Original report from Washington
04 March 2010
Donors have approved an $85 million budget for Khmer Rouge tribunal operations over the next two years, a court official confirmed, but actual pledges are still under consideration.
Donors in New York approved $42 million for this year and $43 for 2011, said Lars Olsen, a spokesman for the tribunal.
“What remains is then to see the donations from the different countries,” he said.
The budget request includes the possibility of trying five additional Khmer Rouge suspects for atrocity crimes, as well as administration, outreach and a Victims Unit to spur participation by everyday Cambodians.
Without specific donor pledges, it remains unclear whether the tribunal will be fully funded for its budget, but countries have said they are willing to put money forward for justice at international standards.
“In Sweden’s view, for the sake of justice and reconciliation, it is important that those ‘most responsible for the crimes and serious violations’ according to law are held accountable,” Hilding Lundkvist, first secretary of Sweden’s UN mission, said in an e-mail.
Donors in New York approved $42 million for this year and $43 for 2011, said Lars Olsen, a spokesman for the tribunal.
“What remains is then to see the donations from the different countries,” he said.
The budget request includes the possibility of trying five additional Khmer Rouge suspects for atrocity crimes, as well as administration, outreach and a Victims Unit to spur participation by everyday Cambodians.
Without specific donor pledges, it remains unclear whether the tribunal will be fully funded for its budget, but countries have said they are willing to put money forward for justice at international standards.
“In Sweden’s view, for the sake of justice and reconciliation, it is important that those ‘most responsible for the crimes and serious violations’ according to law are held accountable,” Hilding Lundkvist, first secretary of Sweden’s UN mission, said in an e-mail.
6 comments:
Everyone should read it know about it and hear it loud and clear. How dare those devils made a decision to get people out of their houses, had never allowed them to go back, seperated their family, sent them down to work with no food and medicine? and only to get 2 millions people killed in 3 years and 8 months? How dare they are?!!! Geneva would mean a grain of salt, if the UN will let it slide by. It's the new Mellenium and it's the new Dawn for Cambodian people. May God be with them and with the UN and the justice will prevail.
To cheap for the price of justice!
I don't see justice. If you want real justice, all those who used to help the Khmer Rouge should be put on trial. What I want to know from them, is the role of China, the US, Thailand, ASEAN, including UN in the rise of the Khmer Rouge in 1970-79 and from 1979-1993.
god bless cambodia. glad to see the world is interested in helping cambodia to find justice for millions of victims under the stupid KR regime.
Dear ALL Generous people in the World,
Please help to find the real justice for Poor Cambodian people. Cambodian is suffered than any other people in the world. We lost everything in stupid KR regime and continued to lost until now.The KR spirits and ideas are still silence active implemented in Cambodian Sociaty.
KR Victim
12:52PM ! I with you!
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