Compromis: Financial Obligations of Members of the United Nations (Belgium, United Arab Republic, United States – Request for an Advisory Opinion)
Topics: Treaty Interpretation, Powers of the General Assembly, Classification of United Nations Expenses, State Obligations to the United Nations
Location: Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Jessup World Cup Champion: No Champion Declared
Competing Teams
Columbia University (USA)
Team Members: Frederich Freilicher, Don Gellers, Manuel Medina Ortega, Stanley Pardo, Robert Stein, David Suratgar
Duke University (USA)
Team Members: Stephen Doyle, William A. Keiler
Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada)
Team Members: David Greenspan, James Rendall
Final Round Judges
Hon. Green H. Hackworth – ret. International Court of Justice
John G. Laylin, Esq. – District of Columbia Bar
Professor Maxwell Cohen – McGill University
Problem Author: The 1962 Jessup Problem was not authored. Teams were required to argue the Certain Expenses of the United Nations case which was then pending before the ICJ.
Best Response to Bench Questions: Duke University
Best Oral Statement: Osgoode Hall Law School
Best Written Statement: Columbia University
Number of Teams Worldwide: 6
Number of Teams at the International Rounds: 3
Number of Countries: 2
Number of Countries at the International Rounds: 2
