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COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Uncorrected Non-corrigé CR 99/15 (translation) CR 99/15 (traduction) Monday 10 May 1999 at 3 p.m. Lundi 10 mai 1999 à 15 heures Le VICE-PRESIDENT, faisant fonction de président : Veuillez vous asseoir. La Cour se réunit maintenant afin dentendre les conclusions de la Belgique dans laffaire portée par la Yougoslavie contre la Belgique, et jai l plaisir de donner la parole à lagent du gouvernement de la Belgique, Madame Raymonde Foucart-Kleynen. Mrs. FOUCART-KLEYNEN: Mr. President, Members of the Court, it is a great honour for me to appear before the Court as Agent for the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. Allow me to introduce the members of my legal team who will speak on behalf of the Kingdom of Belgium: Mr. Johan Verbeke, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Deputy Agent for the Government, and Mr. Rusen Ergec, Professor at the Free University of Brussels and Member of the Brussels Bar, as Counsel. The arguments which will be put forward by our Counsel concern first the lack of prima facie jurisdiction of the Court, second the urgency of the suggested measures, third the absence of any apparent basis for the alleged violations and the necessity for the use of force, while the last ground will examine the content of the provisional measures sought. With the Courts permission, I shall give the floor to our counsel, Mr. Ergec. Le VICE-PRESIDENT, faisant fonction de président : Je vous remercie. Je passe la parole à Monsieur Rusen Ergec. Mr. ERGEC: Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the Court, we all heard and listened carefully to the arguments put forward this morning by the applicant State. One thing stood out: the statement of the facts. In our