The Hague, Netherlands
A delicate compromise has ended the standoff between the U.S. and its allies over the International Criminal Court. The U.N. Security Council granted U.S. soldiers exemption from prosecution by the new war-crimes court for one year. That is short of the permanent immunity that the U.S. sought, but far more than the Europeans wanted to give. U.S. immunity will be reviewed at the end of the year for possible renewal. The extensions of peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and elsewhere, which the U.S. had been holding up during the dispute, can now go forward.
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