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L->LEADINGS,OltilL AJZGUMENTS, DOCUMENTS

. INTERHANDEL CASE
( S \ \ ' l ' ~ X I < i < l ~ : \ K1) i:. 1 - X l'l'l<ll S'F:imrl<SO F AfiIEI<LC:i)
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SECTION B.-IZEQUEST FOR THE INDICATION

OF INTERIM MEASURES O F lJROTECTION

/ l'rnrrslntio~i6y Ilic l i c ~ i s l r y ]
1. 'CHE rIG13NT F.IjIi THE GOVI3RNWENT 01; ' M E SV155
COi\;FI<I)EII!\TIO?l:I I N 'CHI: INTERHANI3EI- LASI' '1'0
T H E II13G 1STlltZR O F 'TH13 COU IZT
'I'fic Haguc, Octobcr 3rd, I!) 57.
Sir,
(1) 1 Ii;~t.(.t l i i , hiiiiciiir tci rt.fc,r to th[: Alililicatiun n d d ~ ~ c s s tri~ tlii:
d
lii tcbr.ii;it i o i i i i l Ccilirt t i f Jiisticc oii Octohcr r st, 1357. itistiliit i i i ~
I ) I ocrc(1iiig.; i i i i lic1i;llf t i f tlicl f;ovt:rriinctt of tlic Swiss Ciiiifctli:r;iticiti
; ~ ~ ; l i i i tsl jtt - ~ ~ O V V ~ I I I I ~of~ : tI lI ~~ v1jiiiti:cI States of Anicric;~?;LII(I, i l )
cciiif~ii-~riit witlr :irticlc 4r t i f ilic Statiitc anil Articlc G r clf tlii:
liiilc~sof (3ti~irt.iri sillinrit ;I rcrlucst fur tlic iiirlicatir~iiliy tlic C;ciiirl
t i f tlii: ititeririi mcasurcs of ~)rotcctioiiwhich sho~ilclbc trikc~ii i i
iirtlcr tu s:ifcgiiard tlic 1-iglitsof flic Swiss ITedcr;ilGovcrninent.
(2) 'Slic prcwnt rCq1icst S C ~ ; L ~ Ct u S thc I ~ T O C C C C ~ I I I institut
~S cc1 1i.v
tlie 5wiss C;ovcriiincrzt against tlzc Govcrrirnent of tlic L'riitctl
5tritcs oii Octobcr ztd.
(3) ?'hc: rights to Ilc protcctetl ;ire thc riglits of tlic Sais5 (;O\-cril-
iiicrit tri cnsure thnt its tratintitil, thc SociClF fizlcrrrnficiiictlc fir~~rv
i>rri.licifinljulr.s i i i r f i ~ s l ~ i t ~ ct l l ir.unlriii.vi:i~iirs
:.~ of Basle ( l x I r ~rtr .\> i i ~ 1 .,3
h i i i i l l tir- ti-c.:itclrl s i i cti~ifosntity\vitIl iritertiritio~irillnw ancl, iri 1i:ir-
1 ICIII;II-, s11;iIi iai~joy ~ I I P f ~ i l l rixlits st:ciirc(i 10 it !>?+ ~ I I C; I ~ ~ ~ Y * I I I C - I I ~
co~icltirlcrlIict \vcihii C;i\~itzci.l:iiicln ~ i r tlic l Allies (in Mxy 25tli. I r)dfi
(\\;asIii~igtciii:\ccord). ..\ copy (if tliis agi-cciizci-it \\.as : I I ~ I I C X C ~t o tlzc
;'il~l~lic;ltinn ( A n r ~ c 2).s
(4) III t h : vicw of tlic Siviss Gri\.crniiicnt, thc ~iriricililcs\,y \iliidi
tlic Lotirt, :ictiri;: iititlvr ili-ticlc 41 of tlic 5t:itute and ilrticlc 61
of tliv ltulcs, sliriiiltl hc guiclccl iii decidii-i;: \vhetlzcr ir~tcrii-iiIiic;isiircs
of ~)rotcct ici11 slzriiilti hc iiidic;~tcrl,arc, anlong othcss, tlzc ~iriiiil~lcs
\vliili wcre surnr-li:irizctl in thc lst dccision givcn b\: tlic Pcrii~riii~~iit
( ' o i i i - t O [ Intcrii;itio~~:iI -1 iistic~:;i n draliiis u.ith suc11 :t rvcliicst, t lit:
Coiirt tlcclarcd :
" ... tlit> p;u.tit.s 10 n C;ISC iiii~st ;iI~st;iil froiii ;iii!- III(*;~SIII.C
cal>;il>lc ( i f t.sercisi~ig ;i ~~rvjiidicialcffcct in rcgrirtl to tliib
cxc~ciitioiiof tlic tlucisioii tu bc gi\-en aiid, iiz gcncral, iirit :illow
