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UN Chief notes with concern US imposing sanctions on ICC senior Officials - Spokesman

United Nations, Sep 2 (Sputnik) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern about the United States’ decision to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) senior officials, including Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, and continues to closely monitor developments on the matter, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Bensouda from Gambia and Phakiso Mochochoko from Lesotho have been added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals List.
"The Secretary-General takes note with concern of today’s statement by the United States Secretary of State announcing the designation of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and the Head of the Jurisdiction Complementarity and Cooperation Division," Dujarric said. "We continue to closely follow developments on this matter."
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