Letter from Kofi Annan to Sergey V. Lavrov, President of the Security Council

Title

Letter from Kofi Annan to Sergey V. Lavrov, President of the Security Council

Date

31 July 1998

Creator

Description

Following up with resolutions 1997/49 and 52/135 and his precedent letter to His Excellency Mr Hennadiy Udovenko, President of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan expressed to His Excellency Mr Sergey Lavrov, President of the Security Council his intentions to establish a Group of Experts to evaluate the existing nature of the crimes by Khmer Rouge's Leaders, define methods of apprehension, detention, trials and extradition of all living Khmer Rouge leaders. UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan mentioned Sir Ninian Stephen (from Australia) as Chairman, Mr Rajsoomer Lallah ( from Mauritius) and Professor Stephen Ratner ( USA) who are designated and assigned that tasks that must be concluded by a report to the Security Council no later than 31 December 1998

Type

Letter

Subject

United Nations|United Nations. Secretary-General|Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Security Council , Sergey Lavrov, President of the Security Council, Khmer Rouge leaders, crimes

Language

English

Source

United Nations

Format

PDF

Identifier

UN0261

Rights

United Nations

Original Format

Letters (Correspondence)

Collection

Citation

Kofi Annan, “Letter from Kofi Annan to Sergey V. Lavrov, President of the Security Council,” The Selected Papers of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 1997-2006, accessed July 16, 2024, https://ccnydigitalscholarship.org/kofiannan/items/show/5379.

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