    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [June 27, 1997]
    [Page 841]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Apprehension of Indicted War Criminal
    Slavko Dokmanovic
    June 27, 1997

        I welcome the news that Slavko Dokmanovic, an indicted war criminal,
    has been apprehended by investigators for the International Criminal
    Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), working with the UN
    Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES). Dokmanovic was
    one of a group of suspected war criminals who are under sealed
    indictment. He has been transported to The Hague. He will stand trial
    there for his role in the beatings and executions of Croatian soldiers
    and civilians taken from a hospital in Vukovar in November 1991.
        I congratulate the ICTY and UNTAES on their successful apprehension.
    The United States continues to support fully the work of the Tribunal to
    bring indicted war criminals to justice. Cooperation with the Tribunal
    by all the parties is a cornerstone of the Dayton accords.