evidence: Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain Order [p.50] The President of the International Court of Justice, Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court, and to Articles 44 and 48 of the Rules of Court, Having regard to the Application of the State of Qatar filed in the Registry of the Court on 8 July 1991, instituting proceedings against the State of Bahrain in respect of certain disputes between the two States relating to sovereignty over the Hawar islands, sovereign rights over the shoals of Dibal and Qit'at Jaradah, and the delimitation of the maritime areas of the two States; Whereas in that Application Qatar founds the jurisdiction of the Court upon certain agreements between the Parties stated to have been concluded in December 1987 and December 1990, the subject and scope of the commitment to jurisdiction being determined, according to Qatar, by a formula proposed by Bahrain to Qatar on 26 October 1988 and accepted by Qatar in December 1990; Whereas by letters addressed to the Registrar of the Court on 14 July 1991 and 18 August 1991 Bahrain contested the basis of jurisdiction invoked by Qatar; Whereas at a meeting between the President of the Court and the representatives of the