<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"1.Has the Council heard that, under US legislation, as from 1 July 2003 no financial assistance will be provided to the approximately 50 States which have ratified the Statute of the International Criminal Court in The Hague?  2.Is the Council aware that the future EU Member States Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria are among the 35 States which have previously received US assistance but in future will only be able to receive it if they conclude an """"""""Article 98 agreement"""""""" promising never to extradite American citizens to the International Criminal Court in The Hague?  3.Does the Council regard this new step as an escalation of the United States' approach, which already featured the American Service Members Protection Act (dubbed by some the """"""""Hague Invasion Act"""""""") and the agreement signed with the future EU Member State Romania on 1 August 2002 on the exclusion of Americans?  4.Does the Council accept that, as a result of this escalation, the Criminal Court will not be able to operate properly and that those responsible for future war crimes comparable to those committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda will enjoy permanent immunity from prosecution in cases where no adequate national prosecution procedure is applied?  5.What will the Council do to prevent further pressure being brought to bear on EU Member States and future Member States to permanently cease their cooperation with the International Criminal Court, contrary to the common position adopted by the Council in 2001 and 2002?  Source: De Volkskrant, 2 July 2003."
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [19]. </s>
1.Has the Council heard that, under US legislation, as from 1 July 2003 no financial assistance will be provided to the approximately 50 States which have ratified the Statute of the International Criminal Court in The Hague?  2.Is the Council aware that the future EU Member States Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria are among the 35 States which have previously received US assistance but in future will only be able to receive it if they conclude an """"""""Article 98 agreement"""""""" promising never to extradite American citizens to the International Criminal Court in The Hague?  3.Does the Council regard this new step as an escalation of the United States' approach, which already featured the American Service Members Protection Act (dubbed by some the """"""""Hague Invasion Act"""""""") and the agreement signed with the future EU Member State Romania on 1 August 2002 on the exclusion of Americans?  4.Does the Council accept that, as a result of this escalation, the Criminal Court will not be able to operate properly and that those responsible for future war crimes comparable to those committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda will enjoy permanent immunity from prosecution in cases where no adequate national prosecution procedure is applied?  5.What will the Council do to prevent further pressure being brought to bear on EU Member States and future Member States to permanently cease their cooperation with the International Criminal Court, contrary to the common position adopted by the Council in 2001 and 2002?  Source: De Volkskrant, 2 July 2003.