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Genocide tribunal calls for help
THE overloaded UN-backed tribunal trying key figures in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has asked for co-operation from the US Government to help it accomplish its mission.

Erik Mose and Hassan Bubacar Jallow, the president and chief prosecutor of the tribunal, have appealed directly to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. They "re-emphasised the need for sufficient resources to implement the ICTR's (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) completion strategy".
"And keep Carla del Ponte the hell away from us!"
The independent news agency Hirondelle, which covers the court's proceedings, said the two officials also requested US co-operation on several matters where the tribunal needed help from national governments to accomplish its mission.

The ICTR is due to wind up all trials - excluding appeal hearings - by the end of 2008. It is investigating people suspected of key roles in the organised killing of at least 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus in a 100-day killing spree unleashed in April 1994.

During a US visit, the ICTR officials also held talks with senators and house of representative members, as well as with Pierre-Richard Prosper, the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues.

Since its founding by the UN in 1994, the ICTR has tried 25 people including former ministers, members of the Rwandan former army and a Catholic priest for their roles in the genocide before the Hutu army and killer militias were driven out by rebels.

Posted by: tipper 2005-06-19
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