FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hawaiian Kingdom Government
Public Affairs Office
Honolulu

September 28, 2000

2025 hrs. (HPST)

Re: LANCE PAUL LARSEN v. THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM GOVERNMENT

World Court; Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Netherlands

The parties involved in the dispute at the PCA, have received transmitted orders from the Deputy Secretary General of the PCA (Phyllis Hamilton), notifying the parties of the first round of Oral Hearings.

The President of the Tribunal, Professor James Crawford (of Australia), has ordered December 7, 8, 11 & 12, 2000 as the days set to hear oral arguments.

The Tribunal has ordered this initial round of Oral Hearings, to discuss the issue of jurisdiction, as it regards the "prolonged/illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands."

Aribitrational Tribunal

President of the Tribunal: Professor James Crawford, Queen's Counsel (Australia), and member of the United Nations International Law Commission

Associate Arbitrator: Professor Chistopher Greenwood, Queen's Counsel (U.K.)

Associate Arbitrator: Mr. Gavan Griffith, Queen's Counsel (Australia)

Contact:

Umi Sai, PCM
(808) 239-5347
foreignhk@hawaii.rr.com

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