Brasília, November 29, 2002 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Lafer, announced today that the Brazilian government decided to present the candidacy of judge Sylvia Helena de Figueiredo Steiner, of the São Paulo Regional Court of Appeals, for the position of judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Elections for the ICC will be held in New York, at United Nations headquarters, between February 3 and 7, 2003. (DAS)