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After collecting 24 statements from survivors, Tony Greig, the New Zealand lawyer who headed the inquiry, submitted his evidence and helped draft an indictment.

"The evidence was there," he said yesterday. "All that was needed was a signature from Carla Del Ponte, the chief UN prosecutor."

But Ms Del Ponte never signed. The indictment stagnated and Mr Mbarushimana vanished from Kosovo. The case came back to haunt the UN in 2001 when, from France where he had claimed asylum, Mr Mbarushimana sued for wrongful dismissal. It has now emerged that the UN administrative tribunal has awarded him 12 months' back pay.

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