ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />The Palestinian U.N. observer mission on Friday (January 2) delivered to U.N. headquarters signed documentation on joining the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and more than a dozen other international treaties.<br/> <br />The chief Palestinian observer, Riyad Mansour, and U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq confirmed the handover at the United Nations.<br/> <br />"Many of you used to ask me over the months and the weeks: 'When are you going to join the ICC?' And I was telling you soon, and very soon, and very soon and it has happened," Mansour told reporters.<br/> <br />"This is a very significant step," he said, adding that the step was necessary in order to seek justice for crimes against the Palestinian people.<br/> <br />According to the Rome Statute, the Palestinians will become a party to the court on the first day of the month that follows a 60-day waiting period after depositing signed and ratified documents of accession with the United Nations in New
