JOURNAL No. 1
Wednesday, 17 June 1998
PLENARY (Plenary Hall)
5th meeting 10 a.m.1 p.m.
Statements by States, intergovernmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations
6th meeting 36 p.m.
Statements by States, intergovernmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Red Room)
3rd meeting 10 a.m.1 p.m.
Consideration of Part 2 of the draft Statute
4th meeting 36 p.m.
Consideration of Part 2 of the draft Statute
WORKING GROUP ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES
OF CRIMINAL LAW (Green Room)
10 a.m.1 p.m.
Consideration of Part 3 of the draft Statute
3 p.m.6 p.m.
Consideration of Part 3 of the draft Statute
JOURNAL
Monday, 15 June 1998
PLENARY
The SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, opened the Conference and made a statement.
The President of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, made a statement.
The Conference elected Mr. Giovanni Conso (Italy) as President. The President made a statement.
The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Jacques Diouf, made a statement.
The Conference adopted its Rules of Procedure and elected 31 VicePresidents: Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, Chile Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Gabon, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Samoa, Slovakia, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania and Uruguay.
The Conference elected Mr. Philippe Kirsch (Canada) as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole and Mr. Cherif Bassiouni (Egypt) as Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
The Conference appointed the following countries as members of the Credentials Committee: Argentina, Barbados, Bhutan, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Norway, Russian Federation, United States and Zambia.
The Conference adopted its organization of work.
General statements were made by Australia, South Africa, Norway, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union and associated countries), Japan, Venezuela, Sweden, Canada, Lesotho, Mexico, Malawi, Egypt, the Republic of Korea and Slovenia.
Statements were made by the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Law Commission.
Statements were also made by nongovernmental organizations.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
The General Committee held a meeting and recommended to the Conference its organization of work and the appointment of other members of the Drafting Committee.
Tuesday, 16 June 1998
PLENARY (Plenary Hall)
3rd meeting
Statements were made by Kazakhstan, the Holy See, Indonesia, Algeria, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the United Republic of Tanzania, China, Latvia, Brazil, Lithuania, Peru, Romania, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Costa Rica and Armenia
Statements were made by the European Court of Human Rights, the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the European Community and the InterParliamentarian Union
Statements were also made by nongovernmental organizations
4th meeting
Statements were made by Andorra, Singapore, Philippines, Albania, Syrian Arab Republic, Senegal, Germany, Colombia, Portugal, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Ghana, Austria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, India, Sierra Leone, Fiji, Namibia, Afghanistan, Spain and Chile
Statements were made by the League of Arab States, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Statements were made by nongovernmental organizations
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Red Room)
1st meeting
Election of the ViceChairmen and Rapporteur
Organization of work
Consideration of parts 1 and 3 of the draft Statute and Final Act
2nd meeting
Consideration of parts 1 and 3 of the draft Statute and Final Act
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