Original report from Phnom Penh
11 June 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on the international community to fund the Khmer Rouge tribunal during a time of financial crisis.
A failure of the tribunal due to the lack of funds will be the responsibility of the UN, and the UN would lose its reputation, Hun Sen told the English-language Mekong Times Wednesday.
"I call on the UN and those who promised to provide money," he said. "Any failure of the court due to budget shortages is not Cambodia's responsibility."
Hun Sen's comments "show how much interest and how much support he gives to the court," tribunal spokesman Peter Foster said. "It would be disappointing for everyone if funding did not come forward and we were not able to proceed."
Tribunal administration officials are currently revising a budget proposal in an effort to bring the amount they need from donors below $114 million.
The tribunal was initially budgeted at $56 million, but officials say they need more if the courts are complete trials for five jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.
Tribunal officials will present a revised budget to donors next week, Foster said.
A failure of the tribunal due to the lack of funds will be the responsibility of the UN, and the UN would lose its reputation, Hun Sen told the English-language Mekong Times Wednesday.
"I call on the UN and those who promised to provide money," he said. "Any failure of the court due to budget shortages is not Cambodia's responsibility."
Hun Sen's comments "show how much interest and how much support he gives to the court," tribunal spokesman Peter Foster said. "It would be disappointing for everyone if funding did not come forward and we were not able to proceed."
Tribunal administration officials are currently revising a budget proposal in an effort to bring the amount they need from donors below $114 million.
The tribunal was initially budgeted at $56 million, but officials say they need more if the courts are complete trials for five jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.
Tribunal officials will present a revised budget to donors next week, Foster said.
12 comments:
So sad and embarrass for a prime minister to say such thing.
Ah kwack won't feel a thing!
Ah Scam Rainxy must be trial if the UN failed.
Who care! make it no difference, ah Kwack still khnom Ah Ho Chi Minh goat face pret!!!!
Nothing wrong with that so long Cambodia is moving in the right direction as it has been for the last decade or so.
Everybody has responsibilities except Hun Sen, the most irresponsible prime
minister on earth.
When it comes to speaking none sense nobody can beat Hun Sen and his party.
Yeah, but PM is still 100 times better than Ah Scammer (Scam Rainxy).
Nothing worng wiht PM speech, UN shall take charge and come up if the fund and after all is their call for the establishment of the tribunal
ITS 2008, ALMOST 09, AND THIS HUN SEN/ CPP IS SO SO SO "BACKWARD". SO BACKWARD, ITS ALMOST LIKE 'STONE AGE" ERROR AGAIN. ONLY UNDER HUN SEN/CPP REGIME.
SO SAD. THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE IS THE RESULT OF THE LEADER. KHMER PEOPLE, YOUR SUFFERING IS DUE TO OUR DUMBASS, BACKWARD LEADERS.
ONLY GOD'S MERCY,AND BLESSING CAN UNDO WHAT THESE IDIOTZ HAD DONE.
high time to put an end to this pointless exercise. UN damaging its reputation getting involved in a trial as flawed as this.
Cambodia's government better come up with some money soon and UN better stop tax payer money and put it where it makes a difference.
he's supposed to be one of the richest men in Cambodia so maybe he could pay
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