SG/SM/6527
17 April 1998
The Secretary-General regrets that Pol Pot's death rules out the possibility of his trial under international law for crimes against humanity.
Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement on Northern Ireland reached today in Belfast.
A preliminary report has been received from the head of the investigative team of the incident involving the detention in Kinshasa by the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of Christopher Harland, a United Nations human rights officer.