general for legal affairs, said last week the truth commission would have five members, two of them Burundians. Its mandate would be to establish the historical facts of the conflicts since 1962, determine their causes, compile war crimes and identify those responsible. The new court would be a "special chamber" set up within the existing national judicial system. It would be responsible for prosecuting those with the greatest responsibility for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Burundi between at least 1972 and 1993, he said. Funding for the initiative has not yet been determined, but Zacklin said the two bodies would have to rely on international financing over and above the regular U.N. budget.
