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ICTY Weekly Press Briefing
Date: 20 January 1999
Time: 11:30 a.m.

The Prosecutor, Justice Louise Arbour, is planning to return from Skopje today. She will be putting out a written press statement later today and will give a press conference tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Tribunal, which the media is invited to attend.

There will be a further initial appearance in the Bosanski Samac case tomorrow, 21 January at 3 p.m. for Stevan Todorovic. This follows the confirmation of a second amended indictment against Blagoje Simic, Milan Simic, Miroslav Tadic, Simo Zaric and Stevan Todorovic. Also in this case, two of the accused, namely Simo Zaric and Miroslav Tadic, have filed motions for provisional release. Both motions were filed on 18 January and copies are available upon request.

In the Radic & Othes case (Omarska and Keraterm), the defence Counsel for Mladjo Radic filed on 14 January a Defence preliminary motion "challenging the jurisdiction of the Tribunal and pointing to the defects in the form of the indictment".

Finally, in the Celebici case, Hazim Delic’s counsels filed on 15 January a motion for extension of time to file his appellate brief. Delic’s lawyers request that "his deadline for filing his appellate brief be extended until the date set for Mucic". Mucic filed on 28 December 1998 a request for the time of filing appellate documents be extended to 31 August 1999. The Appeals Chamber has not ruled yet.

• Asked whether the Finnish President would give a press conference tomorrow, Landale replied that there would be a photo opportunity and that arrangements for a press pool were being made, but that there would be no press conference.

• Asked what kind of travel documents were used by the Prosecutor and the investigators at the border, Landale replied that he would prefer to wait to allow the Prosecutor to answer questions on her trip at the press conference tomorrow.

• Asked if Hillary Clinton was planning to visit the Tribunal during her stay in the Netherlands in February, Landale replied that he would look into it.

There were no further questions.

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