Admissibility of hearings of petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa: Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice

XI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1047. Admissibility of hearings of petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa: Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice

The General Assembly, Having requested, in its resolution 942 (X) of 3 December 1955, an advisory opinion from the International Court of justice regarding the admissibility of oral hearings by the Committee on South West Africa, Having noted that, in its advisory opinion[1] of 1 June 1956, the Court was of the opinion that the grant of oral hearings to petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa would be consistent with the advisory opinion [2] of the Court of 11 July 1950,

1. Accepts and endorses the advisory opinion of 1 June 1956 of the International Court of Justice on the question of the admissibility of hearings by the Committee on South West Africa;

2. Therefore authorizes the Committee on South West Africa to grant hearings to petitioners.

643rd plenary meeting,
23 January 1956.


[1]1 Admissibility of hearings of petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa, Advisory Opinion of June 1st, 1956: I.C.J. Reports 1956, p. 23. [2]2 International status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950,p. 128.
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