Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons: Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Belgium: Draft Recommendation for Inclusion in the Final Act of the Conference

A/CONF.2/101

THE CONFERENCE,

HAVING RECOGNIZED that it might be useful and expedient, should there be any differences of opinion relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention which cannot be resolved by other means, to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to approach the International Court of Justice directly rather than wait until a Contracting State takes the initiative of submitting the matter to it in application of the relevant article of the Convention.

EXPRESSES THE HOPE that the General Assembly of the United Nations will authorize the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in accordance with article 96 of the Charter of the United Nations, to request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question arising within the scope of his activities.