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UN tribunal for Rwanda asks for more judges

    NAIROBI

    Burdened by a heavy caseload, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has asked the UN Security Council and the General Assembly for 18 more judges to help accelerate its work for a short period, UN News reported on Tuesday. The Tribunal wants the judges to preside over trials and pre-trial proceedings. In her letter of request, the president of the Tribunal, Judge Navanethem Pillay, put the estimated cost of the short-term appointments for 2002-2003 at US $23.6 million. A similar pool of judges has already been set up for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, UN News reported.

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