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United Nations Visiting Mission to the United Nations Visiting Mission to the Cayman Islands, 1977 Virgin Islands, 1977 Members and representatives: Fiji: Berenado Vunibobo, Members and representatives: Fiji: Berenado Vunibobo, Chairman. Trinidad and Tobago: Philip R. A. Sealy. Tunisia: Chairman. Mali: Noumou Diakite. Trinidad and Tobago: Philip Mohamed Bachrouch. R. A. Sealy. Tunisia: Mohamed Bachrouch.

The International Court of Justice

Judges of the Court Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, Gambia, Haiti, Honduras, The International Court of Justice consists of 15 Judges elected , Israel, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, for nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the Security Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, , Council, each voting independently. Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, , Panama, Philippines, The following were the Judges of the Court serving in 1977, Portugal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, listed in the order of precedence: Uganda, , United States, Uruguay.

Country of End of United Nations organs and specialized agencies authorized Judge nationality term" to request advisory opinions from the Court Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga, President Uruguay 1979 Authorized by the United Nations Charter to request opinions on Nagendra Singh, Vice-President India 1982 any legal questions: General Assembly; Security Council. Isaac Forster Senegal 1982 Authorized by the General Assembly in accordance with the André Gros 1982 Charter to request opinions on legal questions arising within Manfred Lachs Poland 1985 the scope of their activities: Economic and Social Council; Hardy Cross Dillard United States 1979 Trusteeship Council; Interim Committee of the General Louis Ignacio-Pinto Benin 1979 Federico de Castro 1979 Assembly; Committee on Applications for Review of Platon D. Morozov USSR 1979 Administrative Tribunal Judgements; International Labour Sir Humphrey Waldock United Kingdom 1982 Organisation; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United José María Ruda 1982 Nations; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Hermann Mosler , Federal Organization; World Health Organization; International Bank for Republic of 1985 Reconstruction and Development; International Finance Taslim Olawale Elias Nigeria 1985 Corporation; International Development Association; Salah El Dine Tarazi Syrian Arab Republic 1985 International Monetary Fund; International Civil Aviation Shigeru Oda Japan 1985 Organization; International Telecommunication Union; World Meteorological Organization; Inter-Governmental Maritime * Term expires on 5 February of the year indicated. Consultative Organization; World Intellectual Property Organization; International Fund for Agricultural Development; International Atomic Energy Agency. Registrar: Stanislas R. Aquarone. Deputy Registrar: William Tait (until 14 April 1977), Alain Pillepich (from 14 April 1977). Committees of the Court The Court has established the following committees, all of Chamber of Summary Procedure which are standing committees except for the Committee for the Cas constituted by the Court on 14 April 1977) Revision of the Rules of Court. Members: Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga (ex officio), Nagendra Singh (ex officio), Isaac Forster, Hardy Cross Dillard, Sir Humphrey Waldock. BUDGETARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE Substitute members: Taslim Olawale Elias, Salah El Dine Tarazi. Members: Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga (ex officio), Nagendra Singh (ex officio), André Gros, Manfred Lachs, José María Ruda. Parties to the Court's Statute All Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice. The following COMMITTEE FOR THE REVISION OF THE RULES OF COURT non-members have also become parties to the Court's Statute: Members: Manfred Lachs, Platon D. Morozov, Sir Humphrey Liechtenstein, San Marino, Switzerland. Waldock, Hermann Mosler, Taslim Olawale Elias, Salah El Dine Tarazi.

States accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court Declarations made by the following States accepting the COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS Court's compulsory jurisdiction (or made under the Statute of the Members: Isaac Forster, Platon D. Morozov, Shigeru Oda. Permanent Court of International Justice and deemed to be an acceptance of the jurisdiction of the International Court) were in force at the end of 1977: LIBRARY COMMITTEE , Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Members: Hardy Cross Dillard, José María Ruda, Hermann Costa Rica, Democratic Kampuchea, Denmark, Dominican Mosler, Shigeru Oda.