TRIAL CHAMBER I 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 (the "Trial Chamber");

NOTING the "Prosecutor’s Request for Re-scheduling of Status Conferences", dated 24 August 2000 (the "Motion to Re-schedule"), the Defence’s "Response to Prosecutor’s Request for Re-scheduling of Status Conference", dated 12 September 2000 (the "Defence’s Response"), and the Prosecution’s letter addressed to the Senior Legal Officer of the Trial Chamber, dated 27 September 2000 (the "Prosecution’s letter");

NOTING that in the Prosecution’s letter, the Prosecution formally withdraws the Motion to Re-schedule, in which it had requested the Trial Chamber to postpone the Status Conferences scheduled in the Scheduling Order of 4 July 2000;

NOTING that according to the Prosecution’s letter and as attested by the Defence’s co-signing of the letter, the Defence consents to the withdrawal of the Motion to Re-schedule and indicates its availability for Status Conferences on 18 October, 26 October and 27 November 2000;

NOTING also the Prosecution’s "Motion for the Trial Chamber to Travel to Sarajevo", dated 14 July 2000 (the "Motion to Travel");

NOTING that in the Motion to Travel, the Prosecution requests the Trial Chamber to consider travelling to Sarajevo and its immediate surroundings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the filing of the parties’ pre-trial briefs but prior to the start of the trial;

NOTING that in the Prosecution’s submission, the Defence has no objection in principle to the proposal in the Motion to Travel;

CONSIDERING that the Trial Chamber is considering to grant the Motion to Travel and that it is in the interests of justice that the parties meet in order to discuss the various aspects of the proposed travel;

RE-SCHEDULES Status Conferences on 18 October 2000, 26 October 2000 and 27 November 2000, at 3:45 p.m., in order to discuss the progress of the pre-trial stage of the case further, and with a view to ensure that the Prosecution meets its obligations pursuant to Rule 65 ter (E) by 7 December 2000, at the latest, and that the Defence meets its obligations pursuant to Rule 65 ter (F) by 14 December 2000, at the latest;

RE-SCHEDULES the Pre-Trial Conference pursuant to Rule 73 bis on 23 January 2001;

ORDERS the parties to negotiate a draft protocol for the proposed travel to Sarajevo and its surroundings;

INFORMS the parties that they should be prepared to discuss the proposed visit during the Status Conference on 18 October 2000.

Done in English and French, the English version being authoritative.

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Almiro Rodrigues
Presiding Judge and Pre-trial Judge

Done this 4 October 2000
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.