Press Release SG/SM/10003 ICJ/618 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS BENIN, NIGER FOR PEACEFUL
SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE THROUGH ICJ
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment of the International Court of Justice delivered on 12 July 2005 concerning the border dispute between the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Niger.