Libya , I. Robert Jennings, Q. Jeremy P. Habib Lazreg, D. Daniel Jean Stanley, D. Sc, Oceanographer, consultant in oceanography and marine geology at Washington, D. Kamel H. El Maghur, Ambassador, as Agent; Mr. Bowett, Q. Herbert W. Vallat, K. Walter D. Amin A. Frank H. Rodman R. Bundy; Mr.
Richard Meese, Doctor of Laws; Mr. Henri-Xavier Ortoli, as Counsel. By a letter of 25 November , received in the Registry of the Court on 1 December , the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia notified the Court of a Special Agreement in the Arabic language signed at Tunis on 10 June between the Republic of Tunisia and the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; a certified copy of the Special Agreement was enclosed with the letter, together with a translation into French.
In the French translation supplied by Tunisia, Articles 1 to 5 of the Special Agreement read as follows [English translation by the Registry]: "Article 1 The Court is requested to render its Judgment in the following matter: What are the principles and rules of international law which may be applied for the delimitation of the area of the continental shelf appertaining to the Republic of Tunisia and the area of the continental shelf appertaining to the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and, in rendering its decision, to take account of equitable principles and the relevant circumstances which characterize the area, as well as the recent trends admitted at the Third Conference on the Law of the Sea.
Also, the Court is further requested to specify precisely the practical way in which the aforesaid principles and rules apply in this particular situation so as to enable the experts of the two countries to delimit those areas without any difficulties. Article 3 In the event that the agreement mentioned in Article 2 is not reached within a period of three months, renewable by mutual agreement, from the date of delivery of the Court's Judgment, the two Parties shall together go back to the Court and request such explanations or clarifications as may facilitate the task of the two delegations, to arrive at the line separating the two areas of the continental shelf, and the two Parties shall comply with the Judgment of the Court and with its explanations and clarifications.
Article 4 A. The proceedings shall consist of written pleadings and oral argument. Without prejudice to any question that may arise relating to the means of proof, the written pleadings shall consist of the following documents: 1 Memorials to be submitted to the Court and exchanged between the two Parties within a period not exceeding eighteen 18 months from the date of the notification of the present Special Agreement to the Registrar of the Court.
