<div><p>Former Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir is set to go on trial on genocide charges next month, the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said on Friday, after delays caused by his poor health.</p><p>"This trial chamber hereby orders that the parties may make opening statements on Friday, February 26," the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague said.</p><p>The prosecution should start presenting its evidence in the week of March 8, it added.</p><p>Tolimir, 61, is accused of committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity between July and November 1995 related to the massacres of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in the towns of Srebrenica and Zepa.</p><p>Following his arrest in Bosnia in May 2007, the trial was to have started last month but was postponed for Tolimir, who will represent his own defence in court, to study new charges added to the indictment.</p><p>He was one of seven deputy commanders in the Bosnian Serb army during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, and was responsible for intelligence and security.</p><p>Tolimir, arrested in Bosnia in May 2007, reported directly to overall military chief Ratko Mladic, who has been on the run from the ICTY since 1995.</p><p>Tolimir's trial will be the last to start before the ICTY, created by the UN Security Council in 1993 to prosecute those accused of serious crimes during the 1990s Balkans wars.</p><p>The ICTY has indicted 161 individuals.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67526198&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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