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To: calgal who wrote (317)	9/25/2002 10:19:24 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	of 411

The European Union said on Wednesday that U.S. demands for a blanket exemption for its nationals from a new world war crimes court flouted the tribunal's statute, but it would continue to seek a solution. "Member states are agreed that the U.S. proposal -- as it stands at present -- would be inconsistent with our obligations with regard to the (International) Criminal Court," Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller told the European Parliament. "Having regard to transatlantic relations, flatly rejecting the U.S. proposal is absolutely no solution," he said, speaking on behalf of the 15-nation bloc. Denmark currently holds the rotating EU presidency. Some 139 states have signed the ICC's founding treaty and 80 have ratified it. But the administration of President Bush withdrew its signature in April and vowed to fight the court and insist on immunity for its own citizens from ICC jurisdiction. Washington fears its soldiers or leaders could be subject to politically motivated prosecutions -- an anxiety heightened by the prospect of a possible war to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, perhaps without explicit U.N. authorization. EU officials held intensive talks with U.S. government lawyers this week on ways to accommodate Washington's concerns without violating the court's statute, diplomats said. EU foreign ministers are due to discuss a possible common response to bilateral approaches by the Bush administration when they meet next Monday. Moeller said any solution must be based on three principles: -- excluding impunity for persons who have committed crimes falling within the court's jurisdiction; -- avoiding any result that ruled out the surrender of nationals of ICC member states; -- limiting any exemptions to "specific categories of persons" from non-signatories to the treaty. Diplomats said there were differences among EU states on whether to seek a joint understanding with the United States or allow member states to respond individually, taking into account the work done in Brussels, as Britain and Spain favored. They said part of the solution might be a U.S. pledge that any American accused of crimes falling within the court's jurisdiction would face legal proceedings in the United States. Brussels officials were angered when EU candidate Romania, keen to garner crucial U.S. support for its NATO membership bid this year, agreed in July to negotiate a bilateral agreement never to bring U.S. citizens to the court. Diplomats said Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was expected to pledge on a visit to Brussels on Thursday not to take any further steps with Washington until the EU had a joint position. reuters.com.

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