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1992 - Extracts from other Adresses |
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Mr
Joseph Verner Reed “(…) Since 1923, through its teaching and research, the Academy has been performing a mission for peace, a mission that is essential to the international community. It represents one of the prestigious forums for the teaching of publicists, which Article 38 of the International Court of Justice correctly describes as 'subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law'. Through its general and specialized courses, through its seminars and its symposia, the Academy brings together the most eminent jurists in public and private international law. The teachings offered form a veritable school of freedom – freedom of the spirit, freedom of method, freedom of operation (…).” Mr
Pieter Dankert “(…) President Houphouët-Boigny's policy has always been directed towards the maintenance of peace and neutrality in Africa, aware as he was that dialogue had to supplant confrontation. This viewpoint is clearly reflected in the awarding of his prize to The Hague Academy of International Law, since the Academy's activities – the promotion and spreading of knowledge in the area of international law – contribute to the establishment of peaceful international relations. The jury has thus once more recognized the importance of international law as the foundation of present day international society. The Netherlands Government can only give its most heartfelt approval (…).” Mr Mário Soares “(…) The awarding of the Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize to The Hague Academy of International Law is an act of justice and comes at a highly opportune moment. An act of Justice because, since it was created eighty years ago, the Academy has worked constantly for the defence of the supremacy of international law in the relations between States. It is also opportune because it comes at a time when the world is witnessing a revival of tendencies such as racism, xenophobia and nationalist and religious fundamentalism, which are in themselves grave violations of the principles of Human Rights and which are at the root of several conflicts within States and between States. In today's chaotic and confused world, we must, as the President of the jury for the Prize, Dr Henry Kissinger, said, "grant a greater place to international law in the settlement of international conflicts" and enforce respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and the resolutions of its organs if the world is no longer to be governed by the will of the strongest but by the universal principles of Law.” Mr
François Mitterrand “(…) It was you, Mr President, Judge Ago - among us here today, and to whom I extend my personal congratulations – who reminded us, in 1956, how States, "jealous of their equality and their freedom of action, were naturally reluctant to accept the legal judgments aimed at regulating their situation and reciprocal relations". The observation is not a pessimistic one, since you are no pessimist, but rather it stresses the immense difficulty which lies before us if we are to finally vanquish the legacy of the past. This is why we must help you and why we must help your Academy and all those who work in the field of law by fashioning for them instruments with which they can inspire trust, by creating procedures which will guarantee a hearing to all defenders of peace – in a word, by creating institutions that will lay the foundations for co-operation, will make it to arbitrate and to which international disagreements will be possible submitted (…).” ____________
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