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CHAPTER I
CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
3 . Statute of the International Court of Justice 1
San Francisco, 24 October 1945
PARTIES: All members of the United Nations. Special cases are noted below: 2
Participant
Nauru 3
as from 29 January 1988
End Note
1.[For the declarations recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court, see chapter I.4.]
2.See chapters I.1 and I.2. Before becoming Members of the United Nations, Japan, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Switzerland were parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice from 2 April 1954 to 18 December 1956, from 29 March 1950 to 18 September 1990, from 18 February 1954 to 2 March 1992 and from 28 July 1948 to 10 September 2002, respectively. For the text of the declaration by the Government of Japan accepting the conditions determined to that effect, upon the recommendation of the Security Council, by the General Assembly in resolution 805 (VIII) of 9 December 1953 (registered under No. 2524), see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 188, p. 137; for that made by Liechtenstein accepting the conditions determined, upon recommendation of the Security Council, by the General Assembly in resolution 363 (IV) adopted on 1 December 1949 (registered under No. 758), see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 51, p. 115; for that made by San Marino accepting the conditions determined, upon recommendation of the Security Council, by the General Assembly in resolution 806 (VIII) of 9 December 1953 (registered under No. 2495), see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 186, p. 295; and for that made by Switzerland accepting the conditions determined, upon recommendation of the Security Council, by the General Assembly in resolution 91 (I) of 11 December 1946 (registered under No. 271), see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 17, p. 111.
3.Upon the recommendation of the Security Council, adopted on 19 October 1987, the General Assembly by resolution 42/21 adopted on 18 November 1987, and in pursuance of Article 93, paragraph 2, of the Charter, determined the conditions upon which Nauru could become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice. On 29 January 1988, a declaration accepting these conditions was deposited with the Secretary-General on behalf of Nauru (registered under No. 25639, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1491, p. 199) and accordingly on that date Nauru became a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.