Dear colleagues,

As you may know, members of the CICC Steering Committee, in particular the

Women's Caucus, took the initiative to draft a joint statement on issues to

be addressed at the Fifth Preparatory Commmission, currently taking place

at UN headquarters (June 12-30). This is not a Coalition Secretariat

document, but is a "sign-on" document produced by members of the Coalition.

This was faxed to every foreign ministry in advance of the Prepcom and is

being made available at the Prepcom.

If your organization is interested in supporting the statement

please indicate this in an e-mail to the World Federalist Movement at wfm2@igc.org

On the CICC website (www.iccnow.org), you will also find a number of new

documents related to the Prepcom and in particular, the US proposal. The

text on the rule to Article 98 (the second half of the proposal circulated

informally at the March session) was introduced to the Prepcom yesterday in

a paper from the U.S. It has been modified slightly and now reads:

"The Court shall proceed with a request for surrender or an acceptance of a

person into the custody of the Court only in a manner consistent with

international agreements applicable to the surrender of the person."

Please feel to call if you would like to discuss this or other developments

at the Prepcom.

All the best,

Jayne

Jayne Stoyles

Program Director

NGO Coalition for an International Criminal Court

777 U.N. Plaza 12th Floor

New York, NY 10017

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Phone 212 687 2176 Fax 212 599 1332

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