Malaysia Urges UN to Establish International Tribunal for MH17 Crash

The Malaysian delegation to the UN prepared a draft Security Council resolution that could "establish an international tribunal for the sole purpose of prosecuting persons responsible for crimes connected with the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014."

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Malaysian delegation to the UN has prepared a draft Security Council resolution on establishing an international tribunal to try those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, media reported Thursday.

According to the resolution, the Security Council would "establish an international tribunal for the sole purpose of prosecuting persons responsible for crimes connected with the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014," the draft text, obtained by AFP on Wednesday, reads.

On July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it crashed in eastern Ukraine, where intense fighting between Kiev forces and independence supporters from Donbas was ongoing. All 298 people on board the aircraft died in the crash.

The Dutch Safety Board, investigating the circumstances surrounding the plane crash, has completed a draft report on the incident. The countries taking part in the investigation received the document on June 2, and have two months to provide comments on it before the final report is published in October.