| Please note that this is not a verbatim transcript of the Press Briefing. It is merely a summary. ICTY Weekly Press Briefing Registry and Chambers:
Jim Landale, Spokesman for Registry and Chambers, made the following statement: Good afternoon, Following the meeting between President Meron and a Bosnian delegation headed by the Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Dragan Covic, at the end of last week, a number of inaccurate and misleading statements were carried in the media. For the record, I can categorically state that President Meron did not discuss the referral of any ICTY case to any court in the former Yugoslavia. Statements to the contrary are unhelpful and irresponsible and detract from the stated purpose of the visit. As you will have seen from our press release on Monday, a conference is being held at the ICTY between the ICTY Victims and Witnesses Section (VWS) and health/welfare professionals from Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to discuss the physical, emotional and psychological needs of witnesses. The purpose of the conference is to discuss how the establishment of health and welfare networks throughout Kosovo and FYROM could assist in providing preparation and follow-up services to witnesses who testify at the Tribunal. These services will supplement the services undertaken by VWS while the witnesses are in The Hague. This three-day workshop has brought to the ICTY, a group of psychiatrists, medical doctors, psychologists and social workers from Kosovo and FYROM. The professionals invited are currently practicing in the areas where most ICTY witnesses reside. Similar conferences were held in December 2003 with experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in May 2004 with experts from Serbia and Montenegro, and in June 2004 with experts from Croatia. The series of conferences has been funded by the European Commission. In terms of court documents, I would draw your attention to a Decision rendered by Trial Chamber II which we received this morning, denying Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac’s Second Motions for provisional release. Copies of that Decision will be available immediately after this. I would also point out that we have received the pre-trial briefs for Milan Milutinovic, Nikola Sainovic and Dragoljub Ojdanic. In addition, we have also learned that the closing arguments in The Prosecutor v. Blagojevic and Jokic will be heard from Wednesday, 29 September 2004, with each party permitted four and a half hours to present its arguments, and 30 minutes for rebuttal or rejoinder arguments, if any. There is a list of the most recent court documents available to you. Finally, I understand that the ADC will give a briefing after this. See also the latest ADC-ICTY press briefing. Office of the Prosecution: Florence Hartmann for the Office of the Prosecutor made no statement. Questions: No questions were asked. Court documents: The Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic 13 September 2004 "Prosecution Response To ‘Defence Appeal From the Trial Chamber Order Granting Stay Of Decisions On Provisional Release Of July 29, 2004’." (Jovica Stanisic) 10 September 2004 "Order Replacing Judges In Cases Before The Appeals Chamber." The Prosecutor v. Prlic, Stojic, Praljak, Petkovic, Coric and Pusic 13 September 2004 "Appeal Against The Decision Of The Trial Chamber Dated July 30, 2004 Regarding The Motion To Appoint Zeljko Olujic Lead Counsel." The Prosecutor v. Milutinovic, Sainovic, and Ojdanic 13 September 2004 "Defence Pre-Trial Brief Filed On Behalf Of Mr Milan Milutinovic Pursuant To Rule 65 Ter (F)." 13 September 2004 "Defence Submission: Pre-Trial Brief." 13 September 2004 "General Ojdanic’s Pre-Trial Brief." The Prosecutor v. Vidoje Blagojevic and Dragan Jokic 13 September 2004 "Decision On Prosecution’s Motion To Admit Evidence In Rebuttal And Incorporated Motion To Admit Evidence Under Rule 92 bis In Its Case On Rebuttal And To Re-Open Its Case For A Limited Purpose." The Prosecutor v. Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac 14 September 2004 "Mirko Norac’s Response ToThe Prosecution’s Motion Under Rule 11 bis."
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