Reports: STL Sets 2013 Budget at 59.9 Million Euros
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The U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, set to try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's suspected assassins, has set its annual budget for 2013 at 59.9 million euros, al-Joumhouria daily quoted well informed sources as saying on Wednesday.
The STL, which is headquartered in the Dutch town of Leidschendam, informed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the budget.
The sources pointed out on condition of anonymity that Ban is expected to inform the Lebanese government, in a message through the Lebanese mission in NY, of the due amount to finance its share that stands at 49 percent of funding the STL.
The Lebanese government has paid Lebanon’s 2012 share which amounted to 26,927,270 euros.
Lebanon’s 2011 contribution for the tribunal was paid from the budget of the state-run Higher Relief Council, which operates under the prime minister’s office. While the 2010 share was donated by Lebanese banks.
The STL was established in 2007 to try the perpetrators of Hariri's 2005 assassination.
19 December 2012, 09:19
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It may feel like a lot of money, but it's about the price the son-in-law paid for his private jet... (attaf masare 3al chajar)
In any case, it's well spent money, justice doesn't have a price tag.
19 December 2012, 14:43
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yes the famous story of the son in law, who owns half of Batroun but no one has yet produced one deed prooving that, and who owns a private jet that no one can see (batman style), and who is a multimillinaire but still lives at the same house his family owns since generations in Batroun.
can M14 be any lower???
19 December 2012, 22:01
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your statement is a joke! We would have electricity if people paid their bills! are you seriously blaming the electricity on a court that is trying to end terorism bombings in your own country?
19 December 2012, 09:59
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I would continue to pay and even offer to double this amount because thanks to the STL, the assassinations have... well... umm... duh... not stopped and it looks like they will never stop? Sorry, my compatriots of March 14. It does look like you shall remain home-bound like the... well... umm... duh... mentally-crippled but will continue to freely roam the souks, attend the gatherings here or there and have various useless meetings that are shown almost daily on TV and go pretty much everywhere but where necessary to take care of business that you... well... umm... duh... are unqualified to handle or qualified to torpedo? Stay safe, March 14. The STL is keeping a watchful eye on you, thank God for that! Love, always.
19 December 2012, 18:44
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benzona: FT posted a video of himself so you d understand him better lol !
19 December 2012, 20:06
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This is video of my intellectual boyfriend giving a highly effective political argument he's the greatest, look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_hgjMVp5mo
