As
Khmer Rouge
Trials Hinge
on Court
Workers
Unpaid, Are
They Selfish?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 11 –
Alleged
killers of
over 1 million
people in
Cambodia may
never be
tried, due to
the court's
shortfall of
$9.5
million.
Inner
City Press
asked the UN
at Monday's
noon briefing
about the
Extraordinary
Chambers in
the Courts of
Cambodia and
the threat by
Cambodian
staff to stop
working, since
they have not
been paid
since
November.
After
the noon
briefing, the
UN sent Inner
City Press
these two
paragraphs:
Subject:
Your
question on
Cambodia
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at] un.org
Date: Mon, Feb
11, 2013 at
12:31 PM
To: Matthew
Russell Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
We
urge the Royal
Government of
Cambodia to
take urgent
steps to
ensure
that the
salaries of
national staff
at the
Extraordinary
Chambers are
paid, to avoid
any disruption
to the
important work
of the Court.
The
Special Expert
of the
Secretary-General,
Ambassador
David
Scheffer,
is in contact
with the
donors to
encourage them
to explore
ways to
assist the
Government in
meeting its
obligation to
pay the
salaries.
Japan
stepped up
once in the
past. But will
it, this time?
Others
in UN
Headquarters,
where the
Staff Union
passed a
resolution of
“no
confidence”
in Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon after
he
characterized
as selfish
those
who oppose his
human
resources
plans which
into $100
million in
budget cuts,
70% from
personnel cost
or salaries,
wondered is
Ban
would call the
Cambodian
staffers
“selfish” if
they stopped
working if not
paid. Watch
this site.
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