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>M. CISS&#201;: Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame, Messieurs les Membres de la Cour, naturellement c&#8217;est un grand honneur pour moi de m&#8217;adresser &#224; vous aujourd&#8217;hui.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>1. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, la solennit&#233; qui entoure cette audience est assur&#233;ment &#224; la mesure des enjeux suscit&#233;s par la r&#233;solution A\/RES\/ES\/14 du 8 d&#233;cembre 2003 par laquelle l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies a demand&#233; &#224; la Cour internationale de Justice de rendre d&#8217;urgence, sous l&#8217;angle du droit international, un avis consultatif sur la question relative aux <i>Cons&#233;quences juridiques de l&#8217;&#233;dification d&#8217;un mur dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>2. La cour est ainsi invit&#233;e &#224; r&#233;pondre &#224; la question suivante :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#171;Quelles sont, en droit, les cons&#233;quences de l&#8217;&#233;dification du mur qu&#8217;Isra&#235;l,\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tpuissance occupante, est en train de construire dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;, y\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tcompris &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur et sur le pourtour de J&#233;rusalem-Est, selon ce qui est expos&#233; dans\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tle rapport du Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral, compte tenu des r&#232;gles et des principes du droit\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tinternational, notamment la quatri&#232;me convention de Gen&#232;ve de 1949, et les\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tr&#233;solutions consacr&#233;es &#224; la question par le Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; et l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tg&#233;n&#233;rale ?&#187;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>3. Il convient, en effet, de se f&#233;liciter de la pertinence de cette initiative dans la promotion du droit et de la justice dans les rapports internationaux ainsi que dans le raffermissement de la paix entre les peuples, en particulier, entre deux peuples li&#233;s par la g&#233;ographie et plusieurs si&#232;cles d&#8217;histoire.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>4. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame, Messieurs les Membres de la Cour, c&#8217;est &#224; l&#8217;aune des objectifs que voil&#224; que devrait s&#8217;appr&#233;cier la d&#233;cision du Gouvernement s&#233;n&#233;galais d&#8217;appuyer la demande pr&#233;sent&#233;e &#224; cette auguste Cour d&#8217;&#233;mettre un avis consultatif sur les cons&#233;quences juridiques de la construction d&#8217;un mur en Palestine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>5. Mon pays appuie d&#8217;autant plus ais&#233;ment cette demande qu&#8217;il entretient des relations diplomatiques normales avec l&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Isra&#235;l, tout en assumant la pr&#233;sidence du comit&#233; pour l&#8217;exercice des droits inali&#233;nables du peuple palestinien.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>6. Fid&#232;le &#224; ses fortes traditions de dialogue, le S&#233;n&#233;gal continuera &#224; pr&#244;ner la paix entre Isra&#235;l et la Palestine, mais dans une qu&#234;te constante de v&#233;rit&#233; et de justice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>7. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame, Messieurs les Membres de la Cour, faut-il rappeler que la dixi&#232;me session extraordinaire d&#8217;urgence de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies, qui a donn&#233; lieu &#224; la demande qui vous est soumise, a &#233;t&#233; convoqu&#233;e suite au constat de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale, suivant lequel l&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Isra&#235;l ne s&#8217;est pas conform&#233; &#224; la r&#233;solution ES-10\/13 du 21 Octobre 2003, lui enjoignant d&#8217;arr&#234;ter la construction du mur dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;, y compris J&#233;rusalem-Est et les alentours, et de proc&#233;der &#224; son d&#233;mant&#232;lement ? Dans cette m&#234;me r&#233;solution, l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale r&#233;clamait le retour &#224; la situation ant&#233;rieure, du fait que la r&#233;alisation de l&#8217;ouvrage incrimin&#233;, qui s&#8217;&#233;cartait de la ligne d&#8217;armistice de 1949 (Ligne verte), contrevenait en cons&#233;quence aux dispositions pertinentes du droit international.