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THE HAGUE / BURKINA FASO-NIGER
STORY: THE HAGUE / BURKINA FASO-NIGER
TRT: 1.10
SOURCE: ICJ
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 APRIL 2013, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
1. Wide shot, courtroom
2. Med shot, Niger’s delegation
3. Wide shot, delegations and audience
4. Med shot, Burkina Faso delegation
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Peter Tomka, President of the Court:
“The Court expresses its wish that each Party, in exercising its authority over the portion of the territory under its sovereignty, should have due regard to the needs of the populations concerned, in particular those of the nomadic or semi-nomadic populations, and to the necessity to overcome difficulties that may arise for them because of the frontier. The Court notes the co-operation that has already been established on a regional and bilateral basis between the Parties in this regard, in particular under Chapter III of the 1987 Protocol of Agreement, and encourages them to develop it further.“
6. Wide shot, courtroom
7. Various shots, the Judges exit the courtroom
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today (16 April) delivered its Judgment settling a border dispute between Burkina Faso and Niger.
In its Judgment, which is final, without possibility of appeal and binding on the Parties, the Court found, unanimously, that it could not uphold some of Burkina Faso’s requests, and delineated the frontier between the two countries in the form of a straight line.
The President of the Court, Peter Tomka, said each Party, “in exercising its authority over the portion of the territory under its sovereignty, should have due regard to the needs of the populations concerned, in particular those of the nomadic or semi-nomadic populations, and to the necessity to overcome difficulties that may arise for them because of the frontier.”
Today's ruling covered an area covering a total of 381 kilometres (237 miles).
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