aiii; s i c . / ) cil ;lii!- kirid t r l bc: t:ikciz 1i.hic11 i-izight -gs;iv:itc iir
ibstc~irl tlic clisliiitc" (C;asc cif ttic IZlcctric~ty Cutrii)riii!. of
5rili;i aiitl I<iilg:iri;i, rvclucst for tlic inrlicatiotl of i~itcririi
I I I ( ~ ; ~ ~ ~ t~ ~I -flL~~~S- t ~ L t : c i ~ ) i ~ ., Rep(3rts 1920, 5c~-i(as.\/13,
; t l',G.I..]
Xo, 7 0 , 11. IO^^). Cf. r ~ l ~l>.C.I.*]., ? Scrics A, Xo. S, 30. 1 2 ,
5cr.ics 11/13, So. qS, Nu. 54, Y. 58.
 111 tlic Ordcr iiadc !>y tlic Iiitcriiritional Court of Justicc iri tlic
.'iiiglo- 1ratzinn Oil Coriipany casc, clated J ul y 5th, 1951 (l.C../.
1i'epurt.s T ~ Y , p. 9.%),tlc Coiirt cslircssly stated t h a t t h c indicaticiri
(if i~~tcrir n
mcrisurcs of prntcctiori in tio ~ v x yprejuclgccl the rlucstiti~i
O( tlic jiiristlicticin t i f tlic Loiri-t to dcnl with the nicrits of thc cnsc.
~iiiclIclt utinffcctcd the riglit of tlic lics~i~inrlcnt to submit iirgumciits
itgniiist such j ~ r i ~ l i c t i thc ~ ~ lCourt
; considcrcd that the objcct of
ii~tcrimincasurcs of ~irotcctionpriiviclcd for in the Statutc wns tri
~ ) r ~ w ~tlic - \ . trt:specti\-c
~ rights of tlic lb;irtics pcridiiig tlic clccisioli
iii tlicb Lri1ir.t ; ;iiitl ;iIsti tliat, frtiiii tlic gciicrlil tcrriis uf :'irticle 41
of t l i v 5t :it ~ i t ;i~i(l ~ , frtiii~t l ~ cl i o \ \ ~ rect~gt~izcc!
r by -4rticIc 61,p;ir;L-
;s;ipli (!, of tlic li~ilc'sof (30111-t, to itid~atciiitcrini neasiirct; r i [
~)i.oti.cticiiip r t ~ ) I ~ i111i1111, o i t i o l l o ~ r t ~tli;tt
~ l tlic Covrt miist Iic cciii-
ci.riit.rl t o ~ > r c s c r \1-s, ~ ~sticli 1nt:;isiircs thc rights ivhich niiglit hi:
3iilis~rli~'Iltl~' ntijiitigcti hy tlic cciiirt t o bclnrig cithcr ici tlic + j ~ i ~ ) I i -
cii~ittir tci t l i t : licsliniitlctlt.
( 5 ) 'l'l-ic \vords "ici tlic csccution of tlic dccision t o bc givcii",
c>i~litaiiir*tl iii t l ~ i :Liliri\-c-iiic~~ticincrl clccisicin of thc l'et-i-ilnrient cou]-t
ri!" 11ili.i-11;itioii:d Jiistici: i12 tlic nsc of thc Elctricity Curni~niiyuf
51ifia ;i~i(lItiilg;iria, niiist bc coiistriictl i ~ ri:latioii i tu thc rcyinratitrti
i \ l i i c l i l l i r b 11:irty siibiiiittiil~ilic raliicst for iritcriiil incasurcs i i f
~ ~ r u t c c t isccks o ~ ~ t ~ obtririi
i iii thc casc rcfcrrcrl to Slic Court. I I I
rii1rr.i- \vol-tls, ;it tlic tiiic i\.licn t h c rcqucst is inadc, tliere is still
1111 (2i:(:isiiiii 011 111th ~ S S i1.1icth~r L ~ th^ CIE~~IIIto thc snid rcpni-lit ioii
i, 1 3 ~itjt ~~l.ll-liiiiridc+d. :'iltliuugli it cannot be k ~ i u i i ~~ ii tt1i:ti
5t;r:;i: of tli ir;isix irlic>tlicrtlic Cciiirt ii-il1 fiilnlll- upliold siich :i c1;iiiii
r r i 1lo1,t lit. p;ii-tics iii:~!- liC rr:clii~>stcd t n nlistaiti frotri tkikirlg 1iicasuI'c.c;
\i.liicli \c oiiltl iii~ikcLE prriiiil~tcsc.utiiiii nf tlic juclgincnt impossiblt:,
,liii~ilrl tlic Coiirt l>rriiiciiiiicct i i fa\-OUI- of ttic claitli.

