French and English, languages of Int'l Court of Justice

+Fr+ vs -Sp-   Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:20 pm GMT
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 judgment shall be delivered in French. If the parties agree that the case shall be conducted in English, the judgment 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.

http://www.icj-cij.org/documents/index.php?p1=4&p2=2&p3=0
Aritmetik   Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:26 pm GMT
French wins while Spanish loses again.

Spanish is in total knockout again.

This proves that Spanish is UNANO and GOLIATH at the same time. It's like it has no BRAINS but BRAWNS only.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Sorry, hyper hispanics but here's one big reason for you to learn French.
Visitor   Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:32 pm GMT
UN working languages: English and French
International Court of Justice working languages: English and French

I'm so sure that the Hyper Hispanics will search the entire web just to prove that Spanish is one of the ICJ's working languages but to no avail.