Top UN court reject Nicaraguan request to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel
THE top United Nations court today rejected a Nicaraguan request for it to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel and renew funding of the UN aid agency in Gaza.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said that legal conditions for making such an order had not been met and ruled against the request in a 15 to one vote.
“Based on the factual information and legal arguments presented by the parties, the court concludes that, at present, the circumstances are not such as to require the exercise of its power to indicate provisional measures,” said court president Nawaf Salam.
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