2 matter: Oliver H. Jackman, Member; Edith Márquez- Rodríguez, Executive Secretary; and David J. Padilla, Assistant Executive Secretary. 3. On September 17, 1990, the Secretariat of the Court transmitted the application and its attachments to the Government. 4. By fax of November 6, 1990, the Government of Suriname appointed Lic. Carlos Vargas-Pizarro, of San Jose, Costa Rica, as its Agent. 5. By Order of November 12, 1990, the President of the Court, in agreement with the Agent of Suriname and the Delegates of the Commission and in consultation with the Permanent Commission of the Court, set March 29, 1991, as the deadline for the Commission’s submission of the memorial provided for in Article 29 of the Rules and June 28, 1991, as the deadline for submission by the Government of the counter-memorial provided for in that same article. 6. By note of November 12, 1990, the President asked the Government to appoint an ad hoc Judge for this case. In a communication dated December 13, 1990, the Agent informed the Court that the Government had named Professor Antônio A. Cançado Trindade of Brasilia, Brazil, to that position. 7. By note of February 7, 1991, the Commission appointed Professor Claudio Grossman to serve as its legal adviser in this case. 8. In a communication dated June 28, 1991, the Agent filed preliminary objections pursuant to Article 27 of the Rules. The President of the Court set July 31, 1991, as the deadline for the Commission’s submission of a written statement on the preliminary objections. 9. By Order of August 3, 1991, the President directed that a public hearing be convened on December 2, 1991, at 15:00 hours, at the seat of the Court, for the presentation of oral arguments on the preliminary objections. At the request of the Government, the order also subpoenaed the following witnesses to testify on the preliminary objections: Ramón de Freitas, Military Auditor of the Government of Suriname, and Dr. A. Vrede, pathologist of the Anatomical Laboratory of the Paramaribo Hospital. The Government subsequently waived the right to have these persons appear as witnesses. In a communication dated November 28, 1991, the Agent informed the Court that Messrs. Ramón de Freitas, Albert Vrede and Fred M. Reid would appear “as members of the delegation of Suriname” and identified them as Attorney General of the Republic of Suriname, pathologist and expert, and Third (Embassy) Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname, respectively. 10. The public hearing was held at the seat of the Court on December 2, 1991. There appeared before the Court for the Government of Suriname: Carlos Vargas Pizarro, Agent Ramón de Freitas Albert Vrede