A. This Statute shall be open for signature on 26 October 1956 by all States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized agencies and shall remain open for signature by those States for a period of ninety days.
B. The signatory States shall become parties to this Statute by deposit of an instrument of ratification.
C. Instruments of ratification... shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America, hereby designated as depositary Government.
D. Ratification or acceptance of this Statute shall be effected by States in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
E. This Statute, apart from the Annex, shall come into force when eighteen States have deposited instruments of ratification in accordance with paragraph B of this article. Instruments of ratification and instruments of acceptance deposited thereafter shall take effect on the date of their receipt.
F. The depositary Government shall promptly inform all States signatory to this Statute of the date of each deposit of ratification and the date of entry into force of the Statute. [...]
G. The Annex to this Statute shall come into force on the first day this Statute is open for signature.
XIV. Precis the following:
STATUTE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Chapter III
PROCEDURE
Article 39
1. The official languages of the Court shall be French and English. If the parties agree that the case shall be conducted in French, the judgement shall be delivered in French. If the parties agree that the case shall be conducted in English, the judgement shall be delivered in English.
2. In the absence of an agreement as to which language shall be employed, each party may, in the pleadings, use the language which it prefers; the decision of the Court shall be given in French and English. In this case the Court shall at the same time determine which of the two texts shall be considered as authoritative.
3. The Court shall, at the request of any party, authorize a language other than French or English to be used by that party.
Article 40
1. Cases are brought before the Court, as the case may be, either by the notification of the special agreement or by a written application addressed to the Registrar. In either case the subject of the dispute and the parties shall be indicated.
2. The Registrar shall forthwith communicate the application to all concerned.
3. He shall also notify the Members of the United Nations through the Secretary-General, and also any other states entitled to appear before the Court.
Article 41
1. The Court shall have the power to indicate, if it considers that circumstances so require, any provisional measures which ought to be taken to preserve the respective rights of either party.
2. Pending the final decision, notice of the measures suggested shall forthwith be given to the parties and to the Security Council.
XV. Write a few articles of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency devoted to its establishment, functions, organs and relations with other international governmental organizations. Use the information below (see also exhibit 18).
The International Atomic Energy Agency is an autonomous organization operating under the aegis of the United Nations. Its statute was drawn up at the conference held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from September 26 to October 26, 1956. It entered into force on July 29, 1956, following ratification by eighteen states including: Canada, France, the USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The 1956 Conference established a preparatory committee, pending the
entry into force of the Convention, with the task of arranging the first session of the General Conference, the first meeting of the Board of Governors and of preparing a draft agreement with the United Nations.
The Agency seeks to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity and to ensure that its assistance is not used in such a way as to further any military purpose. It encourages and assists research, makes provision for materials, services, equipment and facilities, encourages the exchange of scientific information and personnel, establishes and administers safeguards against the use of atomic energy for military purposes and standards of safety.
Its organs are:
(1) The General Conference.
(2) The Board of Governors.
(3) The Staff.
It has an agreement with the United Nations and submits annual reports to the General Assembly and, where appropriate, to its other organs. It has an agreement of cooperation with the nuclear energy agency of the OECD.
XVI. Speak on the style and composition of statutes of international organizations.
