Description:
''United Nations member countries thwarted an attempt by China to slash proposed funding for investigations into Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims. This ensures that a newly established UN body will have the necessary financing to gather and preserve criminal evidence for future trials.
After marathon negotiations – during which China called for cutting the proposed budget in half – the UN General Assembly’s budget committee approved without a vote some US$28 million for investigations in Myanmar, only slightly less than the proposed US$29 million budget...''
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Publication:
2018-12-24
Date of entry:
2019-01-18
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Geographic coverage:
- Myanmar
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good