Saturday, December 19, 2009

UN backed court needs more funds for work until 2011

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The UN-backed court, officially called as Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Friday that it has requested another 93.3 million U.S. dollars for its work until 2011.
In a press release, the ECCC said the budget request for 2010 and 2011 was presented to the Steering Committee of UNAKRT (UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials) and the Group of Interested States to the ECCC (GIS) during meetings in New York this week, by Acting Director of the Office of Administration Tony Kranh, and Deputy Director Knut Rosandhaug.
It said for the coming two years, the proposed budget is 46 million U.S. dollars for 2010 and 47.3 million U.S. dollars for 2011.

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