Bellemare Briefs Security Council on Hariri Murder Probe
Chief U.N. investigator Daniel Bellemare on Tuesday will brief the Security Council on his last report on progress made in the probe into the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.
Diplomatic sources told al-Mustaqbal daily that the Council will also vote in favor of a two-month extension of the mandate of the commission investigating Hariri”s Feb. 2005 assassination.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has said the international tribunal that will try Hariri”s suspected assassins is on track to start operations in March.
Bellemare will become the tribunal”s prosecutor once the probe into the Hariri and related cases is completed.