Sir Percy Claude Spender, who lived from October 5, 1897, to May 3, 1985, was an Australian politician, diplomat and judge born in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. He represented the seat of Warringah in the Australian Parliament from 1937 to 1951, holding cabinet positions including Treasurer and Minister for External Affairs during the Second World War and the postwar period. He became the first Australian appointed to the International Court of Justice, serving as a judge from February 6, 1958, to February 5, 1967, and as the court's president for the final three years of his term, from 1964 to 1967.
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What was Percy Spender's part in creating the ANZUS treaty and the Colombo Plan?
He negotiated the ANZUS treaty terms with John Foster Dulles and helped start the Colombo Plan while minister for external affairs.
While minister for external affairs and minister for external territories in the Menzies government formed in 1949, Percy Spender helped start the Colombo Plan, which was first called the Spender Plan, and negotiated the terms of the Australia, New Zealand and United States treaty with the American envoy John Foster Dulles. He represented Australia at the signing ceremony in San Francisco in September 1951. In 1969 he published Exercises in Diplomacy, an account of his involvement in the formation of ANZUS and the Colombo Plan.
What was Percy Spender's deciding vote at the International Court of Justice in 1966?
He cast the deciding vote that the court lacked jurisdiction in the South-West Africa case.
In 1966 Percy Spender, then president of the International Court of Justice, cast the deciding vote in a well-publicised case brought by Ethiopia and Liberia against South Africa's refusal to report to the General Assembly on its mandate over South-West Africa, now Namibia. The judgment favoured South Africa by establishing that the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case, at a time when world opinion was turning sharply against apartheid. His judgments generally reflected a conservative approach to international law and a commitment to the sanctity of treaties.
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He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, including as a cabinet minister under Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden.
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Sir Percy Claude Spender (5 October 1897 - 3 May 1985) was an Australian politician, diplomat, and judge.
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He was later Ambassador to the United States (1951-1958) and a member of the International Court of Justice (1958-1967), including as president of the court from 1964 to 1967.
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Wikidata Q2070305, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1897
Wikidata Q2070305, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1897-10-05
Wikidata Q2070305, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1985
Wikidata Q2070305, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1985-05-03
Wikidata Q2070305, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Sydney
Wikidata Q2070305, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Sydney
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