\nArusha, November 24th, 2004 (FH) \u2013The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was on Tuesday formally mentioned at the UN Security Council for its lack of cooperation in the arrest of people accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.\n<\/p>\n
\nIn a press statement published by the UN, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Hassan Bubacar Jallow from Gambia, told the Security Council that 14 indicted people were still at large and \u201cthe bulk of the fugitives continued to be based in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
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\nJallow and the president of the ICTR, Eric M\u00f8se from Norway, were presenting their annual reports to the council. Jallow exhorted Member States \u201cto live up to their legal obligations\u201d and cooperate in accordance with the statutes of the tribunal.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe prosecutor continued that despite the ICTR\u2019s efforts to have suspects arrested, only a former militia leader, Yusuf Munyakazi was arrested from the Congo this year. The first arrest from the DRC was Colonel Tharcisse Renzaho in 2002.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe press release continues that the USA representative, John Danforth , called upon the DRC and Kenya to arrest fugitives whom he said were inciting conflicts in the Great Lakes region.\n<\/p>\n
\nRwanda\u2019s Deputy Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga advised the ICTR to inform the Security Council on the level of cooperation of all member states, particularly the DRC. He said that it was regrettable that the prosecutor had drastically reduced the number of people being investigated, known as \u201cBig fish\u201d, which was originally estimated at 300.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Rwandan envoy regarded not pursuing certain individuals as \u201ca mockery of justice\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\nHe claimed that according to the UN\u2019s own figures, only a quarter of all their original suspects will have been brought to court in 10 years. As part of the tribunal\u2019s exit strategy, all investigations will come to an end at the end of the year and uncompleted cases to be transferred to national jurisdictions, Rwanda included.\n<\/p>\n
\nOn the issue of transfer of trials, Jallow told the Security Council that discussions were going on with Rwanda and other states. He promised to file motions on the transfers at the beginning of 2005. Only judges have the powers to decide on the transfer of cases.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cApart from Rwanda, it was not proving easy to find States ready, able, and willing to take on cases for the prosecution from the Tribunal\u201d, the UN press release quoted Jallow as saying.\n<\/p>\n
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