To the attention of Hon Abdus Samad AZAD

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh

Fax: 00880-2-956 25 57

Brussels, September 30, 1999

Excellency,

I take the liberty to address You to congratulate your country for having signed the Statute of the International Criminal Court, on September 16, 1999. The existence and the effective functioning of the International Criminal Court is certainly a fundamental prerequisite for the real Rule of Law world-wide and for the future of every individual as it was demonstrated by the international events of the last months, namely the indictment of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for crimes aginst humanity and its influence in stopping the tragedy under way in Kosovo and the recent events in East Timor.

As you know, with your country, so far 86 States have signed the Statute of the International Criminal Court, and already four have ratified it: Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, San Marino and Italy.

The Transnational Radical Party and the organization No Peace Without Justice have launched a worldwide campaign in order to have before the end of the year 2000 at least 60 states that have ratified the Statute of the Court, which is the necessary condition to make possible that the new millennium begins with this first international and permanent jurisdiction.

Therefore, I would be very interested to learn whether You and Your Government have already prepared and presented to the Parliament a legislative project in this matter and which are the prospects for the conclusion of the ratification process in Your country.

Thank you very much in advance for Your kind reply.

Sincerely Yours,

Olivier Dupuis

Member of European Parliament,

Secretary General of Transnational Radical Party

Tel 0032-2-284.71.98

Fax 0032-2-284.91.98