' f l i c cliiiiiis iihicli tIic 5ivis Ckvci-nmc:i~t i putting forn~rirdi i i

111.~~11'
~ I i i l T C ' ( I I I C ' S ~arc SC^ fort11 in its .4lililicntiui1 iri3titiitin;:
~iro~c~t:diiigs, riiid ii~liirlcthc rc3stitutioti of thosc of tl-ic asscts uf
t II(. I t i t c b ~1i;iiidc-1C O I I I I ) ; L I ~ >n'l~icli
~ \ifcrc \~c.stcd as encm! ~'irulicrt!.
t I l i # . \ l i c > l ~ l'i-o~)k>rty
(.i~sttitli:iiio f t l ~ cLiiitui Statrs (jf :1111cric;i O S ?
I I I 1111: ;iJtibriiati\:ib, ;r liiiciiiig 1)). tlic Loiirt thnt tlic Linitcrl 5t:itch t i f
.~\i~i~~i-ic,i is 111i(lt91- t i ~ iuhllgi~1 io11, 11rlilc~S L L C ~ Icuiiditio[i~ i t WII 1
l ) ~ ,[!)I. ! l i t * L'oiirt t ( 1 t ci ~111)iiiittlit* ~lispi~tc:
s l ) i h ~ ; i f > , , (;oiiccr~~i~ig illc.
1 I I t L V I - I I ; L I I ~ c~)~ii~~:iii!.
I~~~ t o i i ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ i ; ~j ~t i ~
c li ~i ~c~t:ttlciiic~i,
:~t;l~ l l)i t rtk-
ii q >II c(~r~cili:it~(~~i.
.'iccrii-dsiigl!,, tlic I:ciiirt iir:i!. fiiiiillj- clcciclc thrit t l i c C;o~criiiiiciit
iii t lic l'iiii~brl5tritcs of :11iici-icn is utiler ;in cibliation t u rcstoi-c
t l i i h ,it)oi-r:-iiii~iit1011~11~irtipcrtyt i r - ; ~ lcnst t tu sti2-iliiit tlic diqiiiti.
c-iiiicc:rriiii> t lic 1iilrrli;iiiili-l c01111):111!: uiidcr ccrtniii conrlitiriii~t r i
i i i t ibsii;~t 1onaI jiirliciill scttlcii-iciit, :iiliitrnticiti or coiicilicitioil.
 ZNTEKIhI JlE.ASUI<ish 01; PIIOTECTIOS ( 3 S 57) 74
has scrious grounds for hclicvitlg tl-rat, in thc cveiit of its clairn a5
just statcd bcing uplicld b!- tlic Court, it rnay bc impossible for tllc
Court's: dccisiot t o hc crirricrl out, should thc Intcrhanclcl proyicrt!.
vcstcd in thc Alicti IJropcrt! Cur;tcirlinri, thc i-cstitution of \\.hic11
is clairricrl, E I ; L I . ~ bccri ~ncariu.liiletrnsierrcrl to thi1.J ~iartics.This
impssi~)ilityt u cscctitc a jtirlgn~cntjri fnvriur of i~itzcrlancla.niilii
involvc il-rcpara1)lc rlrimiigc, the tiicw ~iossibilityof which, riccorcliiig
to the jurisl)riiclcncc of thr Pcrizza~~critCoiirt of 1ntcrnriti~iri;il
justic, justifius ititci-in1 rricasiircs: v l jirutcctiuri (P.C.I.J . , Scrics :\,
Nu. S, 1). 7 ; 5cr-icb XI13, No. 45, ji. 2SS).

