02/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for external relations announced on 29 May that the European Commission intends to make a €1 million contribution to the Khmer Rouge Special Tribunals. The establishment of "Extraordinary Chambers for the Prosecution under Cambodian Law of Crimes Committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea" follows an agreement between the government of Cambodia and the United Nations in 2003, and ratified in 2004. The Commission contribution will be committed to the UN Trust Fund established in Phnom Penh to support the chambers. The European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights also supports the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone.