ECCC Agreement Article 1

<div><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">AGREEMENT&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS&nbsp;</span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">AND THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA&nbsp;</span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">CONCERNING THE PROSECUTION UNDER CAMBODIAN LAW OF CRIMES&nbsp;</span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">COMMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA</span></div></b></span></div></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Article 1</b></div><div><b>Purpose</b></div><div><br></div><div>The purpose of the present Agreement is to regulate the cooperation between the&nbsp;United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia in bringing to trial senior leaders of&nbsp;Democratic Kampuchea and those who were most responsible for the crimes and serious&nbsp;violations of Cambodian penal law, international humanitarian law and custom, and&nbsp;international conventions recognized by Cambodia, that were committed during the period&nbsp;from 17 April 1975 to 6 January 1979. The Agreement provides, inter alia, the legal basis</div><div>and the principles and modalities for such cooperation.</div><div><br></div>