A U.S.-based group of Cambodian dissidents has called on U.N. member
states to deny Cambodia a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council when
they vote on the request next week.
In a letter sent out on Friday, Sourn Serey Ratha (pictured), president of the
Khmer People Power Movement [KPPM], admonished Prime Minister Hun Sen’s
government, saying that it lacks the traits needed to fulfill the
Security Council mandate.
“The regime of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen,
from the Cambodian People’s Party is authoritarian, against the freedom
of speech, never respectful of human rights, corrupted, kleptocratic,”
the group said in a statement sent to all 192 missions at the U.N’s
headquarters in New York.
The statement cited political interference in the Khmer Rouge
tribunal, violent land disputes and forced evictions as some of the
reasons that Cambodia should be denied the U.N. seat, which would see it
working alongside permanent members such as China and the U.S. on
international issues.
The General Assembly will vote on the 2013 to 2014 nonpermanent
Security Council seat on Thursday. Cambodia, which is contesting the
seat against South Korea and Bhutan, has already secured the backing of
at least 17 countries in its bid.
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said he had not seen the
statement but dismissed its contents, insisting that Cambodia had proven
itself capable of maintaining peace and stability.
“Those people represent their own group…[they work] against the
government and sometimes they play terrorist activities,” Mr. Siphan
said of the KPPM.
Mr. Siphan said the government represented people’s interests and had
the support of at least 80 percent of voters at the U.N. General
Assembly. He also said he was confident that the vote next week would go
in Cambodia’s favor.
“We have the experience to share that. We are positive on that one.”
4 comments:
khmer's court needs to ask USA's court to indict s.rotha to face justice in cambodia
as he was most wanted guy in cambodia
I hope the international criminal court indict Hun Sen very soon for war crimes for the 1997 coup, murder of actress Pisith Pilika and for 1997 grenade attack. The court must also indict Hun Sen for crimes against humanity for the deaths of Khmer people during the K5 Plan.
SOONER or LATER, HE WILL BE INDICTED, TO PHN COURT TO FACE JUSTICE.
This person is just a parasit. He did not thing for our nation ?
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