2009-12-18
(CAAI News Media)
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The UN-backed court, officially called as Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Friday that it has requested another 93.3 million U.S. dollars for its work until 2011.
In a press release, the ECCC said the budget request for 2010 and 2011 was presented to the Steering Committee of UNAKRT (UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials) and the Group of Interested States to the ECCC (GIS) during meetings in New York this week, by Acting Director of the Office of Administration Tony Kranh, and Deputy Director Knut Rosandhaug.
It said for the coming two years, the proposed budget is 46 million U.S. dollars for 2010 and 47.3 million U.S. dollars for 2011.
"The international component of the ECCC (UNAKRT) accounts for 34.5 million U.S. dollars in 2010 and 35.6 million U.S. dollars in2011, inclusive of contingency. The national component of the ECCC accounts for 11.5 million U.S. dollars in 2010 and 11.8 million U.S. dollars in 2011, inclusive of contingency," the ECCC said.
The ECCC says this hybrid court spends less money than any other courts in the world.
The ECCC is set up to try former leaders of Democratic Kampuchea (DK) who are blamed for the mass massacres under their rules in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979.
The increase in annual costs can mainly be attributed to increased activity level where the Pre-Trial Chamber will be functioning on a full time basis, and the Supreme Court Chamber might potentially be sitting full time from mid 2010. The budget proposal also reflects increased defence costs for legal representation related to potential additional cases, the ECCC said.
Editor: Zhang Xiang
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