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Secretary-General Visits International Court of Justice for 80th Anniversary of Inaugural Session

17 April 2026

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands during a visit to the ICJ in The Hague. On the left is Jamal Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the UN and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of April.

The International Court of Justice held a solemn sitting on 17 April in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of its inaugural session. The session was held under the presidency of Judge Iwasawa Yuji, in the presence of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

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