18 President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Alejandro Montiel-Argüello Alirio Abreu-Burelli Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary Read at a public session at the seat of the Court in San José, Costa Rica, on September 20, 1996. So ordered, Héctor Fix-Zamudio President Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary