SENIOR UN OFFICIAL URGES CAMBODIA TO PAY STAFF, BREAK UP STRIKE AT UN-BACKED TRIBUNAL

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Date: 6 Sep 2013 16:00:01 -0400
Subject: SENIOR UN OFFICIAL URGES CAMBODIA TO PAY STAFF, BREAK UP
STRIKE AT UN-BACKED TRIBUNAL
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SENIOR UN OFFICIAL URGES CAMBODIA TO PAY STAFF, BREAK UP STRIKE AT
UN-BACKED TRIBUNALNew York, Sep 6 2013 4:00PMA senior United Nations
expert is calling on the Government of Cambodia to pay its national
staff and help end a strike at the UN-backed tribunal trying Khmer
Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes in the
south-east Asian country.

"We are fully committed to ending the current funding crisis as soon
as possible and providing the stable environment that will enable
national staff to continue the critical work of the ECCC
[Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia] and achieve
accountability pursuant to its mandate," UN Special Expert on UN
Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, David Scheffer, said in a
statement.

More than 100 of the court's local employees reportedly went on strike
this week after not being paid for month.

The judicial process is now at a "critical stage", Mr. Scheffer said,
and this latest strike in Phnom Penh "may disrupt further critical
work on Case 002 and the fulfilment of the ECCC's mandate.

Case 002 concerns Nuon Chea, the former second-in-command of the Khmer
Rouge, and Khieu Samphan, former head of State. The third
co-defendant, Ieng Thirith, has since been released from prison.

Mr. Scheffer said top UN officials have had numerous discussions and
meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and with officials of the
major foreign donor Governments to avoid such a crises.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Chef de Cabinet Susana Malcorra
have written to Governments to address the situation, Mr. Scheffer
said, adding that there should be "no doubt of the enormous amount of
attention and work that this crisis has commanded at the United
Nations and in key foreign capitols"

Speaking at The Hague on 28 August, Mr. Ban warned that "the very
survival of the Court is now in question."

Mr. Scheffer said that he is "hopeful" of funding commitments from the
Governments of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for
Cambodia's 2014 budget, adding that "one cannot argue for more
efficiency or speedier trial proceedings at the ECCC and at the same
time starve it of the necessary funding."

The ECCC, established in 2003 under an agreement between the UN and
Cambodia, is tasked with trying senior leaders and those most
responsible for serious violations of Cambodian and international law
committed during the Khmer Rouge rule. It is staffed by a mix of
Cambodian and international employees and judges.Sep 6 2013 4:00PM
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