CCHR Press Release - CCHR Congratulates US President Barack Obama on his Re-election

CCHR PRESS RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 8 November 2012

CCHR congratulates US President Barack Obama on his re-election

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates US President Barack Obama on his re-election on 6 November 2012.  CCHR welcomes the interest in Cambodia that President Obama’s administration has shown over the past four years, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making two visits over the term, and President Obama scheduled to arrive next week for the Association of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Summit.  We are honored to welcome them both to Cambodia.

CCHR encourages the US to continue engaging constructively with Cambodia by using its financial and human resources strategically and effectively to further the promotion and protection of human rights and democratic institutions in Cambodia.  Furthermore, CCHR expects any US engagement with the Cambodian military to be principled and targeted to improve the security of all Cambodians.

CCHR President Ou Virak comments:

“President Obama’s re-election provides a perfect opportunity to continue strengthening the US-Cambodian relationship in a constructive and progressive way that benefits all Cambodians.  It is also enlightening to see how a well-fought and transparent election campaign plays out in a fully-fledged democracy.  We hope that parties contesting next year’s national elections in Cambodia have paid close attention and will be inspired to allow an open and honest election campaign to run its natural course.”

For more information, please contact Ou Virak via telephone at +855 (0) 1240 4051 or e-mail at ouvirak@cchrcambodia.org or Senior Consultant Robert Finch via telephone at +855 (0) 7880 9960 or e-mail at robert.finch@cchrcambodia.org.

Please also find this Press Release attached in PDF format in both Khmer and English.

Kind regards,

CCHR