(7) Tlie reasons of thc C;\viss G o ~ c r n m c n tfor belicving that a

ciccision gi\-cn 11- tlic ciiirt iri its fa\-oi~rrniglit be inapnhlc nf
csccut ivn ;ire as folluws :
((4 Ili tlic 11otc scnt II?; tlic Siviss Lcgatioil to thc Departmcrit of
Stntc of iliigust qth, 19j0, thc Swiss Govcrtlrnent nskctl f o r
ni-bitrnt iciti or crinciliatirin ~irocccrlitigsiri rcspcct of its rcrliicst
f o r t l i c * ;isscts tif 1 iitcrli:i~iclcl, ivliicli in tlic 5wiss vicw u ~ . ~ - i .
x \ ~ i i i i ~ ll i~i l -l c l 2iv tlic I'iiitcd St;itcs of ~lmcria. I n orrlcr t r i
~ m o t t ~tlic l i-iglits \~fliicliiiiiglit e v c ~ ~ t ~ i r iiic
l l yIiclti t u i3clci1ig t r i
51vit.c.r l;iricl cir its i~atioiials iti aric of thcsc intcrriatiot~iil
~)~*crccdurcs, tlic 5 i v i s s Govcrnmc~it recliicstcd thnt tllc sl'cttifs
quo shoiilcl Iic 111~iint:linccliintil ccin-il-iletiori of tlie proceediti,q,..i
iii ~vliiclit l ~ cpartics werc cng;~gccl.ln its n a t c of .yat~iinry+ I I tli,
1957. tlie 1)cli;~rtnictit of Statc f l r i t l ~ l rcfusrd to tnkc Ihis
scrliicst itito coi~siclerntioii. Tliis 1s \r-hat tlic 11epartmt.rt of
Stntc saicl ciri tlic priiiit :

