Voice of America
Washington, D.C.
04/07/2006
The U.S. is still holding its position regarding the Khmer Rouge tribunal despite the fact that the Cambodian and international jurists begin the proceedings in the former Khmer Rouge trial.
The U.S. specifies that it can support the tribunal if this tribunal is not for a show, says Embassy spokesman in Phnom Penh, Jeff Daigle by telephone.
Seventeen Cambodian and 10 international judges swore-in on Monday for the Khmer Rouge tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the death of about one million 700,000 people during its genocidal regime from 1975-1979, and crime against humanity.
The tribunal with the U.N. and Cambodia parties participation, is projected to be spending more than $56 million in budget.
The U.S. still has not shown its clear position either directly supporting the tribunal or not.
Mr. Daigle says that the U.S. position in the Khmer Rouge tribunal remains the same. He says that the important thing is that there should be a tribunal, but that it should not be just for a show trial. If the tribunal has an international standard, then the U.S. will support it.
The U.S. is reported as giving at least an additional $2 million this year to NGOs in many projects such as education, researches involving Khmer Rouge genocide, even though the U.S. has not participated in the tribunal proceedings.
Khmer Rouge tribunal spokesman Reach Sambath expresses his enthusiasm toward U.S. indirect aid, but hoping that it may change its position.
The U.S. specifies that it can support the tribunal if this tribunal is not for a show, says Embassy spokesman in Phnom Penh, Jeff Daigle by telephone.
Seventeen Cambodian and 10 international judges swore-in on Monday for the Khmer Rouge tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the death of about one million 700,000 people during its genocidal regime from 1975-1979, and crime against humanity.
The tribunal with the U.N. and Cambodia parties participation, is projected to be spending more than $56 million in budget.
The U.S. still has not shown its clear position either directly supporting the tribunal or not.
Mr. Daigle says that the U.S. position in the Khmer Rouge tribunal remains the same. He says that the important thing is that there should be a tribunal, but that it should not be just for a show trial. If the tribunal has an international standard, then the U.S. will support it.
The U.S. is reported as giving at least an additional $2 million this year to NGOs in many projects such as education, researches involving Khmer Rouge genocide, even though the U.S. has not participated in the tribunal proceedings.
Khmer Rouge tribunal spokesman Reach Sambath expresses his enthusiasm toward U.S. indirect aid, but hoping that it may change its position.
4 comments:
In order to have a clear vision of this tragic show, the Unite State should fully supportting the KR tribunal and participating with the UN team dirrectly to make sure this case is a real one and up to date of an international standard.
That way, we could prevent this crime against humanity to not let it happens again in Cambodia and also,it's a great deal of justic for the death of more than one million Cambodian that could sleep in peace. So do not abandon us in the second show case.
US afraid that they will be facing difficult time in defending themselve from involvment in secret bombing in Cambodia during the Nixon Administration, that's why the reluctant to support this trail, otherwise they would already be in the front seat.
it has nothing to do with the killing of million of khmers, don't you guys get it?...we're are talking about real evidences here..not the war!..remember,,the US is the Superpower country...that's why, they say so..
the khmer rouge genocides is involved with the UN,, not the US ..clear now?
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