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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS DPI WEBSITE FOR DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL

22 May 1998


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS DPI WEBSITE FOR DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL

19980522 CRIMINAL COURT TO BE LAUNCHED TODAY, 22 MAY

The Department of Public Information (DPI) is launching at 1 p.m. today, 22 May, the United Nations website for the Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, which will be held in Rome from 15 June to 17 July.

The website will be updated daily throughout the Conference to enable anyone interested to follow the deliberations. It will also include the daily programme of the Conference, statements, press releases, documents, photographs and audio news. Background information on the draft statute of the court as well as on key issues to be discussed at Rome are already available on the site.

The website can be located at: http://www.un.org/icc

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