Jilly wrote:*The rep from Spain became distraught and when her country's proposal was not taken to well by the chair of the meeting , then Spain argued in a particularly loud and noticably strongly vocal manner, "Spain (my country) strongly believes if we contribute most financial support to the Hague's highest court, that ought to give us and other countries feeding it financially MORE direct power over its decisions." J STarr * *I am glad to continue receiving your latest news on the status conference in Beograd (!) I am all for closing down the Hague ASAP and rallying international support to do so. I still vividly remember whereby Spain was one of the most vocal countries in the ICC Prep Meetings in 2001 at the UN NYC: The lady representative from Spain wearing glasses with shortish i hair sat in the far corner at the table to my left arguing that Spain wanted to give the ICC more money to directly influence its "decisions over verdicts and judges," in particular... Jill Starr in NJ PS: For these and other reasons I think (with good reason) the Hague does not possess the legitimacy to prosecute anyone. People say I am being biased but I am a very fair and logical individual.