My delegation wishes to add its condolences to those expressed on the passing of the head of State of the United Arab Emirates.
The illustrious Grotius highlighted the need of human communities for law to govern their activities in order to ensure their survival, adding that that
generalization ap…
Needless to say, my delegation fully and unreservedly associates itself with the statement just made by our friend the representative of Peru on behalf of the Rio Group. We nevertheless wish to make a brief comment on our own account with regard to the resolution that has just been adopted.
In the …
Allow me at the outset to express our deep appreciation to the President of the Court, Judge Gilbert Guillaume, for having made the effort to come to this busy city, putting aside many of his burdensome regular duties to take on an additional but different one — that of introducing to us, which his …
The principle of the superiority of prevention over cure is not only generally valid, but also the subject of well-known proverbs. Accordingly, anyone who merely enunciates the principles would appear to show scant originality of thought. Praise is due, however, to anyone who, in addition to enuncia…
We feel that, on the one hand, the existence of a judicial system, even in rudimentary form, capable of dealing with the relations between its members, is a necessary condition that allows a group of human beings or bodies to consider themselves a community; on the other hand, a legal system hardly …
My delegation fully shares the views expressed by the representative of Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group. We would like, however, to make a few comments of our own.
Governments and other national institutions have put in place a tremendous and ever-growing array of norms and bodies to regulate dif…
On behalf of the Government of Guatemala, I wish to express my gratitude for this opportunity to participate in this important meeting of the Council. I wish also to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and on your outstanding and skilled leadership. We also express our apprec…
My delegation is extremely grateful to the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Stephen M. Schwebel, for having temporarily set aside the pressing responsibilities of his lofty position to come to this bustling city to introduce the report of the Court, and for having performed his t…
