ICC - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court reports to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Darfur
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The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court reports to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Darfur
ICC-OTP-0629-105
Situation: Darfur
On Wednesday 29 June 2005 the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo addressed the United Nations Security Council on his actions pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005).
The Security Council in Resolution 1593, adopted on 31 March 2005, decided to refer the situation in Darfur since 1 July to the Prosecutor of the ICC and invited him to address the Council within three months. After a careful preliminary analysis the Prosecutor decided on 1 June 2005 to open an investigation into the situation in Darfur.
In his statement to the Council, the Prosecutor called for the cooperation of the government of Sudan and all other parties to the conflict. The Prosecutor said that it was a priority for his Office to work with the African Union, states and civil society in the region:
“The referral of the situation in Darfur to the ICC has brought an international, independent and impartial justice component to the collective international and regional efforts to end the violence in Darfur,”
- Report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, to the Security Council pursuant to UNSR 1593 (2005)
- Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mr. Luis Moreno Ccampo to the Security Council on 29 june 2005 pursuant to unscr 1593 (2005)
- http://www.un.org/webcast/sc.html
For further information, please contact the Spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor, Yves Sorokobi on Tel. +31 (0)70 515 8560
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