President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Rosalyn Higgins of Britain (C) speaks during a court hearing concerning a pulp mill on the river Uruguay at the ICJ in The Hague, the Netherlands December 18, 2006. The ICJ on Monday held the hearing for Uruguay and Argentina to state its position in the case of the disputed pulp mill on the border of Argentina, shared by Uruguay. Argentina fears the mill, which is due to begin operations in the third quarter of 2007, will damage the environment and hurt tourism and fishing. On the contrary, Uruguay claims that the roadblocks against the project have cost it millions of dollars. From left are Judge Shi Jiuyong of China, Vice-President of the ICJ Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh of Jordan, Higgins, and Judge Raymond Ranjeva of Madagascar.
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