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Nevertheless, the use of the tribunal can only be one step in the long process of rebuilding Cambodia. Simultaneous efforts must be made to create, almost from nothing, a viable and just legal system. The slow process of individual and community reconciliation must also be pursued.

REFERENCE WEBSITES

Documentation Center of Cambodia [DC-CAM] www.bigpond.com.kh/users/dccam.genocide

Royal Government of Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge Trial Task Force www.cambodia.gov.kh/krt/

Phnom Penh Post www.phnompenhpost.com

NOTES

1 See Report of the Group of Experts for Cambodia established pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 52/135 (Feb 1999) Annex. UN doc A/53/850, S/1999/231.

2 Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the Period of Democratic Kampuchea. (10 August 2001) NS/RKM/0801/12.

* "Draft Agreement Between the United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia Concerning the Prosecution Under Cambodian Law of Crimes Committed During the Period of Democratic Kampuchea" 17 March 2003. See UN General Assembly: Report of the Secretary General on Khmer Rouge Trials, UN doc A/57/769, 31 March 2003.

4 UN Doc GA/10135 (13 May 2003).

5 Vong Sokheng and Richard Woodd: "Jumbo cabinet ends stalemate" Phnom Penh Post, 2-15 July 2004, page 1-2.

6 Yun Samean: “Hun Sen Says Only UN Can Arrest KR”, Cambodia Daily, 7 June 2004, page 1-2.

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