Monday, 03 September 2012
By Bridget Di Certo
Phnom Penh Post
Prime
Minister Hun Sen has requested the support of the 120 Non-Aligned
Movement countries for Cambodia’s bid at a nonpermanent seat on the UN
Security Council.
Speaking in Tehran, Iran, on Friday, where this
year’s NAM summit is being held, the premier called for the “invaluable
support of all members of NAM” for Cambodia to succeed in its first
attempt to win a seat on the Security Council.
“Cambodia
continues to support the expansion of both permanent and nonpermanent
membership of the UN SC, with the purpose to make the council more
transparent and effective,” Hun Sen said to the delegations, which
represent about 60 per cent of seats at the General Assembly that will
vote next month for nonpermanent Security Council seats.
Cambodia,
whose only competition for the Asian seat is Bhutan, has been working
hard to secure the seat, and touts its history as a proprietor of peace
as a winning characteristic.
To contact the reporter on this story: Bridget Di Certo at bridget.dicerto@phnompenhpost.com
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