Chronology of Events

revised on 3 December 2013

Kenya

November 2013

The AU request for the Council to defer for a year the ICC proceedings against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Samoei Ruto of Kenya was discussed again by Council members under “any other business” during consultations on 11 November, and consultations on the matter were held on 12 November. A draft resolution on a deferral was put to a vote on 15 November by Morocco, Rwanda and Togo but was not adopted, with only seven Council members voting in favour and the remaining eight members abstaining.

October 2013

On 31 October, Council members held an interactive dialogue with an AU high-level contact group regarding the AU request for the Council to defer for a year the ICC proceedings against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Samoei Ruto of Kenya. (S/2013/624). Earlier in the month, on 8 October–during the final leg of the Council’s visiting mission to Africa–Council members had met with the AU chair in Addis Ababa to discuss issues related to the ICC. 

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