WASHINGTON, March 2 (Hina) - The United States is encouraged with statements of new Croatian authorities and it is looking forward to comprehensive cooperation with the Hague-based International War Crimes Tribunal for Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY), said Ambassador David Scheffer, who is at State Department in charge of issues of war crimes. State Secretary Madeleine Albright and Ambassador William Montgomery have talked with members of the new Croatian Government about this matter and they are very encouraged with what has been said, Scheffer said on Thursday. At a news conference he also spoke of the United States' additional efforts to help arrest Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and two notorious Bosnian Serb war criminals - Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic - and bring them before the ICTY. The Administration has printed jumbo posters which will be soon posted throughout B
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Hina) - The United States is encouraged with
statements of new Croatian authorities and it is looking forward to
comprehensive cooperation with the Hague-based International War
Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said Ambassador
David Scheffer, who is at State Department in charge of issues of
war crimes.
State Secretary Madeleine Albright and Ambassador William
Montgomery have talked with members of the new Croatian Government
about this matter and they are very encouraged with what has been
said, Scheffer said on Thursday.
At a news conference he also spoke of the United States' additional
efforts to help arrest Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and
two notorious Bosnian Serb war criminals - Radovan Karadzic and
Ratko Mladic - and bring them before the ICTY.
The Administration has printed jumbo posters which will be soon
posted throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina, mostly in the Republic of
Srpska (the Bosnian Serb entity) calling on people to give useful
information that can lead to the apprehension of the aforementioned
war crimes suspects. A reward offered amounts to $5 million for each
useful piece of information. Posters will be scattered over Serbia
probably from planes.
Scheffer said that since last May when the reward was offered,
several pieces of useful information have been given.
The U.S diplomat admitted that despite its efforts to date, the
Hague Tribunal has been losing credibility owing to the failure to
arrest main indictees, persons who launched or ordered the
committing of war crimes.
The State Department programme for the arrest of international
terrorists and war criminals has so far paid rewards in 20 cases,
and the biggest individual paid amount has been $2 million.
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