Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08USUNNEWYORK342
2008-04-11 22:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
USUN New York
Cable title:
KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK
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UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000342
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL CB KJUS PGOV
SUBJECT: KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK
UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000342
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL CB KJUS PGOV
SUBJECT: KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK
1. USUN Legal Adviser met on April 9 with David Tolbert
(US),newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General and
Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials
(UNAKRT),his assistant Michael Pan (U.S.) and Giovanni Basra
(Italy) an attorney assigned to the Tribunal in Cambodia.
Tolbert, formerly Deputy Prosecutor for the UN's Yugoslav War
Crimes Tribunal ICTY, recently arrived in New York to fill
this new position.
2. Tolbert said that he will travel to Phnom Penh on April 28
and spend one or two weeks there assessing the situation in
order to be able to project the "real needs" of the court.
He said that it is essential for budgetary purposes to have a
trial schedule in order to determine the estimated duration
of the Tribunal. Tolbert noted that an accurate budget would
be required so that donors could have reliable information
and the UN can project the court's future requirements.
Tolbert plans to focus on improving the transparency and
clarity of court operations.
3. USUN told Tolbert that EMBASSY Phnom Penh follows the
activities of the Tribunal closely and encouraged him to
contact the EMBASSY during his visit. Tolbert said that he
would and mentioned that he will be meeting with the
Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington before
leaving for Cambodia.
Khalilzad
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL CB KJUS PGOV
SUBJECT: KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK
1. USUN Legal Adviser met on April 9 with David Tolbert
(US),newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General and
Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials
(UNAKRT),his assistant Michael Pan (U.S.) and Giovanni Basra
(Italy) an attorney assigned to the Tribunal in Cambodia.
Tolbert, formerly Deputy Prosecutor for the UN's Yugoslav War
Crimes Tribunal ICTY, recently arrived in New York to fill
this new position.
2. Tolbert said that he will travel to Phnom Penh on April 28
and spend one or two weeks there assessing the situation in
order to be able to project the "real needs" of the court.
He said that it is essential for budgetary purposes to have a
trial schedule in order to determine the estimated duration
of the Tribunal. Tolbert noted that an accurate budget would
be required so that donors could have reliable information
and the UN can project the court's future requirements.
Tolbert plans to focus on improving the transparency and
clarity of court operations.
3. USUN told Tolbert that EMBASSY Phnom Penh follows the
activities of the Tribunal closely and encouraged him to
contact the EMBASSY during his visit. Tolbert said that he
would and mentioned that he will be meeting with the
Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington before
leaving for Cambodia.
Khalilzad