(c) Countermeasures must not interfere with any dispute settlement procedures or interrupt any diplomatic channels

Dispute settlement

4. Paragraph 3 does not apply if the responsible State fails to implement the dispute settlement procedures in good faith.

Dispute resolution procedures

Dispute settlement cases relating to services

The draft articles contained no dispute settlement provisions.

Noting that remedies through the courts tended to be expensive, he asked whether a legal aid system existed and whether out of court dispute settlement procedures existed and were used.

In India's view, any recourse to dispute settlement mechanisms required prior consent of the parties to the dispute.

Their scope must be limited and clearly defined, they must not give rise to abuses at the expense of weaker States, and they must be subject to binding dispute settlement procedures.

It was looking forward to working with the OECD on dispute settlement.

(a) Under any dispute settlement procedure applicable between it and the responsible State

3. Recommends that all States give due consideration to the enactment of the Model Law, in view of the desirability of uniformity of the law of dispute settlement procedures and the specific needs of international commercial conciliation practice.

1. Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the present articles shall be settled expeditiously through peaceful means of settlement chosen by mutual agreement of the parties to the dispute, including negotiations, mediation, conciliation, arbitration or judicial settlement.

Secondly, the parties to any dispute must assume their responsibilities to settle their disputes peacefully, as required under the Charter, and make the most effective use of mechanisms, procedures and methods for pacific settlement, as described in the Charter.

Mandatory sanctions should be applied only when all peaceful means of dispute settlement had been exhausted.

Certainly, recourse to binding settlement procedures could ultimately also be made, if necessary.

3.1.13 Reservations to treaty clauses concerning dispute settlement or the monitoring of the implementation of the treaty

There are a variety of procedural problems with regard to the existing investor State dispute settlement system.

As noted above, the Fund was created with a view to facilitating a decision by parties to a dispute to seek judicial settlement of their dispute through the Court.

We see better prospects for peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

Further steps were taken towards a peaceful settlement of the Yenga border dispute between Guinea and Sierra Leone.

4. The conciliator may, at any stage of the conciliation proceedings, make proposals for a settlement of the dispute.

(b) The types of dispute settlement mechanisms available to the different categories of non staff personnel and their effectiveness

(h) Advancing negotiations under the review of the dispute settlement understanding, in accordance with paragraph 1 (f) of the decision

Sanctions were an extreme measure and should be imposed only when all peaceful means of dispute settlement had been exhausted.

(b) Views expressed or suggestions made by a party in the conciliation in respect of a possible settlement of the dispute

4. States may provide for recourse to international claims settlement procedures that are expeditious and involve minimal expenses.

There have been several WTO dispute settlement cases on services. Two cases are particularly crucial, as they relate exclusively to the GATS.

The establishment of a detailed dispute settlement regime would be meaningful only if the draft articles were embodied in an international convention.

The United Nations also continued to help Equatorial Guinea and Gabon mediate a settlement of their dispute over the island of Mbanie.

Overall, there was a need for precise and accepted rules and a spirit of cooperation to demystify the system of dispute settlement.

South Africa would adhere to the position that, for the submission of a particular dispute for settlement by the International Court, the consent of all the parties to the dispute was required in every individual case.

UNMEE is mandated to help the Security Council achieve an overall objective, namely, the peaceful settlement of the dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The two sides noted that an early settlement of the dispute was vital for promoting peace and stability in the Mano River basin.

He pointed to several procedural and substantive problems that threatened to undermine the usefulness and legitimacy of the investor State dispute settlement system.

If the parties conclude an agreement settling a dispute, that settlement agreement is binding and enforceable ... the enacting State may insert a description of the method of enforcing settlement agreements or refer to provisions governing such enforcement .

Unlike the Set and the above mentioned OECD recommendations, the Uruguay Round agreements are legally binding and are backed by strong dispute settlement mechanisms.

Ibid., citing also Lauterpach, ed., The Suez Canal Settlement A Selection of Documents (1960) Mostofi, The Suez Dispute, 10 Western Political Quarterly 23 (1957).

This could lead to the identification of best practices on the right to a remedy, including information on alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Since the main objective of the draft principles was to provide guidance for States in the settlement of disputes concerning environmental damage, some delegations considered it most appropriate to include a provision on dispute settlement in the draft principles.

With regard to peaceful settlement of disputes, his delegation welcomed the various methods and procedures for their prevention and peaceful resolution and supported the principle of free choice of means in matters of disputes settlement.

It was also considered useful to combine paragraph 2, concerning international claims settlement procedures, with draft principle 7, on specific international regimes.

As for questions relating to the form that the articles should take and to dispute settlement, his delegation noted, first, that the two issues were related.

Human Rights, Arbitral Tribunals established pursuant to multilateral agreements, the Appellate Body within the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding, as well as the International Court of Justice.

It also stressed its interest in the work on investor State dispute settlement and the activities of WAIPA and UNCTAD in the area of investment promotion.