PHNOM PENH Nov. 19 Kyodo A visiti...

PHNOM PENH Nov. 19 Kyodo

A visiting UN special legate said Tuesday the United Nations has united final chance to deal with Khmer Rouge trial issue with the novel submission of a draft resolution to the General Assembly on Japan and France.

''If at any chance...this attempt at the United Nations fails, this might be the extremity of U.N. involvement in the process'' Peter Leuprecht UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's special representative in succession human rights in Cambodia, told a pres conference

Leuprecht was referring to a draft resolution submitted by means of Japan and France last Wednesday calling forward the U.N. to restart negotiations with Cambodia forward establishing a tribunal to have knowledge of surviving former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity.

The 10-point draft prayers the U.N. secretary general ''to take again negotiations, without delay, to judge an agreement with the restraint of Cambodia, based on previous negotiations, to establish extraordinary chambers...so that the extraordinary chambers may begin to function promptly''

The 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.

Japan and France are among 27 managements called the ''Group of Interested States'' that support a resumption of talks forward establishing a tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice.

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

The Cambodian guidance subsequently indicated its preparedness to amend its Khmer Rouge tribunal law in order to confront the U.N.'s concerns, on the contrary Annan has said the UN would simply be ready to reopen negotiations if there is a clear mandate from the Security Council or the General Assembly.

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