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International Court of Justice INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISPUTE CONCERNING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NICARAGUA IN THE BORDER AREA (COSTA RICA V. NICARAGUA) COUNTER - MEMORIAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA VOLUME III (ANNEXES FROM 27 TO 111) 06 August 2012 LIST OF ANNEXES VOLUME III Annex Page No. LAWS, DECREES, ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS 27 Excerpts of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua. 1 28 Nicaraguan Decree No. 45-94, 28 October 1994. 5 29 Nicaraguan Law No. 217, 6 June 1996. 13 30 Excerpt of “Dictamen Juridico 351, (C-351-2006), Mauricio Castro 39 Lizano, Deputy Attorney General (Procurador Adjunto)”, 31 August 2006 (1). Excerpt of “Northern Channels (Tortuguero)” (2). 31 Nicaraguan Decree No. 01-2007, Regulation of Protected Areas in 47 Nicaragua, 8 January 2007. 32 Nicaraguan Law No. 647, 3 April 2008. 71 33 MARENA Administrative Resolution No. 038-2008, 22 December 77 2008. 34 Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) 89 Administrative Resolution No. 038-2008-A1, 30 October 2009. 35 Official Daily Gazette No. 46, Decree No. 36440-MP,Year CXXXIII. 95 La Uruca, San José, Costa Rica, 7 March 2011 (1). By-laws and regulations, Presidency of the Republic, National Commission on Risk Prevention and Attention to Emergencies, Decision No. 0362-2011, Specific By-Laws regarding purchasing and contracts procedures under exception mechanisms regime by virtue of the Declaration of a State of Emergency by virtue of Decree No. 36440, 21 September 2011 (2). iii MILITARY DOCUMENTS 36 Order n° 005 from the Chief of the South Military Detachment for 107 compliance of order from the Chief of staff regarding the implementation of special measures based on provisional measures of protection ordered by the International Court of Justice and maintenance of the anti-drug trafficking plan, rural, security plan and presidential Decree 79/2009 at the San Juan de Nicaragua directorate, 9 March 2011. CORRESPONDENCE 37 Letter from Ricardo Echandi Z., Minister of Transport to the Manager of 111 the Institute of Lands and Colonies,11 February 1965. 38 Work Report of Official Pedro José Minas Núñez, National Police to 115 the Assistant Commissioner, Chief of the National Police, Rio San Juan, 2 August 2000. 39 Letter from Mr. Norman Caldera Cardenal, Former Minister of Foreign 119 Affairs of Nicaragua to Mr. Alejandro Fiallos, Executive President of the National Ports Company, Reference MRE/DM/037/01/06, 10 January 2006. 40 Letter from Mr. Alejandro Fiallos Navarro, Executive President of 123 National Ports Company to Mr C. Arturo Harding Lacayo, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, 18 January 2006. 41 Letter from Hilda Espinoza, General Director for Environmental Quality, 127 Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Alejandro Fiallos Navarro Executive President of National Ports Company, 3 February 2006. iv 42 Memorandum from Mr. Engineer Cristóbal (Tito) Sequeira Minister, 131 Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Bayardo Quintero, Director General for Protected Areas, Reference CSG-091-02- 06, 28 February 2006 (1). Memorandum from Mr. Engineer Cristóbal (Tito) Sequeira Minister, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Dr. Iván Ortega Director, Secretariat of the Southeast Nicaragua Biosphere Reserve, Reference CSG-091-02-06, 28 February 2006 (2). Memorandum from Mr. Engineer Cristóbal (Tito) Sequeira Minister, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Dr. Juan José Romero Coordinator, PROCUENCA Río San Juan, Reference CSG- 091-02-06, 28 February 2006 (3). Memorandum from Mr. Engineer Cristóbal (Tito) Sequeira Minister, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Engineer Arcadio Choza Head of the General Directorate for Natural Resources and Biodiversity, Reference CSG-091-02-06,28 February 2006 (4). 43 Letter from Mr. Engineer Cristóbal (Tito) Sequeira Minister, Ministry 141 for the Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Claudio Gutierrez, Executive Director, INETER, Reference DM-CSG-101-02-06, 28 February 2006 (1). Letter from Mr. Engineer Cristóbal (Tito) Sequeira Minister, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Ricardo Vega Jackson, Minister MTI, Reference DM-CSG-101-02-06, 28 February 2006(2). 44 Memorandum from Arcadio Choza, Director General of MARENA’s 147 Department of Natural Resources and Biodiversity to Silvia Martinez E., MARENA Director for Water Resources, 3 March 2006. 45 Letter from Hilda Espinoza, General Director for Environmental Quality, 151 Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Alejandro Fiallos Navarro Executive President of National Ports Company, Reference DGCA-HEU-C 189-03-2006, 20 March 2006. 