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East Timor: UN Secretary-General has responsibility to ensure credible investigation

Posted: 28 January 1999

Following the adoption of a resolution on East Timor%link% by the Commission on Human Rights at its special session in Geneva , Amnesty International said that it was now the UN%link% Secretary-General's responsibility to ensure that any Commission of Inquiry into suspected crimes against humanity and war crimes is independent, credible and effective.