HUN SEN TO EXPLAIN WHY HIS GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO CALL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARIS AGREEMENTS TO HELP DEFEND CAMBODIA
Read original letter in Khmer at http://tinyurl.com/3v6pqn8
On 6 May 2011 a group of opposition members of parliament officially wrote to prime minister Hun Sen the following letter (translation from Khmer):
To: Prime Minister Hun Sen via National Assembly President Heng Samrin.
Subject: Implementation of the 1991 Paris Agreements on Cambodia.
Considering:
- Article 96 of the Constitution (which compels the Government to respond to any question from any Member of Parliament within seven days).
- The 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia.
- Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s 11 February 2011 letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen (about legal and peaceful means to defend Cambodia against a foreign aggression).
We, the undersigned Members of Parliament, would like to ask you why the Government has not yet called on the international community, especially the signatories of the 1991 Paris Agreements on Cambodia, to effectively and immediately implement these Agreements at a time when Cambodia is facing an obvious aggression from Thailand.
We would like to remind you that the Paris Peace Agreements not only recognize the right of Cambodia to call for help from the international community when our country feels threatened -- let alone aggressed -- by any other country, but they also spell out the obligation of all the signatories to respond to such a call. Moreover, they specify the mechanisms whereby the international community has to effectively, actively and quickly respond to Cambodia’s call.
Article 5 of the “Agreement Concerning the Sovereignty, Independence, Territorial Integrity and Inviolability, Neutrality and National Unity of Cambodia” says:
1. In the event of a violation or threat of violation of the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability, neutrality or national unity of Cambodia (…) the parties to this agreement undertake to consult immediately with a view to adopting all appropriate steps to ensure respect for these commitments and resolving any such violations through peaceful means.
2. Such steps may include, inter alia, reference of the matter to the Security Council of the United Nations or recourse to the means for the peaceful settlement of disputes referred to in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations.
3. The parties to this Agreement may also call upon the assistance of the co-Chairmen of the Paris Conference on Cambodia [France and Indonesia].
We would like to also remind you that in 1991, eighteen friendly countries signed the Paris Agreements on Cambodia. Among them there were all the world powers (USA, China, Soviet Union/Russia, UK, France, etc.) and all Cambodia’s neighboring countries including Thailand.
In short, the Paris Agreements represent the most important and the most effective legal instrument for the defense of Cambodia’s territorial integrity and for justice to be rendered to the Cambodian people as H.E. Sam Rainsy has already explained to you.
Therefore we ask you to tell us the reasons why your government has yet to call on the signatories of the Paris Agreements to respect their commitments to help Cambodia in the critical situation our country is facing now.
Please kindly and appropriately answer our question.
Sincerely,
[Names and signatures of MPs from the Sam Rainsy Party: Kuoy Bunroeun, Tioulong Saumura, Nuth Rumduol, Men Sothavarin, Chea Poch, Ho Vann, Kong Bora, Khy Vandeth].
Read original letter in Khmer at http://tinyurl.com/3v6pqn8
On 6 May 2011 a group of opposition members of parliament officially wrote to prime minister Hun Sen the following letter (translation from Khmer):
To: Prime Minister Hun Sen via National Assembly President Heng Samrin.
Subject: Implementation of the 1991 Paris Agreements on Cambodia.
Considering:
- Article 96 of the Constitution (which compels the Government to respond to any question from any Member of Parliament within seven days).
- The 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia.
- Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s 11 February 2011 letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen (about legal and peaceful means to defend Cambodia against a foreign aggression).
We, the undersigned Members of Parliament, would like to ask you why the Government has not yet called on the international community, especially the signatories of the 1991 Paris Agreements on Cambodia, to effectively and immediately implement these Agreements at a time when Cambodia is facing an obvious aggression from Thailand.
We would like to remind you that the Paris Peace Agreements not only recognize the right of Cambodia to call for help from the international community when our country feels threatened -- let alone aggressed -- by any other country, but they also spell out the obligation of all the signatories to respond to such a call. Moreover, they specify the mechanisms whereby the international community has to effectively, actively and quickly respond to Cambodia’s call.
Article 5 of the “Agreement Concerning the Sovereignty, Independence, Territorial Integrity and Inviolability, Neutrality and National Unity of Cambodia” says:
1. In the event of a violation or threat of violation of the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability, neutrality or national unity of Cambodia (…) the parties to this agreement undertake to consult immediately with a view to adopting all appropriate steps to ensure respect for these commitments and resolving any such violations through peaceful means.
2. Such steps may include, inter alia, reference of the matter to the Security Council of the United Nations or recourse to the means for the peaceful settlement of disputes referred to in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations.
3. The parties to this Agreement may also call upon the assistance of the co-Chairmen of the Paris Conference on Cambodia [France and Indonesia].
We would like to also remind you that in 1991, eighteen friendly countries signed the Paris Agreements on Cambodia. Among them there were all the world powers (USA, China, Soviet Union/Russia, UK, France, etc.) and all Cambodia’s neighboring countries including Thailand.
In short, the Paris Agreements represent the most important and the most effective legal instrument for the defense of Cambodia’s territorial integrity and for justice to be rendered to the Cambodian people as H.E. Sam Rainsy has already explained to you.
Therefore we ask you to tell us the reasons why your government has yet to call on the signatories of the Paris Agreements to respect their commitments to help Cambodia in the critical situation our country is facing now.
Please kindly and appropriately answer our question.
Sincerely,
[Names and signatures of MPs from the Sam Rainsy Party: Kuoy Bunroeun, Tioulong Saumura, Nuth Rumduol, Men Sothavarin, Chea Poch, Ho Vann, Kong Bora, Khy Vandeth].
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