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Madame President,

Your Excellencies,

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,

I wish to start with congratulating, on behalf of the Trust Fund’s Board of Directors, Ambassador Intelmann with being elected the new President of the Assembly of States Parties. There is no doubt that you be will be a strong and dedicated guiding force for all of us, in these challenging times ahead. I also wish to acknowledge the out-going President, Ambassador Wenaweser, for his excellent and most constructive leadership over the past years, and in particular for the strong interest that he has always taken in the Trust Fund for Victims. Surely our paths will continue to cross!

It is an honour for me to represent the Board of the Trust Fund for Victims in the coming ASP. I also wish to note that I am not alone: two other Board members are here as well: Ms. Betty Murungi and Dr Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez.

The International Criminal Court is steadily shaping up to its mandate to become an undeniable force of justice in the fight against impunity. Not a day passes by without the ICC featuring in the world press.

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