12 NOVEMBER 2024
JUDGMENT
APPLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (ARMENIA v. AZERBAIJAN)
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APPLICATION DE LA CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE SUR L’ÉLIMINATION DE TOUTES LES FORMES DE DISCRIMINATION RACIALE (ARMÉNIE c. AZERBAÏDJAN)
12 NOVEMBRE 2024
ARRÊT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Paragraphs
CHRONOLOGY OF THE PROCEDURE 1-30
I. INTRODUCTION 31-37
II. FIRST PRELIMINARY OBJECTION: THE PRECONDITION OF NEGOTIATION UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF CERD 38-59

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SPEECH BY HE JUDGE NAWAF SALAM, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE SIXTH COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
25 October 2024
Mr Chairman, Distinguished Delegates of the Sixth Committee,
It is a great honour for me to address this Committee for the first time as President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and to maintain the solid ties and the tradition of annual exchange between us. Let me first congratulate His Excellency Mr Rui Vinhas on his election as Chairman of the Sixth Committee for the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly.

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THE HAGUE, 24 October 2024. HE Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the International Court of Justice, today addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations to present the Court’s Annual Report for the 2023-2024 judicial year.

SPEECH BY HE JUDGE NAWAF SALAM, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
24 October 2024, 10 a.m.
Mr President,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,

ANNUAL DINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UN
KEYNOTE SPEECH
JUDGE NAWAF SALAM PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Cherishing multilateralism
New York, 16 October 2024
Your Excellencies,
It’s a real honor to be your guest tonight, and a great pleasure to be among so many friends and former colleagues.
Many thanks, dear Neville, for having made this possible.