It particularly wanted to avoid a separclass='bold'>ation of adjudicclass='bold'>atory and class='bold'>investigclass='bold'>atory functions, sclass='bold'>ince thclass='bold'>at led to a situclass='bold'>ation where the Commissioners were totally divorced from class='bold'>investigclass='bold'>ations and met very class='bold'>infrequently.

(e) Recognize the important role of the class='bold'>Internclass='bold'>ational Court of Justice class='bold'>in adjudicclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing disputes among countries and agree to consider means to strengthen the work of the Court.

Recognizes the important role of the class='bold'>Internclass='bold'>ational Court of Justice, the prclass='bold'>incipal judicial organ of the United Nclass='bold'>ations, class='bold'>in adjudicclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing disputes among Stclass='bold'>ates and the value of its work, as well as the importance of havclass='bold'>ing recourse to the Court class='bold'>in the peaceful settlement of disputes

7. Recognizes the important role of the class='bold'>Internclass='bold'>ational Court of Justice, the prclass='bold'>incipal judicial organ of the United Nclass='bold'>ations, class='bold'>in adjudicclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing disputes among Stclass='bold'>ates and the value of its work, as well as the importance of havclass='bold'>ing recourse to the Court class='bold'>in the peaceful settlement of disputes

Recognizes the important role of the class='bold'>Internclass='bold'>ational Court of Justice, the prclass='bold'>incipal judicial organ of the United Nclass='bold'>ations, class='bold'>in adjudicclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing disputes among Stclass='bold'>ates and the value of its work, as well as the importance of havclass='bold'>ing recourse to the Court class='bold'>in the peaceful settlement of disputes

With regard to peaceful settlement of disputes, which was the subject of class='bold'>chapter IV of the report, no proposals on thclass='bold'>at topic had been submitted to the Special Committee for considerclass='bold'>ation durclass='bold'>ing the 2004 session.

Settlement of disputes

Disputes concernclass='bold'>ing discrimclass='bold'>inclass='bold'>ation shall be resolved class='bold'>in a court of law.

Pacific settlement of disputes

IV. Settlement of disputes

Dispute resolution procedures

Settlement of commercial disputes

Dispute settlement

Peaceful resolution of disputes

Peaceful settlement of disputes

Friendly settlement of disputes

Relclass='bold'>ationship with settlement of disputes

C. Environment and conflict prevention

Political support and conflict reconciliclass='bold'>ation

Pacific settlement of disputes

Emphasizclass='bold'>ing the importance of early warnclass='bold'>ing to prevent disputes, and emphasizclass='bold'>ing also the need to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes,

The role thclass='bold'>at the Court plays was highlighted by the Secretary General class='bold'>in his recent report class='bold'>In larger freedom (A 59 2005), class='bold'>in which he described the class='bold'>Internclass='bold'>ational Court of Justice as lyclass='bold'>ing class='bold'>at the centre of the class='bold'>internclass='bold'>ational system for adjudicclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing disputes among Stclass='bold'>ates.

Dispute settlement cases relclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing to services

Keepclass='bold'>ing the world environmental situclass='bold'>ation under review

1990 Awarded Diploma class='bold'>in Alternclass='bold'>ative, Dispute Resolution Alternclass='bold'>ative Dispute from Capital University, USA Jamaica Project for Dispute Resolution Resolution to practise as a Mediclass='bold'>ator class='bold'>in Dispute Resolution.

The role of the Security Council class='bold'>in the pacific settlement of disputes.

Disputes concernclass='bold'>ing discrimclass='bold'>inclass='bold'>ation are resolved class='bold'>in court and the court sets redress.

Once PTA based DSMs are established, however, adjudicclass='bold'>ation of disputes will reflect asymmetries of power, benefitclass='bold'>ing the stronger trade partner.

It was lookclass='bold'>ing forward to workclass='bold'>ing with the OECD on dispute settlement.

The heads of Stclass='bold'>ate and Government gclass='bold'>athered for the 2005 world summit echoed thclass='bold'>at stclass='bold'>atement when they recognized the important role of the class='bold'>Internclass='bold'>ational Court of Justice, the prclass='bold'>incipal judicial organ of the United Nclass='bold'>ations, class='bold'>in adjudicclass='bold'>atclass='bold'>ing disputes among Stclass='bold'>ates, and the value of its work.

57 26. Prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes

A future free from wars, blood and disputes.

Friendly settlement of disputes 14 16 8

The need to provide alternclass='bold'>ative mechanisms to resolve disputes through

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the class='bold'>involvement of children class='bold'>in armed conflict.

Deducclass='bold'>ing the real controversy of complicclass='bold'>ated disputes and applicclass='bold'>ation of relevant laws

The role of civil society class='bold'>in conflict prevention and the pacific settlement of disputes

Settclass='bold'>ing up a new, class='bold'>independent alternclass='bold'>ative dispute resolution system outside the courts would cost somethclass='bold'>ing, but it would ensure quicker and more acceptable resolution of routclass='bold'>ine disputes.

Resolution of disputes concernclass='bold'>ing discrimclass='bold'>inclass='bold'>ation based on sex

The exponential class='bold'>increase class='bold'>in class='bold'>internclass='bold'>ational trade had led to a correspondclass='bold'>ing class='bold'>increase class='bold'>in commercial disputes and, class='bold'>in thclass='bold'>at connection, the importance of arbitrclass='bold'>ation as a means of resolvclass='bold'>ing class='bold'>internclass='bold'>ational commercial disputes could not be overemphasized.

Mr. Salama responded to Mr. Yokota's question by notclass='bold'>ing thclass='bold'>at class='bold'>internclass='bold'>ational humanitarian law applied durclass='bold'>ing class='bold'>internal armed conflicts as well as class='bold'>internclass='bold'>ational armed conflicts.

The competence of the court and the labour dispute committee will be further discussed under article 15.

Sclass='bold'>ince the maclass='bold'>in objective of the draft prclass='bold'>inciples was to provide guidance for Stclass='bold'>ates class='bold'>in the settlement of disputes concernclass='bold'>ing environmental damage, some delegclass='bold'>ations considered it most appropriclass='bold'>ate to class='bold'>include a provision on dispute settlement class='bold'>in the draft prclass='bold'>inciples.

With regard to peaceful settlement of disputes, his delegclass='bold'>ation welcomed the various methods and procedures for their prevention and peaceful resolution and supported the prclass='bold'>inciple of free choice of means class='bold'>in mclass='bold'>atters of disputes settlement.

(c) To keep on its agenda the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes between Stclass='bold'>ates