Quotes by Carla del Ponte

“That is what I am asking from Croatia - to do immediately what must be done. Im confident that maybe next week something will happen on this ground,”

“before the end of September and I would be really very happy if I had the possibility to assess positively.”

“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.”

“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,”

“They said they have no intelligence, and I dont believe that, ... The Vatican refuses totally to cooperate with us.”

“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.”

“They said they have no intelligence and I dont believe that. I think that the Catholic Church has the most advanced intelligence services.”

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

“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.”

“It is true that the co-operation with Belgrade has started,”