paragraph 413 in volume 3, chapter 30, Advisory Proceedings
In advisory proceedings, the Secretary-General has come to occupy a special amicus curiae role, one that may in due course come to have a deeper significance for the future development of international judicial techniques.1 This development may be traced partly to the manner in which the Secretary-General has exercised the responsibility for the files of documents transmitted to the Court with the request. However, the Secretary-General has not always been cont…