Whereas such actions on the part of the Secretary of State, and/or the US Ambassador would be unfortunate, our concern is that even if by some chance the Goldstone Report does reach the UN Security Council, the US will use its veto to prevent the Security Council from referring the report to the International Criminal Court, thereby preventing the initiation of an investigation into the allegations made in the report, as required by article 53 of the Rome Statute.

Acting in anticipation of such circumstances, The National Association of Muslim American Women (NAMAW) a UN accredited NGO, and member of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinians, takes this opportunity to present to the Court as a Communication under the rules of referrals and communication with the court, the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, incorporated herein by reference.