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UN to unveil BB murder report today
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations announced that the independent commission, which looked into the facts and circumstances of the December 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, will unveil its report today(Thursday).A UN spokesman said the three-member commission will formally present its report to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, and he will then turn it over to Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Hussain Abdullah Haroon. Ban will also submit it to the Security Council for information.
After presenting the report to Ban, the head of the commission, Chile’s UN Ambassador Heraldo Mu±oz, will release the report at a press conference.
UN officials say that the commission had completed its work and that the inquiry will not be reopened. Pakistan had proposed that the commission interview more international figures, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The commission was set up following a request from the Pakistani Government and began its work in July 2009. It included Marzuki Darusman, the former attorney-general of Indonesia, and Peter Fitzgerald, a veteran of the Irish National Police who has also served the UN in a number of capacities.
The commission was to present its report on March 30 but delayed its at the request of President Asif Ali Zardari that came a couple of hours before its release. The commission’s mandate ended on March 31.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv