Trust Territories — Trusteeship Agreement — Termination of — By resolution of General Assembly — Subsequent reference to International Court of Justice of alleged breaches of Trusteeship Agreement during trusteeship period — Relevance of cesser of competence of General Assembly and Trusteeship Council after termination of Trusteeship Agreement.

International organization — The United Nations — General Assembly — Resolutions of — Legal effect — Resolution endorsing results of plebiscite in Trust Territory — Effect on subsequent plea before International Court of Justice by State which requested General Assembly to declare plebiscite null and void.

International Court of Justice — Contentious jurisdiction — Procedure — Compliance with Rules of Court — Contents of Application — Subject of dispute to be indicated — Nature and grounds for claimto be stated — Court to consider proprio motu whether formal requirements satisfied.

Disputes — Miscellaneous — Dispute capable of settlement by negotiation “or other means” — Whether “other means” may include resolution of General Assembly in respect of subject — matter of dispute — Concept of settlement by General Assembly — Whether affecting legal aspects of dispute.

International Court of Justice — Contentious jurisdiction — Competence — Preliminary question — Requirement of “a dispute” — Meaning of “dispute” — Nature of Court's jurisdiction — Inherent limitation on exercise of judicial function — Act of seising Court — Nature of — Consequences of seising — Whether Court compelled to exercise jurisdiction — Competence of Court to render declaratory judgment — Situation where no continuing wrong — Whether judgment should be capable of effective application — Requirement that judgment be able to affect legal rights or obligations of parties — Relevance of absence of claim for damages.

Trust Territories — Sovereignty Over — Status of — Whether “Foreign Country” in Relation to Administering Authority — Admission of Inhabitants of Trust Territory into Territory of United States — The Law of the United States of America.

Trust Territories — Rights and Duties of Administering Authority — Powers of Administrator — Power to Regulate Judicial System of Trust Territory — Whether Legal System of Trust Territory Foreign in relation to That of Administering Authority — Somaliland.

Trust Territories — Obligations of Administering Authority — Duty to Recognize Customary Religious Laws in Respect of Marriage — Former Mandated Territory — The Law of Tanganyika.