Sudan: Security Council's briefings

United Nations, 6 March 2009 - The Security Council held consultations this afternoon on Sudan. The President of the Security Council and Chargé d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of Libya, Mr. Ibrahim Dabbashi, summarized the discussions that took place in the Council. The Security Council heard two briefings:
1) The first briefing was done by Mr. Ibrahim Dabbashi himself in his national capacity and also representing the African delegations in the Council on the decisions of the African Union and the League of Arab States after the decision of the International Criminal Court on Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.
2) The second briefing was done by Catherine Bragg, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Assistant Secretary-General. Mrs Bragg made a presentation on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

View the entire Stake-out of the President of the Security Council (Real Media, 12 minutes):
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/stakeout/2009/so090306pm5.rm

Rome Statute of the ICC:
http://untreaty.un.org/cod/icc/statute/romefra.htm

ICC website:
http://www2.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Home

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Rome statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC):

Article 16: Deferral of investigation or prosecution

No investigation or prosecution may be commenced or proceeded with under this Statute for a period of 12 months after the Security Council, in a resolution adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, has requested the Court to that effect; that request may be renewed by the Council under the same conditions.

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