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>8. Dans son rapport publi&#233; &#224; la suite de la demande formul&#233;e dans la r&#233;solution pr&#233;cit&#233;e, le Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral a caract&#233;ris&#233; sans &#233;quivoque l&#8217;attitude d&#8217;Isra&#235;l en s&#8217;exprimant ainsi qu&#8217;il suit :<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&#171;Compte tenu de la demande formul&#233;e par l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale dans sa\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tr&#233;solution ES-10\/13, je suis parvenu &#224; la conclusion qu&#8217;Isra&#235;l ne se conforme pas &#224; la\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tdemande de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale tendant &#224; ce qu&#8217;il arr&#234;te la construction du mur dans\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tle territoire palestinien &#8230; et qu&#8217;il revienne sur ce projet.&#187;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>9. Par ailleurs, le rapport met &#224; nu l&#8217;incoh&#233;rence caract&#233;risant l&#8217;attitude de l&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Isra&#235;l qui, tout en affirmant que l&#8217;&#233;dification du mur est une mesure temporaire, poursuit cependant obstin&#233;ment sa r&#233;alisation par des installations sophistiqu&#233;es.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>10. Sourd aux nombreux appels &#224; la raison, le Gouvernement isra&#233;lien estime &#234;tre dans son bon droit : &#171;droit&#187; de s&#233;parer impun&#233;ment des Palestiniens d&#8217;autres Palestiniens, &#171;droit&#187; de red&#233;finir unilat&#233;ralement les fronti&#232;res, &#171;droit&#187; d&#8217;ignorer la volont&#233; exprim&#233;e par la communaut&#233; internationale, sous un pr&#233;texte inacceptable, celui de la l&#233;gitime d&#233;fense pr&#233;ventive.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>11. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame, Messieurs les juges, permettez-moi de rappeler, telles qu&#8217;elles ont d&#233;j&#224; &#233;t&#233; indiqu&#233;es dans l&#8217;expos&#233; &#233;crit pr&#233;sent&#233; par le Gouvernement s&#233;n&#233;galais, les raisons qui fondent l&#8217;adh&#233;sion de mon pays &#224; la demande exprim&#233;e par les Nations Unies. Outre la contribution qui ne manquera pas de s&#8217;attacher &#224; l&#8217;avis qu&#8217;&#233;mettra la Cour, dans le sens de l&#8217;&#233;nonc&#233;, de l&#8217;interpr&#233;tation et, &#233;ventuellement, du d&#233;veloppement progressif des r&#232;gles du droit international, que mon pays consid&#232;re comme constituant des raisons suffisantes pour d&#233;terminer son appui en faveur de la requ&#234;te formul&#233;e par les Nations Unies, d&#8217;autres motifs de fond, tout aussi d&#233;terminants, participent de cette d&#233;marche.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>12. Ces motifs s&#8217;attachent &#224; la saisine de la Cour, saisine qui serait de nature &#224; clarifier, eu &#233;gard &#224; l&#8217;existence du respect de la l&#233;galit&#233; internationale, une situation dont le maintien compromettrait gravement la paix dans la r&#233;gion.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>13. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame, Messieurs les juges, notre propos consistera &#224; &#233;voquer, tour &#224; tour, la question de la comp&#233;tence de la Cour pour rendre un avis consultatif sur la saisine de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies, d&#8217;une part, et les r&#232;gles de fond qui ne manqueront pas d&#8217;&#234;tre affect&#233;es par la construction du mur dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;, d&#8217;autre part.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>I. DE LA COMP&#201;TENCE DE LA COUR POUR RENDRE UN AVIS CONSULTATIF<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SUR LA SAISINE DE L&#8217;ASSEMBL&#201;E G&#201;N&#201;RALE DES NATIONS UNIES<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>14. La fonction consultative de la Cour internationale de Justice, dont l&#8217;exercice permet en fait &#224; celle-ci de donner une consultation juridique, trouve son fondement dans les dispositions de l&#8217;article 96 de la Charte des Nations Unies et dans celles de l&#8217;article 65 de chapitre IV du Statut de la Cour.