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This section contains information regarding the Clinton Administration's position on the ICC. The administration position has changed somewhat since the Clinton Administration.
STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON

Democratic Leadership Council, New York University, December 3, 2002
"Our Shared Future: Globalization in the 21st Century," Council on Foreign Relations, June 17, 2002
Statement on Signature of the International Criminal Court Treaty, Washington, DC, December 31, 2000
"A Commitment to Human Dignity, Democracy and Peace, Issues of Democracy," USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, May 1996, the article form of a speech given on October 15, 1995 at the University of Connecticut Dodd Human Rights Center, supporting the creation of a permanent International Criminal Court


STATEMENTS BY FORMER AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES DAVID SCHEFFER

Remarks on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Early Warning and Prevention, Conference at Holocaust Museum, December 10, 1998
Remarks at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, October 23, 1998
Remarks before the 6th Committee of the 53rd General Assembly, October 21, 1998
On-the-record briefing at the Foreign Press Center, July 31, 1998
Statement on Status of Negotiations at UN Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, New York City, July 15, 1998
Statement by United States Delegation to the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, March 23, 1998
Address on the International Criminal Court: The Challenge of Enforcing International Humanitarian Law to the Southern California Working Group on the ICC, Los Angeles, CA, February 26, 1998
Address on U.S. Policy and the Proposed Permanent International Criminal Court before the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 13, 1997

For more remarks by David Scheffer, Head of the U.S. Delegation to the UN Diplomatic Conference, click here.

For remarks by Amb. Scheffer in reference to war crimes in Iraq, click here.

STATEMENTS BY OTHER CLINTON OFFICIALS

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Bill Richardson, Permanent Representative of the US to the UN, before the 6th Committee of the 52nd UN General Assembly, regarding the establishment of an International Criminal Court, October 23, 1997
Statement by Jamison S. Borek, Deputy Legal Adviser of the US State Department, at the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly on the establishment of an International Criminal Court, November 1, 1995


PRESS STATEMENTS

State Department Regular Briefing with Richard Boucher, Department Spokesman, Position on the Internatinal Criminal Court Clarified, January 2, 2001
Senator Helms press release on Clinton Signature, December 31, 2000
Press Statement by Philip T. Reeker, Acting Spokesman, U.S. Initiative on the International Criminal Court, June 13, 2000
Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman, U.S. Position on Self-Initiating Prosecutor at the Rome Conference on Establishment of International Criminal Court, June 23, 1998
Press Statement by James B. Foley, Deputy Spokesman, U.S. Participation in the Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, June 12, 1998
Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman, Establishing an International Criminal Court, April 2, 1998