Naharnet - Bellemare Report on the Hariri Assassination Due in November, September 4, 2008
The head of the U.N. commission investigating ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination and related crimes, Daniel Bellemare, is to issue a report on his findings by the end of November, instead of in September as was expected. The daily An-Nahar on Thursday attributed the report to an assistant spokesman for the U.N. chief.The repot said the U.N. Security Council's current chairman, Burkina Faso ambassador Michel Kafando, circulated the council agenda for September and it did not include a session to review an expected report by Bellemare on progress of the investigation into Hariri's murder.An assistant spokesman for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, answering a question by An-Nahar, said: "The Security Council has decided that head of the Independent Commission (Bellemare) should present his report every six months instead of three.""The forthcoming report is expected by the end of November," he said. The official recalled that the Security Council had asked Bellemare to accept the post of the international tribunal prosecutor when the commission's term expires on Dec. 31. A diplomatic source at the U.N. headquarters in New York also told An-Nahar that Bellemare is "not obliged to present a report every three months. His forthcoming report is expected before year end." The international tribunal is to try suspects in Hariri's 2005 assassination and related crimes.
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