FOLLOWS A TEXT FOR FAX TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.N. FIFTH COMMITTEE URGING SUCH ADOPTION. PLEASE SIGN IT ( AND HAVE OTHER PEOPLE SIGN IT!) AND SEND YOUR OWN FAX.

MR.M.RABAH HADID, CHAIRMAN

AND TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE

FIFTH COMMITTEE OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

NEW YORK

FAX: OO-1-212-9633050

SINCE MARCH 13 TO DATE, 324 CITIZENS FROM 18 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AMONG WHICH 20 PARLIAMENTARIANS, HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING A FAST OF DIALOGUE TO URGE THE ADOPTION BY THE 5TH COMMITTEE OF THE BUDGET OF THE AD HOC TRIBUNAL FOR CRIMES IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. THE FURTHER POSTPONING OF THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET CAN ONLY MEAN AN INADEQUATE POLITICAL WILL WHICH, DE FACTO, IS PREVENTING THE TRIBUNAL FROM EFFECTIVELY COMING INTO FORCE. IT IS VITAL, ALSO FOR THE CREDIBILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND FOR THE U.N. SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE TRIBUNAL TO OPERATE IMMEDIATELY. THE BUDGET MUST THEREFORE BE ADOPTED WITHOUT FAILURE BY THURSDAY MARCH 31.