PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 419
21 December 1974
NUCLEAR TESTS CASE
The Prime Minister said that he understood that the
effect of the majority decision of the Court was that the
objective of Australia had been accomplished in as much as
the Court found that by its public statements France had
undertaken the obligation to hold no further nuclear tests
in the atmosphere in the South Pacific. The Court was not
therefore called upon to give a decision.
The Court had also indicated that if the basis of
this judgment were to be affected in the future Australia
could request an examination by the Court of the situation
in accordance with the provisions of the statute of the
Court. The Prime Minister added that his advisers would
be studying the judgment of the Court and the separate
opinions given by the individual judges.
Canberra A. C. T.
Whitlam, Gough
Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
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