Hello everyone,

As you know, it is likely that the U.S. delegation to the Prepcom will

introduce language for the draft relationship agreement at the Nov/Dec

session which would provide an exemption for non-state parties from the

jurisdiction of the Court (probably at the stage of surrender). Next week,

the Coalition Secretariat will be sending a memo with a proposed strategy

for anticipating and responding to the actions of the U.S. leading up and

during the November Prepcom. The US government has already begun worldwide

demarches to obtain support for (or neutralize opposition to) exemption

language.

In the meantime, we urgently need your assistance with the following:

a. obtaining the names of the policy advisors to the ministers of foreign

affairs and their contact information (particularly those which may attend

the Millennium Summit or GA general debate with their ministers). The

Coalition Secretariat and members who will be in New York during these

sessions would like to contact these advisors to request meetings.

b. finding out where and when US officials will be meeting with officials

of other governments. When we are aware of these meetings, we send a

letter urging that the government make clear their position that an

exemption for any country will not be acceptable. In some cases we will

also inform some of the like-minded countries of these meetings so that

they can choose to make such a contact as well.

c. finding out what happened at these meetings. We will working to obtain

media coverage if appropriate, for example, if a country is being bullied

in some way by the US government.

Thanks for all your assistance! More information and requests for

assistance to follow next week...

Regards,

Jayne