Jag bör påminna er om att parlamentet aldrig underrättades om skälen till att vissa länder inte kunde godkänna förslaget. ###>Accordingly, on 8 September, I met with Mr Balkenende, President-in-Office of the Council, who assured me that he would make contact as appropriate with representatives of the governments that were unable to endorse the draft Statute, and establish what alternative measures they had in mind.