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The President of Botswana,
H.E. Mr. Ian Khama
and the President of the Assembly, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser.
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The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, visited Botswana from 6 to 8 July 2011 in order to attend the International Media Conference entitled “The battle against impunity: chinks in the armor?”, organized by the Wayamo Communication Foundation with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office. The conference hosted many prominent participants, including, inter alia, Ms. Athaliah Molokomme, Attorney-General of Botswana; Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor at the ICC; ICC Judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng; Mr. Stephen Rapp, US Ambassador at large for War Crimes; Mr. David Tolbert, President of the International Center for Transitional Justice; and Mr. Ben Kioko, Legal Counsel of the African Union commission.
At the conference President Wenaweser held a presentation on the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the African Union and the role of the States Parties. He also participated in a round table discussion, together with Mr. Thomas Strieder, Head of the ICC Section at the Federal Foreign Office and Mr. Todd Buchwald, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs at the US State Department.
During his visit, President Wenaweser also met the President of Botswana, H.E. Mr. Ian Khama, as well as the Attorney-General, Ms. Athalia Molokomme. In his consultations, he discussed the recently issued arrest warrants for Mr. Muammar Abu Minyar Gaddafi, Mr. Saif Al Islam Gaddafi and Mr. Abdullah Al-Senussi and, in this connection, expressed his deep appreciation to the Government of Botswana for its support of these arrest warrants.
Statement by the Government of Botswana
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