Tribunal Donors Expect to Meet in May

Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C
Friday, 30 April 2010

International donors for the Khmer Rouge tribunal are scheduled to meet in May to decide how much funding each will give to the UN-backed court, officials said this week.

“We hope the countries, the member states of the United Nations who supported the establishment of this court, will also take responsibility to ensure adequate funding,” tribunal spokesman Lars Olsen told VOA Khmer.

Tribunal officials have received initial approval by donors for $85 million over the next two years, but individual countries have yet to decide how much they will contribute.

The court is currently moving toward its second trial for senior leaders of the regime, on charges of genocide and other atrocity crimes.

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