TRIBUNAL REQUESTS ALL STATES FOR CO-OPERATION AND JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE

Further to the warrants of arrest issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia against Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Milan Martic on 25 July 1995, an application was filed by the Prosecutor Richard Goldstone on 1 August 1995 seeking that a Trial Chamber address a request for assistance to all States concerning the location and future presence of Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Milan Martic.

On 2 August 1995 the following request for assistance was made by the Trial Chamber, which sat in camera, and consisted of Presiding Judge Karibi-Whyte, Judge Odio Benito and Judge Jorda:

"Each State is requested to transmit to the Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991.

(a) any information it may possess concerning the location of Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Milan Martic including their travel beyond the borders of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina or the Republic of Croatia, as the case may be; and

(b) any information it may possess concerning the future presence of Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic or Milan Martic in a particular State other than the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina or the Republic of Croatia, as the case may be, at a particular time."

This request was sent by the Registrar to all permanent missions to the United Nations and conveyed to the authorities in Switzerland.