虽然国际刑事法院与联合国并非一体，但是我们同属一个大家庭。这种密切的家庭关系来自我们对于多边主义这一核心信念共同信仰，第二次世界大战期间的美国第一夫人埃利诺·罗斯福夫人对它的描述是，我们本国的土地和我们本国的旗帜不能被其他土地和旗帜所取代；但是我们可以同其他国家一道，在同一面旗帜下，完成我们无法独自完成的对世界有益的事。
Although the ICC is separate from the UN, we are members of the same family. That close family relationship derives from our shared philosophy in the central creed of multilateralism, expressed by Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt — the 1st Lady of the United States during the Second World War — in words that tell us that our own land and our own flag cannot be replaced by any other land or any other flag; but we can join with other nations, under a joint flag, to accomplish something good for the world that we cannot accomplish alone.