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Permanent Court of Arbitration: Circular Note of the Secretary General*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1960

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Footnotes

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Unofficial and edited translation of French original, furnished to the JOURNAL by the Secretary General of the Court. In his letter of transmittal, dated May 16, 1960, the Secretary General stated:

“The Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration has requested their President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Depositary State for the Conventions of 1899 and 1907 for the pacific settlement of international disputes, to submit to the High Contracting Parties, by diplomatic channels, a Note on the functioning of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. In accordance with the instructions received, the diplomatic representatives of the Netherlands will specify, when handing said Note to the respective Governments, that the Council does not in the least intend— which, moreover, has been expressly stated in the note—to enter into competition with the International Court of Justice.”

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* Unofficial and edited translation of French original, furnished to the JOURNAL by the Secretary General of the Court. In his letter of transmittal, dated May 16, 1960, the Secretary General stated:

“The Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration has requested their President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Depositary State for the Conventions of 1899 and 1907 for the pacific settlement of international disputes, to submit to the High Contracting Parties, by diplomatic channels, a Note on the functioning of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. In accordance with the instructions received, the diplomatic representatives of the Netherlands will specify, when handing said Note to the respective Governments, that the Council does not in the least intend— which, moreover, has been expressly stated in the note—to enter into competition with the International Court of Justice.”