I, Judge Richard May, Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber III 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 ("International Tribunal"),

CONSIDERING the provisions of Article 21, paragraph 4(c), of the Statute of the International Tribunal ("Statute"), which guarantees the accused's right "to be tried without undue delay" and Article 20, paragraph 1, of the Statute, which enshrines the right to "a fair and expeditious" trial,

CONSIDERING that it is in the interests of justice and of a more expeditious and effectively managed trial that a pre-trial Judge be responsible for pre-trial matters on behalf of the Trial Chamber ("pre-trial Judge"),

NOTING the "Order Appointing a Pre-Trial Judge" issued by Trial Chamber III on 2 December 1999, in which Judge Richard May was appointed as the pre-trial Judge in this case,

NOTING amendments to Rule 65 ter ("Pre-Trial Judge") of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("the Rules"), which entered into force on 7 December 1999, under which the Presiding Judge of the Trial Chamber is now responsible for the designation of the pre-trial Judge from among its members,

CONSIDERING the re-allocation of cases before the International Tribunal,

PURSUANT TO Rule 65 ter, paragraph (A) of the Rules,

HEREBY DESIGNATE Judge Mohamed Bennouna to take over as the pre-trial Judge in this case, such appointment to take effect forthwith.

Done in both English and French, the English text being authoritative.

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Judge Richard May

Dated this third day of February 2000
At The Hague
The Netherlands