1 THE PRESIDENT: I now invite Mr Hartmut von Brevern, the Agent of

 2 Guinea, to address the Tribunal.

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4 MR von BREVERN: Mr President, honourable judges, first let me express

 5 my pride at being able to appear before you and to have the chance to plead

 6 to 21 judges. This does not very often happen in the life of a lawyer but in

 7 my life it is already the second time it has happened. Hopefully, it will not

 8 be the last.

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10 I will present the submissions of the Government of Guinea. This morning

 11 we heard the submissions of St Vincent and the Grenadines. We first heard

 12 Mr Joseph, the Attorney General of St Vincent and the Grenadines. I am

 13 happy to have made his acquaintance. I am active in giving German

 14 shipowners advice and they like to flag their vessels to St Vincent and the

 15 Grenadines. I personally have never had the chance to do the exercise of

 16 flagging out to St Vincent and the Grenadines but I hope to be able in future

 17 to do this exercise. I clearly understand what Mr Joseph said about the

 18 109,000 inhabitants and the importance of the business of the flag of

 19 convenience.