On October 4, 2004, Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan signed an agreement governing the relationship between the two institutions. The compact provided for an exchange of representatives, afforded the ICC observer status in the UN General Assembly, allowed ICC officials to us UN travel passes, and defined the scope of cooperation by the UN in ICC judicial prosecutions.

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