SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE KOOIJMANS

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE HIGGINS

Issues relevantfordiscretion notaddressedby the Court - Elementslacking
for a balancedOpinion -- Violationsof Articles 46 and52 of the HagueRegu-
lations and Articles 49 and 53 of the Fourth GenevaConvention - Disugree-
ment with passagesin the Opinionon se~~deterrninutiorr s,elf-defenceand the
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SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE KOROMA

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Funcrions of Court in advisory proceedings Findings on ha.si.s~f'applicahle

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DISSENTING OPINION OF M. AZEVEDO

[Translation]

1 regret that 1am unable to concur in the opinion of the majority
ofthe Court for the following reasons:
1.-First of all,1 cannot agree tothe omission of what 1 consider
to be the most important part of the question submitted to the
Court.
The Request does not ask the Court to Say in a general way

DISSENTPNG OPINION BY M. ALVAREZ
[Translation]
I

On November zznd, 1949, the Generâl Assembly of the United
Nations addressed to the International Court of Justice a highly
important Request for an Advisory Opinion to which a satisfactory
answer must be given :what is really involved is the question of
the so-called "right of veto". The discussions which have arisen
in the United Nations concerning the repeated exercise of this
right are well known.

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AZEVEDO
[Translation.]
Whilst regretting that my opinion differsfrom that of the Court,
1 give an affirmative answer to both questions for the following
reasons :

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE READ

1 am unable to concur in the answer given by the Court to
Question III, or with the reasons by which it is justified, and
feel bound, with regret, to state the reasons for my dissent. As
1 am of the opinion that an affirmative answer should be given
to Question III, it is also necessary for me to state the reasons
which have led me to the conclusion that an affirmative answer
should be given to Question IV.

DISSENTING OPINION BY M. KRYLOV.

[Translation.]
To my regret, 1 am unable for the following reasons to concur in
the opinion of the Court.

[Translation.]
1 agree with the Court's opinion as regards its competence to
interpret the Charter, but 1 am sorry 1 cannot support the opinion,
firstlybecause 1consider that the Court shouldhave refrained from
answering the question put, and secondly because 1 cannot accept
the conclusions of the reply

DISSENTING OPINION

OF JUDGES BASDEVANT, WINIARSKI,
SIR ARNOLD McNAIR AND READ.