Statement of the President and statement of the Prosecutor at the Second Session of the Assembly of States Parties

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 Statement of the President:

"Mr. President,

It is my pleasure to address the Assembly of States Parties today as you begin your second session. I thank you, on behalf of the Court, for your support and commitment to the establishment of the ICC.

Today I will inform you about the work we, the officials and staff of the ICC, have done so far in building this new institution. I would also like to draw your attention to document ICC-ASP/2/5, which contains the first annual Report of the ICC to the Assembly of States Parties. We submit this report because we thought it would be useful to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the major developments at the Court so far, over the Court’s first year of existence. We will continue to do so on a regular basis." 

Statement of the Prosecutor:

"I thank you for the opportunity to report to the Assembly of States Parties on the work of the Office of the Prosecutor. It is my duty to report to the Assembly. But I also want to use of this opportunity to encourage States gathered here to take ownership of the Court. I want to explain to you our main concerns and the tasks we need to perform, for which I need your active support.

I can be brief with regard to the tasks performed so far by my Office, taking into account that the President of the Court has submitted a written report of the activities of
its three organs.

I have been working to establish the policy, structure and Regulations of the Office. We envisage adopting the final structure and Regulations during the first half of 2004. Taking into account comments received, the Office has prepared a revised policy paper that is now posted on the website of the Court. I hope we will be able to discuss
some aspects of it in the meetings that I will hold with governments and nongovernmental organisations on Thursday and Friday this week."