The Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court this morning began its fourth session of negotiations on the elaboration of the rules and guidelines necessary to the eventual functioning of the Court.
The Preparatory Commission of the International Criminal Court is going to hold its fourth session from 13 to 31 March at United Nations Headquarters in New York to continue elaborating the rules and guidelines necessary for the functioning of the Court.
THE HAGUE, 24 February (ICJ) -- Public hearings in the case concerning the aerial incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) will open on Monday, 3 April 2000, at 10 a.m. before the International Court of Justice.
CORRECTION
In Press Release L/2942 issued 15 February, the two statements of the representative of Lebanon on page 4 should read as follows:
The General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism this afternoon began considering the draft report on its fourth session, which is scheduled to end later today.
The General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, which is elaborating a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international terrorism, concluded its fourth session this afternoon with the adoption of its report.
At a brief meeting this morning, the General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism heard a progress report on consultations carried out by its Coordinator on the draft convention on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism.
The representative of Sierra Leone this morning called for international action to stop the sale of precious metals, such as diamonds, by terrorists, as the Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism continued its general debate on the convening of an international conference to combat terrorism.
The United States was skeptical about the practical benefits and the likelihood of concrete results from the envisaged international conference on terrorism, its representative told the General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism this morning.
The General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism began its fourth session this morning, with an appeal by its new Chairman urging cooperation from delegations to enable the Committee complete its tasks.
