PHNOM PENH Nov. 18 Kyodo Japan an...

PHNOM PENH Nov. 18 Kyodo

Japan and France have submitted a draft resolution calling upon the United Nations to restart negotiations with Cambodia onward establishing a tribunal to test surviving Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity, according to a original of the draft seen Monday by way of Kyodo News.

The draft ''request the Secretary General to renew negotiations, without delay, to end an agreement with the conduct of Cambodia, based on previous negotiations, to establish extraordinary chambers...so that the extraordinary chambers may begin to function promptly''

The draft was submitted to the Third Committee of the UN at its 57th Session last Wednesday.

Cambodian rule officials in charge of the trial issue said Japan and France are among 27 restraints called the ''Group of Interested States'' that support a resumption of talks in succession establishing a tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice.

The UN and the Cambodian sway had been working since 1997 forward a plan to establish a tribunal for that object but the U.N. withdrew from the proces in February after concluding that the court, as it was envisaged at Cambodia, would not be fair and credible.

The 10-point draft appeals to the international community to provide financial, personnel and other assistance to enable the early establishment and the sustained operation of the tribunal.

It petition fors U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to report to the General Assembly ''on his consultations and negotiations with the rule of Cambodia'' and to include in his report ''recommendations for the efficient and cost-effective operation'' of the tribunal.

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