Written Comments of the Government of the United States of America

COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

COMMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the Court's Order of August 10, 1998, the United States offers the following
comments on the written statements submitted to the Court concerning the request for an
advisory opinion on the question of the Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process
of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights.

Further Request for the indication of Provisional Measures by New Zealand

NUCLEARTESTS CASEflVEWZEALANDV FRANm

IA~~iicationof9 Mav 1973)

FURTFlERREOUESTFOR THE INDICATIONOFPROVISIONAL

MEASURES

CASETO WHICHTHIS REOUESTRELATES

1. 1 have the honour to refer to the proceedings comnced by the

Applicationfiled by New Zealandaeainst France on 9 May 1973 in the case cntitled

NuclearTestsCase (Uew Zeaiarid1Fratice).These proceedingsled to an Order of the

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