UN chief says Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal needs funding, staff unpaid for months
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The U.N. secretary general says Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal is running out of money and its "very survival" is now under threat.
Ban Ki-moon says contributions to the U.N.-backed court have run dry and some staff have not been paid for months.
He is urging international donors to provide badly needed financial support.
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The tribunal, which began in 2006, has faced frequent budgetary shortfalls.
Some unpaid staff went on strike in March, and a court spokesman says about 100 staffers plan to strike again on Sept. 1 if they remain unpaid.
The court is tasked with seeking justice for atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.
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An estimated 1.7 million Cambodians died under the Khmer Rouge regime due to forced labor, starvation, medical neglect and execution.