... 'Hie iiotc of Aiigiist: 9, 1956, su&gcsts that liri~iciplcsof

,O

guod fai tli, ivliicli iinderlic tlic aiithorit~.of the International

Court of Justice to tnkc npprcipriate precautionary measurcs.
rcclliirc t h a t this Goverriment inaintain the stntrts gitri. \Ve
takc this rcclucst tri he one ro rcfrriin frvm rnaking ail! snlc
o f ilic CicncrnI Aiiiliric :ii~dI;ilril s11:ircs to rvliich d a i m is ~narlc.
, .
l h c 1-cclucst fur ~n;ii~itciianccof thc slulirs qlru fallv witli t l i i
rcclucst [tir arliitratioiz, fr)r thc ~iriricililcs nbovc (lisciissr'tl
art. cclu:illy al~plrcablet u tlic rctlucst for mintcrinncc of tlitb
si'rilirs qiro. I t i the iilstant c;isc, morcovcr, the rcclucst foi-
rriaintc~irtriccof thc slrclirs qiro is iti fnct a request for a cliaxigc
of thc statt~sqrro. -1.0 rcfrairi fru11i r i ~ a k i t ~ag sale of the asscts
ivould jirevcnt thc effcctiintion of the laws of thc Lnitcd
Statc ~vliicli, uticc thc litig~tioii i n t1ic courts rcaclics a
prcscribc~ltrtge, pcrnit rird rctliiirc ;i sale of the asets. :\
s;ilc is desirablc in thc natioiial iiiterest of the LTnitcd Stntcb,
liasid in part upon considcrations of national defcnse. Onl!
tliia criiirts of tlic I:tiitcd 5t;itcs ti;ivc juridictioti t o striy siicli
 ;i siilc of ~iirolxrtylocatccl i n tlic LTilitccl Statcs; such jurisdictio~i
is suvereigii and c x c l i ~ s i ~ ~ c . "
IVitliout esn~i-iiniizgtlic rncrits of the rcasoris advanceci by tlic
1)cli:~rliiiciitof Statc agrtinst t l i c Sir-iss rcclucst for thc iniiintctinncc
t i f tlic s l n f i i s yiiu-rcrisons tlic rclc\,al~ccof lrhich tlic Stvisc, Ciovcr~i-
1nt:ilt clciiics-it is clcar llilit t h : Govcr~imcilt if ttic L7nitecl Statcs
1s firiiily rcsol~rcclt o sel1 thc sh:lrcs of tlie General Anilinc and 1:iiiil
I:url)uratiun claiiicrl I! 111tcr1l:iiiclcl ns its propcrty alid thc resti-
tiitiriti of tvliicli is ~iskcclfur ~ I tlit:I prcsciit ~rocccdiiigs.Dut siicli a
salc \vutild liircvcnt ~ ~ i ' o i z ~csccution
pt of the Court's judmciit,
sjiciiild tlic Coirrt pruiloiincc. i i i fiil-oiir of thc rniiiii Sti-iss sul~misioii
or e\-t)iiiri frivriut of irs n1tcrii;itivc siibrrissiciti.

0))~C'1it:n~ is ;in obviciiis rl;ingcr tlirit tlic m;ijzity of the above-

iiii:izt iriiic.tl sli;irt-5 \vil! I l t . sriltl 1i1: tlic. Li1iitc:tl States Govcrnli~oiit
;it ~jricc I)~:lo\rt111:ir I-L,;LI val~lc.rt~(li:ccl,tlw !Jcp;~rtri~t:~it of
,l iist ici: c i t tlii: 11iii1i.ti 5t:itcs liiililicl!. :i~iiiouticctlo11 I:i:Iitu:~r!~
~ 1 s t r.r j 5 7 , its iiiti:titiiiii t o scll 75 lier cciit of tlic vcstcd sii;iri:s.
I'iitc~itial Iliiycrs wcrc i ~ i ~ i t c tt rl ~inal;c cifiers by Llay ~ j t l i ,
1t~57, iurnisliilig ail!. spcci;il rcascins wliich miglit cause thv
C O I I Z I ) C ~ C Iilutliurit].
I~ tu takc a iirticiilar ofter intri consitlcr:itio~~,
lia\-ing duc rcgnrt! for tlic 1iation;il intcret. It 15 t o be ftlarcri
t l i ; ~ ttlie s1i:ircs ril;ly bc ~illocatcclnot to thc Iiighcst biddcr biit
t t i a ii:~tioilalof tlic L'1iitcd 5 t ; ~ t c swlio woulci bc i-cgardccl, frii111
tlic :li~iir<~ icriii 11~i1iltuf \-lem-, as the rilost: suitable piirliascr.
1t is t1icrcf01-ct o hi. cspcctcd tliat tlic proceeds of t h c sale ii*oulcl
riut c ~ . c rtlic dircct tosses siistainccl I-i>+ Intcrhrindcl r~iitlic
\.;iIiii. of tlic. sh~ircs.cluitc ;il);irt f~ oin tlic scricius dnmagc til~ich
tlli: I I I I T ~ , filut o f 5rIli11g\viiiil(I tiiil~ctI I ~ O I Ithiit C O I I I I > L L I ~ ~ .