46 Letter from Engineer Noel S. Salinas Alvarado, Technical Manager, 155 National Ports Company to Members of the Institutional Commission, Río San Juan Dredging Project, Engineer Milton Medina MARENA Delegate, Engineer Sergio Cordonero INETER delegate, Reference GT-0237-03-2006, 25 March 2006. v 47 Letter from Hilda Espinoza, General Director for Environmental Quality, 159 Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Alejandro Fiallos Navarro Executive President of National Port Authority, Reference DGCA-HEU-C-413-07-2006, 3 July 2006 (1). Memorandum from Hilda Espinoza, General Director for Environmental Quality, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources to Dr. Ivan Ortega G. Director of the Secretariat of the Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua, Reference DGCA–HE–324–07-06, 4 July 2006 (2). 48 Memorandum from Edda Martínez, Director of Environmental Evaluation 163 and Protection, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) to Adelina Ramírez, Documentation Center MARENA, Reference DGCA – EM – M291, 2 August 2006 (1). Memorandum from Edda Martínez, Director of Environmental Evaluation and Protection, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) to José Luis Galeano, MARENA Delegate Río San Juan, Reference DGCA – EM – M292, 2 August 2006 (2). Letter from Edda Martínez, Director of Environmental Evaluation and Protection, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) to Mr. Francisco Díaz Rivas, Municipality El Castillo, Reference DGCA – EM – C208, 2 August 2006 (3). Letter from Edda Martínez, Director of Environmental Evaluation and Protection, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) to Mr. César Collado Parada, Municipality San Juan del Norte Reference DGCA – EM – C209, 2 August 2006 (4). Letter from Edda Martínez, Director of Environmental Evaluation and Protection, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) to Alejandro Fiallos, engineer, Reference DGCA – EM – C210, 2 August 2006 (5). 49 Letter from Ing. Leonardo Zacarias Coreo T. General Manager Corea y 171 Asociados S.A. (CORASCO) to Liliam Osejo Sacasa, Deputy Minister Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), 21 September 2006. 50 Letter from Ing. Noel S. Salinas Alvarado Technical Manager , National 175 Port Authority to Hilda Espinoza General Directorate of Environmental Quality Control, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) Reference GT-0791-09-2006, 22 September 2006. vi 51 Letter from Ing. Noel S. Salinas Alvarado Technical Manager, National Port 179 Authority to Cristóbal Sequeira Minister, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) Reference GT-0794-09-2006, 25 September 2006. 52 Letter from Ing. Leonardo Zacarías Corea T. General Manager Corea y 183 Asociados S.A. (CORASCO) to Ing. Noel S. Salinas Alvarado Technical Manager, National Port Authority, 2 October 2006. 53 Letter from Alejandro Fiallos Navarro Executive President, National Port 189 Authority to Mr. Tito Sequeira Minister, Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), Reference PE-AFN-0855-0-06, 3 October 2006. 54 Letter from Ing Alejandro Fiallos Navarro Executive President, National 195 Port Authority to Cristóbal Sequeira Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), 5 October 2006. 55 Letter from Edda Martínez Director for Environmental Oversight and 207 Protection DGCA, MARENA to Mr. Jurgen Sengelman Director DGTA/ MTI, Reference DGCA-EM-C258, 10 October 2006 (1). Letter from Edda Martínez Director for Environmental Oversight and Protection DGCA, MARENA to Mr. Luis Palacios Director for Water Resources INETER, Reference DGCA-EM-C259, 10 October 2006 (2). Memorandum from Edda Martínez Director for Environmental Oversight and Protection DGCA, MARENA to José Luis Galeno Director SERB – SENMARENA, Reference DGCA-EM-M 396, 10 October 2006 (3). Memorandum from Edda Martínez Director for Environmental Oversight and Protection DGCA, MARENA to Iván Ortega Director for Protected Areas, MARENA, Reference DGCA-EM-M 397, 10 October 2006 (4). 56 Memorandum from Iván Ortega Gasteazoro, MARENA General 215 Director for Protected Areas to Hilda Espinoza Urbina, Director General of MARENA’s Department of Environmental Quality, 25 October 2006. 57 Letter from Noel S. Salinas Alvarado of EPN to Zacarías Corea of 221 CORASCO, Reference GT-0954-11-2006, 23 November 2006. 58 Work Report of Enrique Jardiel Arteaga Núñez, Second Chief of the 225 National Police, Río San Juan Delegation to Commissioner José Miguel Pérez Solis, Head of Police Division, Río San Juan, 20 June 2008. vii 59 Letter from EPN Executive President, Virgilio Silva Munguía to Hilda 229 Espinoza Urbina, Director General of MARENA’s Department of Environmental Quality, Reference PE-VSM-0754-07-2008, 15 July
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