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—–Original Message—–
From: Coalition for the International Criminal Court
[mailto:cicc@iccnow.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:32 AM
To: cicc@iccnow.org
Subject: Open Letter from the CICC


Open Letter from the Coalition for the International Criminal Court
on the Occasion of the Public Meeting of the Security Council
12 June 2003
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (Coalition), a network of
more than 2,000 non-governmental organizations worldwide, welcomes the
public meeting of the Security Council and the opportunity for countries to
express their principled objections to the renewal of Resolution 1422. The
Coalition opposes renewal of the resolution, and believes that it is a
significant achievement that supporters of the International Criminal Court
(ICC) have successfully resisted intense pressure for a quiet, automatic
renewal by securing this open debate.

The Coalition believes that Resolution 1422 contravenes not only the Rome
Statute, but also the United Nations Charter and other international law.
The Coalition objects to the renewal of Resolution 1422 on several grounds: