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[p103]
The International Court of Justice,
composed as above,
after deliberation,
having regard to Articles 36 and 48 of the Statute of the Court ;
Makes the following Order :
Whereas on March 3rd, 1954, the Ambassador of the United States of America
to the Netherlands filed in the Registry an Application dated Februarj7
16th, 1954, and signed by the Agent of the Government of the United States
of America instituting proceedings before the Court against the Government
of the Union [p104] of Soviet Socialist Republics "on account of certain
actions of the latter Government, in concert with the Government of the
Hungarian People's Republic" ;
Whereas on the same day the Ambassador of the United States of America to
the Netherlands filed in the Registry another Application dated February
16th, 1954, and signed by the Agent of the Government of the United States
of America instituting proceedings before the Court against the Government
of the Hungarian People's Republic in respect of the same question, and the
Government of the United States of America expressed a wish that the two
Applications should be considered and dealt with together ;
Whereas the Application instituting proceedings against the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics was duly communicated by the Registry of the Court on
March 3rd, 19j4, to the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics to the Netherlands ;
Whereas both Applications were duly communicated by the Registry of the
Court to al1 the members of the United Nations, through the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, and to al1 other States entitled to
appear before the Court ;
Whereas the Application instituting proceedings against the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics was communicated by the Registry on March 3rd, 1954, to
the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hungarian People's Republic and the
Application of the United States of America instituting proceedings against
the Hungarian People's Republic was communicated on the same day to the
Ambassador o; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Netherlands ;
Whereas the Application instituting proceedings against the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics contains the following paragraph :
"The United States Government, in filing this application with the Court,
submits to the Court's jurisdiction for the purposes of this case. The
Soviet Government appears not to have filed any declaration with the Court
thus far, and although it was invited to do so by the United States
Government in the Note annexed hereto, it has not made any responsive reply
to the invitation. The Soviet Government is, however, qualified to submit to
the jurisdiction of the Court in this matter and may upon notification of
this application by the Registrar, in accordance with the Rules of the
Court, take the necessary steps to enable the Court's jurisdiction over both
parties to the dispute to be confirmed.
Thus the United States Government founds the jurisdiction of this Court on
the foregoing considerations and on Article 36 (1) of the Statute."
Whereas in a letter from the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics to the Netherlands, dated April 30th, 1954, and [p105] received in
the Registry on May 3rd, 1954, it was stated that the Government of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
"regards as unacceptable the proposal of the Government of the United States
of America that the International Court of Justice should examine the case
concerning the American aircraft which violated the State frontier of the
Hungarian People's Republic",
and that
"there exists no subject for consideration by the International Court of
Justice"
and further that
"having regard to the foregoing the Soviet Government can see no reason why
this question should be examined by the International Court of Justice" ;
Whereas a copy of the above-mentioned letter was communicated to the Agent
of the Government of the United States of America by a letter dated May 5th,
1954 ;
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Court finds that it has not before it
any acceptance by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
of the jurisdiction of the Court to deal with the dispute which is the
subject of the Application submitted to it by the Government of the United
States of America and that therefore it can take no further steps upon this
Application ;
The Court
orders that the case shall be removed from the list.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
and fifty-four, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives
of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the United
States of America and to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, respectively.
(Signed) Arnold D. McNair,
President.
(Signed) Garner-Coignet,
Deputy-Registrar. |
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