To the
President and the members of the 52nd United Nations
General Assembly,
To the members of the United
Nations Security Council,
To the Secretary General of the
United Nations,
We, the
undersigned Citizens of the world,
Considering
the urgent necessity of ending the state of formal
and substantial impunity for those responsible for
the genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes
that have marked this century;
Emphasizing
the unquestionable need for the international
community to adopt a secure deterrent against future
wars, massacres, and acts of aggression, as well as
to deliver those who are responsible for these crimes
to the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and
Rwanda;
Considering
that the time has arrived for creating the first
effective section of international law for all of the
nations of the world under the aegis of the UN. and
the concrete possibility of closing this millennium
with the banner of impartial and effective
international justice;
Emphasizing
the significant progress that has been achieved in
recent years by the work of the UN. Preparatory
Committee as the predisposition for the project for
the Statute of the International Criminal Court;
Considering
the Italian Government's offer to organize and host
the Diplomatic Plenipotentiary Conference for the
establishment of the International Criminal Court
scheduled for June 1998;
Solemnly
request that the 52nd UN General Assembly and the UN
Security Council
- make the
proper and formal recommendations of the Preparatory
Committee, which asks for the convocation of a
Diplomatic Conference for the establishment of the
International Criminal Court in Rome in 1998 a
reality, and assure that its adequate budget will be
included within the ordinary budget of the United
Nations;
