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Hague Prosecutor Wants 'Concrete Results' From Serbia

February 06, 2006

Carla Del Ponte (file photo) (AFP)

Carla Del Ponte (file photo) (AFP)

6 February 2006 -- UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said she needs to see "concrete results" in Serbia's cooperation with the court, and the arrest of fugitives still at large.

She was speaking in Belgrade today after meeting the defense minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Zoran Stankovic.

Del Ponte said she received assurances from authorities that cooperation will be implemented, but she said that "implementation is not enough if concrete results do not come." She said acheiving arrests must be a priority.

Six war crimes fugitives wanted by The Hague tribunal remain at large, including the most wanted among them: Bosnian Serb wartime military leader Ratko Mladic and political leader Radovan Karadzic.

(dpa)
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The Fugitives

Ratko Mladic (left) confers with Radovan Karadzic during a meeting in Pale in 1993 (epa)

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Ten years have passed since former Bosnian Serb leader RADOVAN KARADZIC and his former military commander General RATKO MLADIC were indicted by the Hague-based war crimes tribunal for genocide and other war crimes. The two fugitives remain at large, despite the obligation of NATO-led peacekeepers and the various governments in the region to arrest the indictees and send them to The Hague. Many people wonder why the most powerful military alliance in history and a host of governments seeking Euro-Atlantic integration remain unable to catch the two... (more)


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