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Third Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy

WIPO, Interpol, and the World Customs Organization will convene the Third Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in Geneva, Switzerland on January 30 and 31, 2007. The Global Congress will bring together top government and private sector representatives to seek more effective solutions to ending the global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods.

See http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_ma_2006_24.html and http://www.ccapcongress.net/

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Security Council Recommits to U.N. Mission of Stabilization in Haiti

Following the shooting deaths of two Jordanian United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti on November 10th, Ambassador Jorge Voto-Bernales of Peru, the Security Council President for November, read a statement earlier this week articulating the council’s continuing commitment to the U.N. Mission of Stabilization in that country. With municipal and local elections forthcoming on December 3rd, the Security Council announced its expectations for a peaceful election as well as its hope for ongoing progress in the security and human rights situation in Haiti.

See http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20630&Cr=haiti&Cr1=

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ICJ to Commence Public Hearings on Maritime Dispute Between Nicaragua and Honduras

The ICJ will commence public hearings on the merits of the dispute in Nicaragua v. Honduras on March 5, 2007. The dispute arises from the delimitation of maritime zones in the Caribbean Sea. Nicaragua initiated action against the Republic of Honduras in 1999, alleging that Honduras was responsible for “repeated confrontations and mutual capture of vessels of both nations in and around the general border area.” Negotiations between the two states have failed. Nicaragua wants the Court “to determine the course of the single maritime boundary between areas of territorial sea, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone” affecting both states.

See the press release.

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ICJ: Public Hearings to Begin in Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo

The ICJ will commence public hearings for the case of Ahmadou Sadio Diallo on November 27, 2006. The Court will address preliminary objections by the DRC. The Republic of Guinea alleges that the DRC committed violations of international law against Ahmadou Sadio Diallo, a Guinean national. Two ad hoc judges will join the Bench to hear this case pursuant to Article 31 of the ICJ Statute. The Republic of Guinea chose Mr. Ahmed Mahiou (Algeria) and the DRC chose Mr. Auguste Mampuya Kanunk’A-Tshiabo (DRC).

See the press release.

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