US envoy: Lebanon Tribunal is ready for action

 

US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad said the International organization has completed all the arrangements for the International Tribunal, which will prosecute those involved in the assassination of Lebanon”s former Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri.

 

He disclosed that the Canadian Daniel Bellemare (who was appointed bu the UN to repllace the Belgian chief investigator Serge Brammertz ) “has been chosen as the prosecutor and the Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki -Moon has chosen 11 judges and the court registrars.”

 

He added, ” The initial financing of the court is complete. The United Nations has received twenty-nine million, four hundred thousand US dollars and this amount is more than is needed to cover the cost of the court”.