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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aS68f1LTXTBc&refer=us U.S. Ends Bid for Protection From War Crimes Tribunal (Update1)June 23 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. abandoned efforts to get the United Nations Security Council to extend immunity of U.S. citizens from prosecution by the International Criminal Court, casting doubt on future support for peacekeeping missions. ``We believe our draft and its predecessors fairly meet the concerns of all,'' U.S. envoy James Cunningham said. ``Not all council members agree, however, and the U.S. has decided not to proceed further with consideration of action on the draft at this time in order to avoid a prolonged and divisive debate.'' The U.S. had asked the Security Council to approve a resolution that would end immunity for U.S. citizens from prosecution by the court in June 2005. The council gave the U.S. protection in June 2002 and last year extended it until June 30. The U.S. is concerned the treaty that created the court doesn't include safeguards against politically motivated war crimes prosecutions, including possible action against troops in Iraq. Chinese Ambassador Wang Guangya said last week the U.S. lost support in the council because of the abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Cunningham said the U.S. will ``take into account the risk of ICC review when determining contributions to UN authorized or established missions.'' The U.S. vetoed a resolution in 2002 to continue the UN mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina because of concern that American personnel might be vulnerable to ICC prosecution. Immunity was granted the next month and the mission was renewed. Bilateral Agreements The U.S. will continue to seek bilateral agreements that grant protection from the court, according to Cunningham. The U.S. has negotiated accords with 90 nations that have agreed not to refer accusations against U.S. citizens to the court. The U.S. decision came as the court opened its initial investigation into alleged atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the Hague- based International Criminal Court, said in a statement that there is enough evidence to begin building cases. ``The opening of the first investigation of the ICC is a major step forward for international justice, against impunity and for the protection of victims,'' Ocampo said in a statement. Democratic Congo, formerly Zaire, formed a government of national unity last year as part of an agreement to end a four- year civil war that killed an estimated 2.5 million people. The nation of 55 million people is the size of Western Europe and is rich in copper, cobalt, diamonds, gold, manganese, tin and zinc. `Mass Murder' The ICC statement cited reports of ``thousands of deaths by mass murder and summary execution'' since 2002 and ``a pattern of rape, torture, forced displacement and the illegal use of child soldiers.'' The treaty creating the court was adopted at an international conference in Rome on July 17, 1998. The U.S., Iraq, China and Israel were among the seven nations that voted against the treaty, which was supported by 120 countries and has since been ratified by 90. Crimes against humanity in Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Cambodia gave impetus to creation of the Hague court, whose jurisdiction took effect on July 1, 2002. It consists of 18 judges elected for nine-year terms and Ocampo's staff of 55. Annan's Opposition Ambassador Heraldo Munoz of Chile, one of the Security Council's 15 members, said the U.S. had only five sure votes for the resolution. China, Benin, Brazil, France, Germany, Romania and Spain had said they would abstain from a vote, leaving the U.S. short of the nine votes needed for adoption. Spanish Ambassador Juan Yanez-Barnuevo said UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan's opposition to the resolution influenced his government, which voted for immunity last year. Annan said it would be ``unwise'' for the council to adopt the resolution and, at a private lunch with council members on Friday, appealed for members to retain the unity that produced unanimous adoption of a U.S. resolution endorsing Iraq's interim government on June 8. ``The vote would have been very divisive, so we told our American friends it would be better to try to avoid such division,'' Yanez-Barnuevo said. ``We firmly hope that there will be no negative consequences for UN peacekeeping because those operations are very important for the peace of the world, and they serve U.S. interests as well.'' Annan said the Rome treaty provides that persons accused of war crimes be ``immediately repatriated'' to their home country for possible prosecution. Officials of human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch pressed council members to oppose the U.S. resolution, saying the Rome treaty contains adequate safeguards against politically motivated prosecutions and that the U.S. measure would have violated international law by amending the treaty. The UN observer mission to the Golan Heights, due to expire on June 30, will need Security Council approval for its extension and the U.S. has asked the council to prepare for a peacekeeping mission to Sudan. To contact the reporter of this story: Bill Varner at the United Nations at [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the editor responsible for this story: Edward DeMarco at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last Updated: June 23, 2004 14:08 EDT ------------------------ Yahoo! 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