(c) F i ) to tlic prcsciit, intcrh;ii~ddlins triccl in vain to obtniri froni

tlic Urlitccl States cc>irt-tsnri iiijunction against the salc of tlit:
sli;ircs of tlie Gciier:il ilriillnc and Filtil Corporation. Rclyirlg
iipoi~Scction g ( a ) thc 1'r;icliiig tvitli tllc Enerny .Act, the Swiss
Cc~riliany,on Fcbrunry 2 jtli, 1957, asked thrit thc sale slioiild
l-~cfurbidclcn by an Ordcr of tlie Uriitecl States coitrts. Its
;iction is now peilcling bcforc tlic United States Co~irtof Xppc;~ls
t i i \\I:~sliingto~i ; in tlicsc ptocc~dingthe Uepnrtinent of Justice
11,ts C O I ~ ~ C S ~ IIntcr1i;indcI's
:C~ c;lp:icity to :ict, oiz the grciuncl tlii~t,
its .ipplicatioii iur tlic relcasc of the seilucstrated yropcrtg
lia\-ing l-iceiz finally rejccted on Xpril r r t h , 1957, t l ~ c r cutas riot
liciirlilig bcforc tlc Unitcd St;itcs courts aily proceeding [to
\vliicli intcrli;~rirlcl\7;ig jiropcrl~'a pnrt] ( i / jrc fier!! $os ?I avoiu
(ic lilispc~irlriiicc r/i:;:riiib (11 1irslice dcs Elnfs-Uii i s rioris r.cltc
~ ~ sairl cction 9 ((13 ( ~ ft11c
U C ~the
ri/jrrire) niid f l~:lt, C ~ I I S C ~ I ly,
'1'r;itliiig witli tht' I n c i n y tlct couId 110t bc i~~\+okccl tri prcvciit
 1N'I'l.:HI h l RIE<!\LJlIE5 01: 1'KO.TlSC.TIOS (13 S 57) 7t;
t h c s;ilc of ilic shares. If tlic rccluest by Iriterlinridcl fur nii
i t l j ~ i i ~ c t i ~agnil-ist
lti s:ile \\-cre rlisiisscd-\\-liicli is t o be cspected
-tlicrc would bc 110furtlicr obstnclc, uiider Amcricnn niuiiiciprtl
lnw, t o tlic imr.t~ccii:itcsalc of tlic scclucstrntcd shares.
C)riIj. tlie riiles of intcriiritior~al 1:i\v can noiv Fie itivokccl iri
cirtlcr t o ~ ) r c \ ~ c n75t lier cciit. uf tlic sll;ires of thc Gcricrnl
: \ i i i l i ~ i t . :ilid 1;iltn I'rirlirirntioii, ~vliicti;irc a prirt uf tlic assets nf
;i S ~ ~ i scoilipaliy, s fro~ii suffcring tlie sanic fntc 11s enciiiy
1)1cq~:rtyi n tlic Uiiitcd Stntcs ;ilid frorr~bcing sold ns soori ris
ilic fiii;il jurlgriaciits i ~ itlic. c;isc hnvc bcen delivered b?; tlic
:Iiiic.ric;iri ctilirts.
(S) (;oiiscrluci~tlq..iii \-ici\ {if tEic irciirnstiiiiccs of fnct ;ind of 1;~\\*,
iiivliticiiii:rl i t i tlic 1iri:sciit rccliicst. 1 1i;~i.ctlic hoiioiir, oii belirilf of
