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  • Res. 1593
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Close to midnight on 31 March 2005, the United Nations Security Council voted to refer the situation in Darfur, Sudan to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council vote counted 11 countries in favor of the referral, none against and 4 countries—Algeria, Brazil, China and the United States—abstaining. This Security Council vote marks the first time the Security Council has referred a case to the ICC whose treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on 1 July 2002. On 6 June 2005, the Prosecutor of the ICC, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo officially opened an investigation into crimes committed in Darfur. Under Council Resolution 1593 (2005), the ICC Prosecutor is invited to address the Council every six months on the progress of his investigation in Darfur.