Dutch Queen Calls on PM to Form Caretaker Cabinet

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Dutch Queen Calls on PM to Form Caretaker Cabinet

Dutch Queen Beatrix on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Wim Kok's collapsed coalition to form a caretaker government until a new cabinet is formed after general elections on May 15.

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Dutch Queen Beatrix on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Wim Kok's collapsed coalition to form a caretaker government until a new cabinet is formed after general elections on May 15.

"Given the short time-span until the elections, she requested the ministers and junior ministers keep doing all that they deem necessary in the interest of the Dutch state," the queen's office said in a brief statement.

A caretaker cabinet is expected to handle day-to-day administrative business before a new government takes over in the wake of next month's election.

Earlier Tuesday, the Dutch government resigned over an officialreport condemning its failure to prevent the Srebrenica massacre, the worst atrocity of the Bosnian war in 1995.

The report also criticized the United Nations, which it said should share responsibility with the Dutch Government for failing to prevent the tragedy.

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