Al Jazeera
The United Nations and Cambodia have agreed in principle to boost the integrity of staff at the country's special tribunal to try former members of the Khmer Rouge government.
The two sides said in a statement on Wednesday that they would meet to ensure the joint tribunal is administered in a "transparent, fair and efficient manner".
The statement follows a meeting a day earlier between Peter Taksoe-Jensen, the UN legal affairs expert, and Cambodian officials.
Cambodian personnel at the UN-assisted tribunal have been accused of corruption twice in the past two years, allegedly kicking back part of their salaries to their bosses.
Five former top officials of the Khmer Rouge government are being held awaiting trial before the tribunal, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The group's radical policies are blamed for the death of up to two million Cambodians when the group was in power in 1975-79, but none of the leaders have ever been brought to trial.
The two sides said in a statement on Wednesday that they would meet to ensure the joint tribunal is administered in a "transparent, fair and efficient manner".
The statement follows a meeting a day earlier between Peter Taksoe-Jensen, the UN legal affairs expert, and Cambodian officials.
Cambodian personnel at the UN-assisted tribunal have been accused of corruption twice in the past two years, allegedly kicking back part of their salaries to their bosses.
Five former top officials of the Khmer Rouge government are being held awaiting trial before the tribunal, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The group's radical policies are blamed for the death of up to two million Cambodians when the group was in power in 1975-79, but none of the leaders have ever been brought to trial.
2 comments:
This is simply an obvious sign on the POOR GOVERNANCE and CORRUPTION!
What a shame!
The leader khmer rouge that UN brought them back the year 91 ,are:
Sihanouk,Ieng sary,khiev Samphârn,Mao,Le duc tho and the other you can see them in this you tube.
sincerely your!
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=KHb_K_tOS6k&feature=related
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=P0tkI2dO8_A&feature=related
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=8yEhkzAWgHs&feature=related
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