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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, You should have seen the press releases we put out yesterday on the Plea Agreement in The Prosecutor v. Miroslav Bralo, and the provisional release decisions for Mico Stanisic, Radivoje Miletic and Milan Gvero. I would also like to remind you that the Appeals Judgement in The Prosecutor v. Miroslav Deronjic will be rendered this afternoon at 2.15 p.m. in Courtroom I. Furthermore, there will be a hearing in The Prosecutor v. Mejakic, Gruban, Fustar and Knezevic this afternoon, 20 July 2005 at 2.30 p.m. in Courtroom III in the presence of all the accused and their defence counsel, in order for the Referral Bench to deliver its Decision on the Prosecution's Motion for referral. You will recall that there are currently five Prosecution motions for referral before the Referral Bench. Two motions were granted and the cases referred to Bosnia and Herzegovina, one motion was denied and one motion has been withdrawn. A status conference has been scheduled in The Prosecutor v. Vujadin Popovic on Friday at 9.30 a.m. in Courtroom I. This is the last press briefing before the summer recess. We plan to hold the next briefing on Wednesday 17 August, unless events dictate otherwise. The Media Office will be open and in operation throughout the recess period, so please do not hesitate to contact us if you need our assistance. The list of documents will be distributed slightly later today. Office of the Prosecutor: Florence Hartmann, Spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor, made the following statement: I would also like to remind you that during the summer recess the Office of the Prosecutor will not close its doors. Ten fugitives are still at large, in fact on 24 July 2005 it will have been 10 years since the first indictment against Ratko Mladic & Radovan Karadzic was issued. Gotovina is also still at large. No Questions. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SHORTLY |