8 19. By a Note Verbale dated 27 July 2011 and received at the Registry of the Court on the same date, the Respondent communicated the names and addresses of its representatives. 20. By a Note Verbale dated 23 August 2011 and received at the Registry of the Court on 24 August 2011, the Respondent filed its Response to the 2nd Application. 21. By a Note Verbale dated 25 August 2011, the Registrar acknowledged receipt of the Respondent’s Response to the 2nd Application. 22. By a letter dated 25 August 2011, the Registrar served the 2nd Applicant’s Counsel with the Respondent’s Response to the 2nd Application and informed Counsel that he if he wished to file a Reply to the Respondent’s Response he was to do so within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Respondent’s Response. 23. At its 22nd Ordinary Session held from 12 to 23 September 2011, and by an Order dated 22 September 2011, the Court decided that the proceedings in the two cases be consolidated. 24. On 3 October 2011, the Registrar received the 2nd Applicant’s Reply to the Respondent’s Response to Application 011/2011; the Reply was dated 30 September 2011.