Legal

14 July 1998

Press Release
L/2885

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE URGES ALL-OUT EFFORT TO ACHIEVE CONSENSUS ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TREATY

19980714 Extended Afternoon Meeting Hears 79 Speakers On Variety of Issues Where Divergence of Views Still Prevail

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

18 June 1998

Press Release
L/2882

USE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN CRIMINAL COURT'S DEFINITION OF WAR CRIMES, SAY SEVERAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

19980618 (Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

18 June 1998

Press Release
L/2883

UN CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDES FOUR DAYS OF GENERAL STATEMENTS

19980618 Secretary-General's Representative Observes 'Clear Message of Commitment' towards Fulfilling Mandate of Session

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

17 June 1998

Press Release
L/2881

RECALLING 'SUFFERING ALMOST UNKNOWN IN HUMAN HISTORY', RWANDA URGES CREATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO ERADICATE GENOCIDE

19980617 Israel Recalls Role of Nazi War Crimes In Current Deliberations, Libya Says Work of Court Should Not Be Held Hostage to Super-Power Whims

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

17 June 1998

Press Release
L/2879

UNITED STATES DECLARES AT CONFERENCE THAT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

19980617 Chief Prosecutor of Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda Tribunals States His Preference to Have No Court At All Than One under Political Control

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

17 June 1998

Press Release
L/2879/

UNITED STATES DECLARES AT CONFERENCE THAT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CORRECTION

19980617

ROME, 17 June -- On page 10, paragraph 5, of Press Release L/2879 issued earlier today, the number of members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission should read 50.

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16 June 1998

Press Release
L/2875

DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE BEGINS FOUR DAYS OF GENERAL STATEMENTS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

19980616 Speakers Include Representatives Of 13 Governments, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

16 June 1998

Press Release
L/2876

FORMER NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR DECLARES THAT AGGRESSIVE WAR IS NOT A NATIONAL RIGHT BUT AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME

19980616 Governments, Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental Organizations Address Conference on International Criminal Court

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

16 June 1998

Press Release
L/2877

ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED THIS AFTERNOON AT UN CONFERENCE

19980616 Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees Says Jurisdiction Should Include Armed Attacks against Civilians in UN 'Safe Areas'

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

15 June 1998

Press Release
L/2870

UN DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT BEGINS FIVE-WEEK SESSION IN ROME

19980615 President of Italy, UN Secretary-General Urge Action To Defend Victims; Giovanni Conso (Italy) Elected Conference President

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)