BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4788 HINA Zagreb, 30 October 2002

HR-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4788 HINA Zagreb, 30 October 2002 UN SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH ICTYNEW YORK, Oct 30 (Hina) - The UN Security Council stated on Tuesday in a discussion on the work of international tribunals for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda that it had to assume a more active role in dealing with the problems the tribunals and their joint prosecution were encountering, particularly with regard to states' lack of cooperation. This conclusion was prompted by the assessments of the president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Claude Jorda, and Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte. Jorda called on the Council to demonstrate clearly to Yugoslavia that it would not be able to take its place in the international community if it failed to respect its basic international commitments, which arise from the UN Charter. Jorda noted that Croatia's conduct was similar to Yugoslavia's,