1. In accordance with the agreement between the parties dated 20th February 1998,*1 Article 61(1) of the Rules of the Tribunal and the Order of the International Tribunal dated 6th October 1998, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has the honour to submit the following Reply to the Counter-Memorial of the Republic of Guinea dated 16th October 1998.

2. For ease of cross-reference, these submissions address the various issues raised in this case in the same order as they were addressed in the Memorial of St. Vincent and the Grenadines dated 19th June 1998.

3. By her Counter-Memorial2 the Republic of Guinea contests only certain particulars in the account of the facts [. . .] given by St. Vincent and the  Grenadines.3 It is therefore convenient to set out at this stage the issues of fact upon which the parties now appear to be agreed and those upon which they appear divided.

4. Save where the converse is indicated, the facts set out in the following subparagraphs are expressly asserted or accepted by the Republic of Guinea in her Counter-Memorial; or are advanced in the Memorial of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and not challenged in the Guinean Counter-Memorial.4