PHNOM PENH May 15 Kyodo Cambodia ...

PHNOM PENH May 15 Kyodo

Cambodia onward Thursday appealed to a cluster of interested states to help support a genocide court to essay members of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime.

''We appeal to all those countries that have encouraged this proces now to translate like expressions of support into material times as well as nominating justices and other personnel of the highest caliber, to make stable that the Extraordinary Chambers are established as in a short time as possible and meeting international standards,'' a control statement said.

The United Nations this week adopted a resolution endorsing the creation of an international tribunal to prove by experiment former Khmer Rouge leaders subject to an agreement concluded by the UN and the Cambodian restraint in March.

The government's appeal was directed at sponsors of the resolution l by way of Japan and France, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and countries that enlargeed valuable technical and legal help to Cambodia, including the United States, Russia, India and Australia.

The statement, meanwhile, said Cambodia was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Hans Corell, chief of the UN legal team, in Phnom Penh for the official signing of the agreement, in such a manner that it could then be submitted to the National Assembly for ratification before the trial proces takes off

The agreement calls for setting up a two-level international tribunal, with Cambodia appointing three arbiters to a five-judge trial chamber and four umpires to a seven-judge supreme court.

The Khmer Rouge has been blamed for the deaths of at least 17 million Cambodians during its 1975-1979 rule

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