ICC President to visit Botswana

Responding to questions sent to him, the Secretary General of the African Press Organisation, Nicholas Miognard, said Song will meet with President Ian Khama, Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani and other senior officials. "On June 1, 2009 President Sang-Hyun Song of the International Criminal Court (ICC) started his first official visit to African States' Parties since taking office in March this year and will be traveling to Tanzania, Lesotho and Botswana from June 1-6 to meet with senior representatives of each government," he said.

Thirty African states make up the largest regional group of a total of 108 States Parties to the Rome Statute, the Court's founding instrument. "It is important to the ICC to maintain dialogue with the continent that has been engaged in every aspect of the Court's work since its establishment," said President Song.