SPEECH BY H.E. MR. RONNY ABRAHAM, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE SIXTH COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
27 October 2017
[Translation]
Mr. Chairman,
Distinguished delegates of the Sixth Committee,

SPEECH BY H.E.MR. RONNY ABRAHAM, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
26 October 2017
[Translation]
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is an honour for me to be addressing the General Assembly once again as it considers the
annual report of the International Court of Justice on its activities over the past year. I am happy to
be carrying on what is already a very old tradition.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2017/33
26 October 2017
The President of the International Court of Justice tells the General Assembly of “the confidence that the international community continues to place in the Court by submitting to it a wide variety of disputes”

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
REQUEST
FOR ADVISORY OPINION
transmitted to the Court pursuant to General
Assembly resolution 71/292 (A/71/L.73)
of 22 June 2017
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEPARATION
OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
REQUÊTE
POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF
transmise à la Cour en vertu de la résolution
71/292 (A/71/L.73) de l’Assemblée générale
du 22 juin 2017
EFFETS JURIDIQUES DE LA SÉPARATION
DE L’ARCHIPEL DES CHAGOS

COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
RECUEIL DES ARRÊTS,
AVIS CONSULTATIFS ET ORDONNANCES
IMMUNITÉS ET PROCÉDURES PÉNALES
(GUINÉE ÉQUATORIALE c. FRANCE)
ORDONNANCE DU 1er JUILLET 2016
2016
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS,
ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS
IMMUNITIES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
(EQUATORIAL GUINEA v. FRANCE)
ORDER OF 1 JULY 2016
Mode officiel de citation :
Immunités et procédures pénales (Guinée équatoriale c. France),

18 JULY 2017
ORDER
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NICARAGUA IN THE BORDER AREA
(COSTA RICA v. NICARAGUA)
___________
CERTAINES ACTIVITÉS MENÉES PAR LE NICARAGUA DANS LA RÉGION FRONTALIÈRE
(COSTA RICA c. NICARAGUA)
18 JUILLET 2017
ORDONNANCE
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2017
2017
18 July
General List
No. 150
18 July 2017
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NICARAGUA IN THE BORDER AREA
(COSTA RICA v. NICARAGUA)
ORDER

2 MAI 2017
ORDONNANCE
CERTAINS ACTIFS IRANIENS (RÉPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D’IRAN c. ÉTATS-UNIS D’AMÉRIQUE)
___________
CERTAIN IRANIAN ASSETS (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
2 MAY 2017
ORDER
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2017
2017
2 May
General List
No. 164
2 May 2017
CERTAIN IRANIAN ASSETS
(ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
ORDER
The President of the International Court of Justice,

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS,
ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS
CERTAIN IRANIAN ASSETS
(ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN v. UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA)
ORDER OF 1 JULY 2016
2016
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
RECUEIL DES ARRÊTS,
AVIS CONSULTATIFS ET ORDONNANCES
CERTAINS ACTIFS IRANIENS
(RÉPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D’IRAN c. ÉTATS-UNIS
D’AMÉRIQUE)
ORDONNANCE DU 1er JUILLET 2016
Official citation :
Certain Iranian Assets
(Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America),

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
REPORTS OF JUDGMENTS,
ADVISORY OPINIONS AND ORDERS
DISPUTE OVER THE STATUS
AND USE OF THE WATERS OF THE SILALA
(CHILE v. BOLIVIA)
ORDER OF 1 JULY 2016
2016
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE
RECUEIL DES ARRÊTS,
AVIS CONSULTATIFS ET ORDONNANCES
DIFFÉREND CONCERNANT LE STATUT
ET L’UTILISATION DES EAUX DU SILALA
(CHILI c. BOLIVIE)
ORDONNANCE DU 1er JUILLET 2016
Official citation :
Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala

14 JUILLET 2017
ORDONNANCE
EFFETS JURIDIQUES DE LA SÉPARATION DE L’ARCHIPEL DES CHAGOS DE MAURICE EN 1965
(REQUÊTE POUR AVIS CONSULTATIF)
___________
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEPARATION OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)
14 JULY 2017
ORDER
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2017
2017
14 July
General List
No. 169
14 July 2017
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEPARATION OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965