Outgoing deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Bernard Muna of Cameroon said the UN court remains the best tool for reconciling ethnic differences in Rwanda, the Internews press service reported from Arusha. Addressing guests at a farewell party organised in his honour on Friday, Muna said he had no “illusions that every Rwandan will be miraculously reconciled by this tribunal”. “We are all pioneers in this long mission of raising the consciousness of mankind,” Muna was quoted as saying. Muna, who has served as the ICTR deputy prosecutor for the last four years, told the gathering he would remain “the best ambassador of the court” wherever he travelled. Muna did not renew his contract with the ICTR when it expired in February this year. His successor has not yet been named.
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