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The thirty-seventh year of the World Court—the thirteenth year of the International Court of Justice—has been partially devoid of exciting news. Aside from the meeting for swearing the new members of the Court, and for the election of officers of the Court, there was no meeting of the Court until September 25, 1958.

The thirty-sixth year of the World Court—the twelfth year of the International Court of Justice—has been marked by an apparent tendency to increase the use of the Court. This is a good augury for the Court.

No international institution of general scope can continue its normal functioning in a period of a great world upheaval, and any international institution for the preservation of law and order must find its activities circumscribed at such a time. The Permanent Court of International Justice was no exception to the rule.

During the year 1956, the International Court of Justice gave two Advisory Opinions to assist in the work of the United Nations. On June 1, 1956, it met a request from the General Assembly for an opinion on the Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa. On October 23, 1956, it responded to a request from the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization of the United Nations by giving an opinion on the Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation upon Complaints Made Against the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It also gave a series of orders, some of which denied the jurisdiction of the Court.