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>15. La demande formul&#233;e par l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies s&#8217;inscrit &#224; cet &#233;gard dans le prolongement d&#8217;une longue liste de demandes d&#8217;avis, adress&#233;es par l &#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale &#224; la Cour, &#233;cartant ainsi tout doute possible sur sa propre comp&#233;tence.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>16. Toutefois, si l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale et le Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; sont comp&#233;tents pour saisir la Cour pour avis sur &#171;toute question juridique&#187;, les autres organes autoris&#233;s ne peuvent exercer cette saisine que sur des questions juridiques qui se poseraient dans le cadre de leur activit&#233;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>17. En l&#8217;esp&#232;ce, conform&#233;ment &#224; la pratique lib&#233;rale qu&#8217;elle a toujours d&#233;velopp&#233;e, la Cour accepterait de se consid&#233;rer comme valablement saisie et serait, &#224; n&#8217;en pas douter, dispos&#233;e &#224; r&#233;pondre positivement &#224; la demande d&#8217;avis qui lui est soumise.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>18. Dans tous les cas, les nombreux avis donn&#233;s par la Cour, durant plus d&#8217;un demi-si&#232;cle, ont largement et efficacement contribu&#233; &#224; l&#8217;&#233;nonc&#233;, &#224; l&#8217;interpr&#233;tation et au d&#233;veloppement progressif des r&#232;gles du droit international.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>19. L&#8217;on peut, &#224; cet &#233;gard, rappeler le contenu de la r&#233;solution 171 (II) de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies qui insistait, d&#232;s 1947, sur la n&#233;cessit&#233; pour l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies et pour ses organes, d&#8217;utiliser davantage les services de la Cour internationale de Justice. L&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale consid&#233;rait ainsi, dans une m&#234;me r&#233;solution, &#171;qu&#8217;il soit le plus largement fait appel &#224; la Cour, pour le d&#233;veloppement progressif du droit international, tant &#224; l&#8217;occasion de litiges entre Etats qu&#8217;en mati&#232;re d&#8217;interpr&#233;tation constitutionnelle&#187;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>20. Consciente de son r&#244;le dans la promotion et le d&#233;veloppement du droit international, la Cour a plut&#244;t eu tendance &#224; accepter d&#8217;&#233;mettre un avis sur les diff&#233;rends entre Etats que l&#8217;on pourrait qualifier de politiques.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>21. Aussi, en 1975, consult&#233;e au sujet du Sahara occidental, la Cour s&#8217;est-elle prononc&#233;e sur le statut juridique de ce territoire qui &#233;tait pourtant appr&#233;hend&#233; et interpr&#233;t&#233; contradictoirement par les parties int&#233;ress&#233;es.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>22. Auparavant, en 1971, la Cour eut &#224; se prononcer, dans des circonstances qui peuvent rappeler celles qui entourent la demande d&#8217;avis sur l&#8217;&#233;dification du mur, contre la pr&#233;sence de l&#8217;Afrique du Sud dans le territoire de l&#8217;ancien Sud&#8211;Ouest africain allemand <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">entendons la Namibie aujourd&#8217;hui <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:SymbolMT, monospace;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">alors que le Gouvernement sud-africain contestait la validit&#233; de la saisine.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>23. En acceptant de rendre un avis sur l&#8217;&#233;dification d&#8217;un mur dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233;, la Cour perp&#233;tuerait utilement une longue tradition d&#8217;avis dont la finalit&#233; aura &#233;t&#233;, avant tout, de privil&#233;gier la recherche de solutions de paix et l&#8217;affirmation d&#8217;un droit dont les r&#232;gles auront &#233;t&#233; pr&#233;cis&#233;es.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>II. DES R&#200;GLES DE FOND AFFECT&#201;ES PAR LA CONSTRUCTION DU MUR DANS LE TERRITOIRE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>PALESTINIEN OCCUP&#201;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>24. La r&#233;alit&#233; de l&#8217;ouvrage construit dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233; ne fait point l&#8217;objet de contestation. Ceci nous dispense de revenir sur la mat&#233;rialit&#233;, la composition, le trac&#233; du mur, l&#8217;Etat d&#8217;Isra&#235;l l&#8217;a reconnu, et tel qu&#8217;il appara&#238;t dans le rapport pr&#233;cit&#233; du Secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;ral des Nations Unies.