SG/SM/8870
L/3052

15 September 2003

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ELECTION
OF VICTIMS TRUST FUND BOARD

NEW YORK, 12 September (UN Headquarters) -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the election today of the Board of Directors of the Victims Trust Fund established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.  The Secretary-General is pleased that five distinguished international figures have been elected to manage the Trust Fund, the success of which will have an important bearing on the success of the Court itself.

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