Cambodians look on during the first day of a U.N.-backed tribunal, inside the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: AP)Khmer Rouge tribunal and government officials met with UN and donor representatives Thursday to discuss an impending budget crisis for the Cambodian side of the UN-backed court, but pledges for funding failed to materialize.
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Khmer Rouge tribunal and government officials met with UN and donor representatives Thursday to discuss an impending budget crisis for the Cambodian side of the UN-backed court, but pledges for funding failed to materialize.
The Cambodian side says it only has enough money for two more weeks of operation.
Council Minister Sok An and the UN’s top legal adviser, Patricia O’Brien, both said Monday the court needed an infusion of money to continue, as it works toward its second trial of jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.
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