Security Council Press Statement

Closure of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible

for serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (“ICTY”)

The members of the Security Council recall resolution 827 (1993) which
established the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible
for serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (“ICTY”) for the sole purpose of
prosecuting persons responsible for serious violations of international
humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991.

The members of the Security Council mark the closure of the ICTY on 31
December 2017.

The members of the Security Council recall that the International Residual
Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Residual Mechanism”) was established to
carry out the residual functions of the ICTY and the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda (“ICTR”), as set out in the Statute of the Residual
Mechanism.

The members of the Security Council stress their ongoing determination to combat
impunity for those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian
law and call upon all States to cooperate with the Residual Mechanism, as set out
in its Statute.

31 December 2017