The ICC Prosecutor’s press conference on Kenya will be held on 15 December at 12:00

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On Wednesday, 15 December 2010, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo will hold a press conference at 12:00 (The Hague local time, 14:00 Nairobi local time) and not at 15:00 as previously scheduled. The press conference, during which the Prosecutor will make an important announcement concerning the investigation in the Kenya situation, will be held in the Press Briefing room of the ICC in The Hague.

The press conference will be broadcast through Eurovision, free of rights and free of charge in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa (through AFNEX). Information on frequencies, contacts and updates can be found here.

Web streaming of the press conference will be available at the following links:

• English: http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc5.asx
• French: http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc6.asx

Audiovisual summary and broadcast quality files (audio and video) containing highlights of the press conference will be available following the event.

Attending the Press Conference

Journalists attending the press conference are kindly asked to:

• confirm their attendance by sending an email to PublicAffairs.Unit@icc-cpi.int;
• arrive no later than 11:30;
• use the public entrance located at Regulusweg; and
• present a valid press identification card.

Media Centre

The Court’s Media Centre will open at 10:30 and will close 90 minutes after the press conference has finished.

The area can seat up to 64 people and includes plasma TV screens; a Wi-Fi Internet service; cards (plug + play) for those without Wi-Fi capability in their PC or laptop; 6 computers with Internet access; and 7 telephones that may be used free of charge for internal calls. For external calls, journalists are advised to use their mobiles or purchase 0800 pre-paid phone cards beforehand. Such cards are available at newsagents and train stations.

Please note that phone cards cannot be obtained in the vicinity of, or at, the ICC.

Recording facilities

The Court will provide feed from the Press Briefing room to the hot-desk area of the Media Centre. The tables in the Media Centre contain plugs for the video and audio feed from the press briefing room (4:3, PAL): BNC video output and XLR audio output. You can record from three possible audio channels: 1 - floor, 2 - French and 3 - English. Each table contains an audio plug. If you need to record on two channels, please use another plug at another table for the second channel.

Please note that, in the Press Briefing room, audio breakout boxes will be available for the language being used (“Floor”), as well as English and French. XLR connections are used for the audio, and the distance from the breakout box to the camera location is approximately 15 meters. The ICC does not have spare cables available for the crews.

Feed for the SNG trucks

SNG trucks can record the signal from Courtroom I from the distribution box placed in the media parking facilities (see below). Please note that there is no power supply available at the car park and that it is therefore necessary to have a generator.

Parking facilities

Media representatives can use the parking facilities located at the intersection of Regulusweg and Wegastraat.

For information related to audio-visual matters, please contact Violeta Willemsen-Curcic, Producer, at + 31 70 515 8422 or at violeta.willemsencurcic@icc-cpi.int

For further information, please contact OTPNewsDesk@icc-cpi.int

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Source: Office of the Prosecutor