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.