PROTEST U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD BOSNIAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION
Ivo Skoric
ivo at reporters.net
Sat Jun 29 05:44:31 CEST 2002
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Subject: PROTEST U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD BOSNIAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION HOSTAGE
PROTEST U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD BOSNIAN PEACEKEEPING
MISSION HOSTAGE TO GET EXEMPTION FROM
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
WHAT: Rally to protest the abuse of power by the US government in the
Security Council, jeopardizing peackeeping in Bosnia and sabotaging the
world's first permanent International Criminal Court.
WHEN: Sunday, June 30th, 2:30-4:30 pm, just before Security
Council convenes (at 4 pm) to discuss the renewal of the
peacekeeping operation in Bosnia.
WHERE: On the sidewalk outside the United Nations
headquarters in New York, gathering at 44th Street and 1st
Avenue.
WHY: In the past weeks, the US government has been exerting enormous
pressure on Security Council members to grant immunity to peacekeepers from
the jurisdiction of the new International Criminal Court, which will come
into existence on July 1st. The Court will be able to hold individuals
accountable for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The
international community agreed when the treaty was drafted not to allow such
immunities.
The US effort is against international law and threatens the independence and
fairness of a Court designed to address the kind of atrocities committed
throughout the last century by the likes of Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein,
Idi Amin, Pinochet, Milosevic, the list goes on.
The US may get its way by threatening to use its veto, if this immunity
language is not included, to terminate the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia
that will expire by midnight on Sunday
We need your support on Sunday to give Security Council members going into
the meeting a clear message that they cannot cave into this kind of blackmail.
PLEASE JOIN US! Please also forward this to any networks in New York that
might be interested. We have little time to organize and make our voices
heard.
For more information please call Jayne at 917-579-4398.
PLEASE ALSO MAKE A CALL TO JEREMY GREENSTOCK, UK
AMBASSADOR TO THE UN AS THE UK IS THE MAIN PLAYER
IN THIS. Please call +1 (212) 745-9334 for the Ambassador's office
or +1 (212) 745-9200 if this mailbox is full.
For more information contact:
Jayne Stoyles
Coalition for the International Criminal Court
mobile: (917) 579-4398
New York, NY
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Ivo Skoric
19 Baxter Street
Rutland VT 05701
802.775.7257
ivo at balkansnet.org
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