The Security Council on Wednesday urged nations around the world to help arrest wartime Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, the last fugitive wanted by the UN war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia.
The 15-member Security Council issued a statement in which it unanimously "reiterates its call on all states, especially the states of the former Yugoslavia, to intensify cooperation with and render all necessary assistance to the International Tribunal, and in particular calls for the arrest of Goran Hadzic."
The Hague-based ICTY is a UN court established in 1993 by the Security Council that has been trying top and mid-level officials suspected of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide during the Balkans wars in 1990s.
The ICTY has concluded proceedings against 126 others accused of the most serious crimes committed during the 1990s Balkans wars.
The court's mandate is scheduled to end in December 2014, but in December 2010 the Security Council adopted a resolution creating a new body to complete unfinished tribunal cases.
Hadzic, 52, is the last suspect at large following last month's arrest of the top wanted suspect, Bosnian Serb wartime military chief Ratko Mladic.
Mladic, 69, faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Mladic first appeared before the ICTY on June 3, three days after he was transferred from Belgrade to a UN prison in The Hague, and will be back in court on July 4 to enter a plea.
Source: AFP
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