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GA/L/3215
15/10/2002
Press Release
GA/L/3215


Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

15th Meeting (AM)


LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD PERMANENT CRIMINAL COURT WILL AVOID AMBIGUITIES


IN WORK OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA


Delegate Speaks of Ongoing Debate about “Selective Justice”; Broad

Support Expressed for New Body, with Inaugural Session Set for March 2003

GA/L/3214
14/10/02
Press Release
GA/L/3214


Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13th & 14th Meetings (AM & PM)


INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS SAFEGUARDS AGAINST MISUSE, LEGAL


COMMITTEE IS TOLD; CONCERNS OF DOUBTERS CAN BE ADDRESSED


Most Delegates Express Support; United States, Dissenting, Cites

Problems of Jurisdiction, Due Process, Lack of Security Council Oversight

SG/SM/8434
14/10/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8434


SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘HORRIFIED’ BY SATURDAY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BALI

The following statement was issued yesterday, 13 October, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General was shocked and horrified to hear of last night’s car bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, which killed at least 180 people and wounded scores of others.