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>25. L&#8217;&#233;dification du mur, dans sa conception et tel qu&#8217;il se d&#233;ploie en terre palestinienne, viole plusieurs cat&#233;gories de r&#232;gles de droit international public, &#224; savoir des r&#232;gles du <i>jus cogens<\/i>, des r&#232;gles coutumi&#232;res et des r&#232;gles conventionnelles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>26. L&#8217;occupation par Isra&#235;l du territoire palestinien ne conf&#232;re pas &#224; cet Etat des pouvoirs ou droits illimit&#233;s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>27. En effet, m&#234;me si les conventions de La Haye de 1907 accordent &#224; la puissance occupante des comp&#233;tences &#233;tendues sur la puissance occupante eu &#233;gard aux n&#233;cessit&#233;s militaires, l&#8217;ensemble des quatre conventions de Gen&#232;ve sur le droit humanitaire de 1949 s&#8217;applique aux situations qui rel&#232;vent de l&#8217;occupation pour ainsi restreindre les pouvoirs de cette puissance occupante, comme le rappelle l&#8217;article 2, commun &#224; ces quatre conventions.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>28. D&#232;s lors, l&#8217;occupation ne saurait traduire un quelconque transfert de souverainet&#233;. Ainsi, dans le m&#234;me souci de limiter les pouvoirs de la puissance occupante, l&#8217;occupation ne pourrait constituer un moyen d&#8217;annexer un territoire d&#233;termin&#233;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>29. Elle fait appel, certes, &#224; un r&#233;gime territorial particulier, mais celui-ci est enserr&#233; dans des limites pr&#233;cises, comme eut &#224; le rappeler le Tribunal militaire international de Nuremberg en 1946, et se heurte au principe aujourd&#8217;hui d&#233;finitivement consacr&#233; de l&#8217;inadmissibilit&#233; de l&#8217;annexion par l&#8217;occupation. L&#8217;Assembl&#233;e g&#233;n&#233;rale des Nations Unies et le Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; y ont reconnu un principe fondamental, plusieurs fois rappel&#233; &#224; propos de plusieurs affaires dont celles du Liban, de la Namibie, du Kowe&#239;t et m&#234;me de la Palestine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>30. Il est notamment interdit &#224; la puissance occupante de proc&#233;der &#224; des prises d&#8217;otages ou &#224; la d&#233;portation, de porter atteinte aux droits fondamentaux des habitants.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>31. Or, la construction du mur dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233; s&#8217;appuie sur la r&#233;quisition de terres priv&#233;es palestiniennes ou leur annexion d&#233;coulant de l&#8217;incorporation de colonies juives de la Cisjordanie, et aboutit concr&#232;tement &#224; une annexion ill&#233;gale, en ce sens qu&#8217;elle tombe sous le coup d&#8217;une interdiction par la Charte des Nations Unies et par la quatri&#232;me convention de Gen&#232;ve sur la protection des populations civiles et leurs droits en temps de guerre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>32. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame, Messieurs les Membres de la Cour, admettre le contraire reviendrait &#224; accepter que la conqu&#234;te soit redevenue un mode l&#233;gitime d&#8217;acquisition de territoire, alors qu&#8217;elle avait &#233;t&#233; mise hors la loi en 1928 par le pacte Briand-Kellogg et, d&#233;finitivement, par la Charte des Nations Unies depuis 1945. En 1970, l&#8217;Organisation des Nations Unies a confirm&#233; solennellement cette interdiction, &#224; travers sa d&#233;claration relative aux principes du droit international touchant les relations amicales, qui dispose que &#171;nulle acquisition territoriale obtenue par la menace ou l&#8217;emploi de la force ne sera reconnue comme l&#233;gale&#187;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>33. En manquant de suivre le trac&#233; de la Ligne verte, ce mur en construction versera dans l&#8217;illic&#233;it&#233; toutes les fois qu&#8217;il s&#8217;introduira dans les terres palestiniennes, et sa r&#233;alisation se heurtera &#224; la m&#234;me r&#233;probation l&#233;gitime et juridiquement fond&#233;e que celle que souleva l&#8217;annexion de J&#233;rusalem-Est et des hauteurs du Golan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>34. La condamnation de l&#8217;annexion de J&#233;rusalem-Est fut, en effet, prononc&#233;e par les Nations Unies en des termes d&#8217;une particuli&#232;re nettet&#233; : &#171;toutes les mesures et dispositions l&#233;gislatives et administratives prises par Isra&#235;l, puissance occupante, qui ont modifi&#233; ou visent &#224; modifier le caract&#232;re et le statut de la ville sainte de J&#233;rusalem, capitale d&#8217;Isra&#235;l, sont nulles et non avenues et doivent &#234;tre rapport&#233;es imm&#233;diatement&#187; (r&#233;s. AG 36\/120 E du 10 novembre 1981 et r&#233;s. 52\/53 du 9 d&#233;cembre 1997).