PHNOM PENH, May 4, 2012 (PRU) – The United Nations
Special Expert agreed with Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An on
Friday the issues on the succession of a new U.N. co- investigating judge, the
funding requirement of the ECCC, and the needed expeditious work of the Court.
It was a fruitful meeting as both sides have shared the
same views for the success of the Extraordinary Chambers within the Courts of
Cambodia (ECCC).
Ambassador David Scheffer, Special Expert to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, told His Excellency Dr. Sok An that
the U.N. would soon send names of U.N. nominees for the Royal Government of
Cambodia for consideration by the Supreme Council of Magistracy (SCM) to
replace judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet who resigned last month, and a new
reserve international co-investigating judge.
Ambassador Scheffer also informed His Excellency Dr. Sok
An, who is also Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers,
that he has been working quite hard on fund raising by talking to governments
in Europe and Asia and hoped that the ECCC’s friends would come up with more
financial support.
Both sides also agreed that the court needs to speed up
its work in an effective way, a move that will satisfy all stakeholders who
wanted to see the court to accomplish its goal faster of achieving a historic achievement in serving the
interests of justice and the victims.