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Daniel Bellemare briefs the media on the work of the Commission (8 April 2008)
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Special Tribunal for Lebanon
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Daniel Bellemare, head of UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC)
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I am pleased to announce that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is fully on track to commence functioning on 1 March 2009...Prime Minister [Fouad] Siniora [and I] agree that the launch of the Special Tribunal will be a significant step towards the end of impunity.
Remarks by Ki-moon to the press after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Doha, 30 Nov. '08
