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Subject: INTERNATIONAL COURT TO JUDGE WAR CRIMES IN THE EX-YUGOSLAVIA

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INTERNATIONAL PETITION FOR THE IMMEDIATE SETTING UP OF THE INTERNATIONAL

COURT TO JUDGE WAR CRIMES IN THE EX-YUGOSLAVIA

ABSTRACT: Appeal soliciting the highest organs of the United Nations to

achieve all conditions and necessary requirements to make the international

tribunal on the former Yugoslavia operative by December 1993.

The text of this international appeal has also been sent to the radical MPs

of the various countries, to be transformed into a resolution or other

instrument of parliamentary initiative.

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We the undersigned, parliamentarians, members of political groups, men and

women from academic, scientific, cultural and religious circles, and

citizens from all over the world:

A. Considering that the U.N. Security Council, in accordance with Clause

VII of the Charter, has decided, by passing Resolution no. 827 of 25 May

1993 and on the basis of the report prepared by the Secretary General, to

set up the International Court to judge and punish those responsible for

serious violations of International Humanitarian Law committed in the

territory of the Ex-Yugoslavia;

B. Considering that it is now necessary to respect the urgent deadline, set

by that same Security Council, for the actual constitution of the Court;

for the appointment of the Public Prosecutor and of the judges, and their

taking office in the Hague, where the Court will be set up; and for the

conducting of inquiries and investigations prior to the actual trying of

the cases;

C. Considering that the ad hoc Court's becoming operative as soon as

possible constitutes an extremely important step forward in upholding the

supremacy of human rights and of the law, and in creating international

jurisdiction with an aim to setting up a Permanent Court authorized to

judge and punish people who have committed international crimes;

Having stated this, and to achieve the following aims

WE THE UNDERSIGNED

1. Address a FORMAL APPEAL

To the Secretary General of the U.N.

To the President, and the members of the U.N. General Assembly

To the President, and the members of the U.N. Security Council

so that each may take action, within the sphere of their respective

authority and responsibilities:

a) - in order to fulfil the necessary conditions and to complete the

required technicalities for the International Court to judge war crimes in

the Ex-Yugoslavia to be set up by December 1993;

b) - in order to enable the U.N. General Assembly, during its next Session,

to come to the necessary decisions for seting in motion the required

procedures for the constitution of a Permanent International Court;

2. We engage ourselves to take the necessary steps, within our own

particular sphere, in order that our governments might take action both on

the domestic front and within the United Nations, to achieve the above

objectives.

(Note to parliamentarians and members of other political groups)

The text of this International Petition can be incorporated into a motion,

or another form of parliamentary initiative.

To this end, it is sufficient to address the two principal aims of the

petition (a) and b)) to your respective governments, in order that they

might commit themselves to achieving these objectives.

We would be grateful if you could keep us informed of any initiatives

undertaken.