Patricia O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs19 April 2010 – The United Nations legal chief today called for donors to provide funds to support the UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes during the country’s genocide in the late 1970s.
Under-Secretary-General Patricia O’Brien, the UN Legal Counsel, voiced concern about the financial situation, including the cash flow, of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), after holding talks with the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in the capital, Phnom Penh.
Ms. O’Brien and the Deputy Prime Minister issued a joint statement after their meeting in which they urged the international community to provide contributions and pledges to national and international components of the tribunal.
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