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  1. “That should not, of course, be at the expense of fair trials, and we will remain interested in hearing the Tribunal's assessment, in conjunction with that of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, of national proceedings. We note that, so far, six individuals have been transferred to the jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United Kingdom remains supportive of the Bosnia War Crimes Chamber within the context of judicial sector reform in Bosnia. We have, to date, formally committed £2.6 million to the project, as well as providing additional ad hoc assistance. We would join in Judge Pocar's appeal this morning to other donors to make similar commitments.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  2. “Milosevic with no final outcome was, of course, regrettable, and we welcome Judge Parker's report into the death and President Pocar's statement this morning that he has set up a working group to implement the various reports' recommendations and to improve trial management. Mr. Milosevic's death should not present an obstacle to the necessity of cooperation by all States with the ICTY and has underlined the importance for the ICTY to apply the lessons learned to the successful prosecution of remaining indictees, including Karadzic and Mladic. Finally, on the question of transfers to the region, the transfer of lower-level and intermediate cases to the national jurisdictions is, of course, key to the ICTY's completion strategy.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  3. “Turning to the question of Dragan Zelenovic, we were grateful to the Russian Ambassador this morning for his explanation of the current position, and we hope that the Russian authorities will continue to make every effort to resolve the difficulties so that Zelenovic can quickly be transferred to The Hague. We also heard this morning also that the ICTY Prosecutor believes that Vlastimir Djordjevic may also be in Russia, and we look forward to the Russian authorities' continuing to do all they can to trace his whereabouts and, if he is located, to arrange for his immediate transfer to The Hague. The early end to the trial of Mr.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  4. “Close cooperation between those countries remains crucial to achieving that result, and we would appeal in particular to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro not to squander its European future for the sake of a lack of cooperation over those two indictees. As to the question of Montenegro's independence, the European Union has noted Montenegro's 3 June declaration of independence and will address that matter further at its ministerial meeting on 12 June. This is an important moment in the history of Montenegro, and it is vital that the authorities in Podgorica ensure full cooperation with the ICTY. Our firm expectation is that this will be a non-negotiable requirement for progress towards the European Union and NATO.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  5. “We call on the States concerned to comply with their responsibilities to the international community under resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004), which others have mentioned. Full cooperation is a fundamental requirement if the countries of the region are to make progress towards the European Union and NATO. It is imperative that impunity be brought to an end and that those who bear the greatest responsibility for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity be transferred to the Tribunal. We call in particular on the authorities of Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina - in particular the Republika Srpska - to commit themselves wholeheartedly and unambiguously to the swift arrest and transfer to The Hague of all outstanding fugitive indictees, notably Mladic and Karadzic.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  6. “Those most responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity must be brought to justice. We share the concerns of others regarding the risks of slippage in the timetable to 2009, including the financial implications. The Tribunal must maintain maximum effort to rationalize its working methods and increase its efficiency. We recognize the efforts of all of the Tribunal's organs to do just that, as illustrated in the reports, and we look forward to seeing the benefits of those improvements. I would just mention that we support the various rule changes that the Tribunal adopted, I think, just last week. Turning to the matter of indictees at large and cooperation, let me observe that full cooperation remains an ongoing obligation of all States, including those in the region.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  7. “We emphasize the need to bring to justice those indictees who remain at large, including Felicien Kabuga, and we call on all States to fulfil their obligation to arrest and transfer indictees and emphasize that that obligation is, of course, established by the Security Council in its resolutions. The United Kingdom supports extending the terms of judges until 2008. Continuity of the judges is clearly central to keeping the completion strategy on target. We stress, however, that this does not set a precedent, and that any future requests of this kind by either Tribunal would need to be considered on their own merits. Turning to the ICTY, we welcome the reported progress on the ICTY caseload since the last report, in December 2005. The United Kingdom, of course, is a strong supporter of the ICTY.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source

  8. “We thank the Presidents of the two Tribunals - Judge Pocar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Judge Mose of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) - and the two Prosecutors - Carla Del Ponte of the ICTY and Hassan Bubacar Jallow of the ICTR - for their presentations this morning. Let me begin with the ICTR. The United Kingdom strongly supports the ongoing work of the ICTR. We welcome the specific measures taken by the various organs of the ICTR to ensure that the work of the Tribunal proceeds in a timely fashion. We encourage the Tribunal to keep up that momentum in accordance with its completion strategy.”

    2006-06-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5453 (2006) · source