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>35. Les autres r&#232;gles du droit international viol&#233;es sont aussi importantes. Ainsi, les destructions entra&#238;n&#233;es par la construction du mur occasionnent de nombreuses violations de la quatri&#232;me convention de Gen&#232;ve de 1949 sur le droit humanitaire, qui interdit la destruction des terres et\/ou des biens ainsi que les peines collectives.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>36. Par ailleurs, l&#8217;&#233;dification du mur aura provoqu&#233; de graves violations des dispositions des deux pactes internationaux de 1966, l&#8217;un sur les droits civils et politiques et, l&#8217;autre sur les droits &#233;conomiques, sociaux et culturels. Ces droits m&#233;connus comprennent, notamment, le droit &#224; la libert&#233; de mouvement, &#224; la sant&#233;, &#224; l&#8217;&#233;ducation, au travail et &#224; l&#8217;alimentation. Monsieur le pr&#233;sident, Madame et Messieurs les Membres de la Cour, la d&#233;claration du S&#233;n&#233;gal, comme vous le voyez, n&#8217;a pas &#233;t&#233; particuli&#232;rement longue parce que notre contribution &#233;crite consigne l&#8217;essentiel des id&#233;es-forces de la position du S&#233;n&#233;gal, et je crois que la position du S&#233;n&#233;gal est connue, et partout en tout cas d&#233;fendue sans &#233;quivoque. Je voudrais donc conclure.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>37. Nous restons convaincus que la Cour reconna&#238;tra sa comp&#233;tence pour rendre un avis sur les cons&#233;quences juridiques de l&#8217;&#233;dification du mur dans le Territoire palestinien occup&#233; et constatera les graves violations du droit international qui en d&#233;coulent. 38. Il pla&#238;t donc &#224; la Cour de demander l&#8217;arr&#234;t de la construction du mur et son d&#233;mant&#232;lement.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Je vous remercie de votre aimable attention.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Your Excellency. This concludes the oral statement and the comments of Senegal and brings to a close today&#8217;s hearings. The Court will meet again tomorrow at 10 a.m. when it will hear the Sudan, the League of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Court is adjourned.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>The Court rose at 4.30 p.m.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">___________<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CR 2004\/4 International Court of Justice Cour internationale &nbsp;de Justice THE HAGUE &nbsp;LA HAYE &nbsp; YEAR 2004 Public sitting held on Tuesday 24 February 2004, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Shi presiding, on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Request for advisory opinion&nbsp;submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203180\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[3001,2625],"document-source":[1777],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[5400,2185,1781,1917,5399],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-203180","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-bibliographic-reference","document-category-meeting-record","document-source-international-court-of-justice-icj","document-subject-fence","document-subject-legal-issues","document-subject-separation-barrier","document-subject-situation-in-the-opt-including-jerusalem","document-subject-wall","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/203180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/203180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=203180"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=203180"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=203180"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=203180"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=203180"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=203180"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=203180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}