Carla Ponte Quotes (30 Quotes)

I cannot accept that anymore, but particularly I cannot accept anymore words and promises of full cooperation that is not arriving.

Milosevic has very good doctors in The Hague and all that he needs for his health. He can have it even in the detention unit....

This represents a wealth of evidence that is on the record. It is not only a question of convictions and sentencing. It is also a question of facts and truth.

Ratko Mladic is in Serbia. There is no doubt about this. He has been there since 1998. During all this time he has been and remains within reach of the Serbian authorities.

It is a great pity for justice that the (Milosevic) trial will not be completed and no verdict will be rendered.

He was arrested this night in Spain... he is now in detention, finally. He will be transferred to The Hague.

I have information he is hiding in a Franciscan monastery, and so the Catholic Church is protecting him. I have taken this up with the Vatican and the Vatican refuses totally to co-operate with us.

We must now wait for the results of the autopsy to see the cause of death but we have no choice (but) between a normal natural death and suicide.

The prosecutor expects that Serbia will live up to its promises given to her during her last visit in Belgrade and deliver Mladic before that date,

Someone not afraid to get her hands dirty.

If there was one person who was not overlooked it was Milosevic.

This may seem as an unrealistic demand, but believe me it is not. It is primarily a thing of political will, and as we all know political will is influenced by pressure from the outside. If the EU launched SAA negotiations on 5 October and Mladic was still at large, this would severely compromise any chance of that arrest happening in the near future. It could even be a 'pass' to lack of punishment.

We are very pleased with the cooperation we received from Belgrade. Finally we can say we have a reciprocal cooperation between The Hague and Belgrade.

The Federal Prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into a suspected violation of the ban against illegal gathering of political and perhaps military intelligence,

The obvious conclusion is that I was misled when I was told at the end of March that the arrest of Mladic would be a matter of days or weeks.

The false rumors spread yesterday from Belgrade about the arrest of Mladic have absolutely no basis whatsoever.

You have a choice between a normal, natural death and suicide.

My disappointment - my big disappointment - is because six fugitives are still at large, most probably in Serbia, and that includes, of course, Mladic,

I firmly believe that there can be no lasting peace in a society unless the criminal justice system is allowed to take its course.

I hope that will be now possible also to arrest Karadzic, so we can have only one trial with both.

We'll see tomorrow if they have detained and arrested him. Tomorrow we'll adopt our position on the co-operation with Belgrade.

The information which was presented to me at that time to substantiate that the positive outcome could be expected soon, has proven to be wrong or largely misrepresented.

I also regret it for the victims, the thousands of victims, who have been waiting for justice.

Mladic is in Serbia and, as you know, Mladic is protected by power of the army. What I need is an... obligation from Belgrade to arrest him and deliver him to The Hague.

Milosevic had the best medical care you can imagine.

The history of Serbia is not under examination. It is Slobodan Milosevic as an individual who will now face trial on the charges brought against him.

I regret deeply what happened ... It is regrettable for all witnesses, for all survivors, for all victims that are expecting justice.

I am a prosecutor, I have a specific mandate from the Security Council, I am not involved in politics and my task is to bring Milosevic to trial in The Hague.

They said they have no intelligence and I don't believe that. I think that the Catholic Church has the most advanced intelligence services.

whose continuing liberty is an affront to the authority of this council.