tlii. S\\.ihc; l:c>dcrnl Cciiiiicil, to ;ik tlita Colirt, licnclitlg ;i f i i i ; ~ 1dccisiot-i
i i i i l i v ~u-ocrc(liligsiiihtitlitc.(l liy tlit: Xj)~)lic:iticiiit i f Octobcr 1 5 t ,
t o iii(lir:;~liatlic folluiviiig iiic:isiirvs:
( r i ) 'l'l~c (;o\rcr~iliicizt of tlic Liiitccl Stntcs of ilincricrt is rcrlucstccl
tt r t,il.;c rici legisl;\ti\.c, juclici;il. ;itl~z~initrnti~-c nr esecutivc stcp
t u part with the liropwty u'hicli is clniriied to bc S ~ r i s sprol>crt!-
i i i tli~b i;uliiiiissioii~ of tlic S~viss-4ppIicntion of Octobcr 1st
i1i3tiliitiiig procwdiiigs, so 101ig as thc C:ISC col~cerning tiiic:
d i c ; ~ ~ iist i~
~ ~ c i ~ (bcforc
l i ~ ~tlie
g Ititcrnationnl Court of Ji~stice.
1i) l n ~~;irticul:ii-, tht: C;u~,crn~iicnt ol' t h c t-liitcd States is rcrlucstcd
izut tci scll tlic lznrcs UI ttic Gcncrnl .Aniline niid Film Corlio-
i-,itioii cliiiii~crlhy tlie S ~ r i s s1;edcral Govcrnment ;is thc propcrty
r i ( its ii;~tio~ial.;, so liiiig ;is Ilic proccediizgb i r i tliis d i s p ~ t t c;irc
1~1~11~Iiiig.
( c ) 1 I I gl~iicnil,ttic (;ci\-crrit~ic~~t uE tlie C'tiitcrl Stiites slioulcl .;~i
;ict tlirit no lilcasiirc ivh;ite\-cr is tiikcil \\-hicli \vouId prcjudicc
tlic riglit of Su.itzcrltii~c1tu csccutioi~of the juclgtr~eiit \vliicli
tlic C:oiirt uilI clcliver, eitlicr on tlie riierits or oi the a l t e r t l a t i ~ c
submission.
(g} Iri victv of tlic fact tlint, by rt-ason of rrleasures whih tlie
Govcriii~ictitr i f tlic L'iiitccl States of Anicricn threatens tu tnkc,
tlicrc is cl;irigcr i i i rlclay. tlic Swiss Govr:siii~~cnt strongly urgcs tti;it
tEic pn:';~:lit rctl~icstl x dcrzlt witti as n niritter of urgency and witli
nll tlic ~ ~ ) c ccotisistciit
tl uritli rlic St:itiite ;incl tlie l<iiles of Court.
( 1 O) Tlicb iindi~rsigireclaiirl tlii, CO-Agciit , Profcssor 13;iii1 C;iiggcri-
Iici~ii,arc ;~utliorizcclIiy tlic S ~ v i s sGuvcriiiiictzt tu Lippcnr bcfcii-e
tlic Court I I I :III!; l-iroccccliiigs: or cliscussions nrising out of tlic
prcsci~trcc1ucst \idiich the Court m;iy i ~ l s t i t ~ l it nc cor~forr~lity ivitl~
Art iclc 61,~i;~rngr;ilili S,o l thc Iiiilcs of Corirt.
1 Iiovc. cic.
( S i g ~ i e r f )G. ~.ALJSEK-H.\LL.
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