CNRP Calls for Paris Peace Agreement Signatories to Intervene

CNRP vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday renewed the opposition party’s calls for the 18 signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in Cambodia, saying that the more than two-decades-old agreement had still not been properly implemented. The opposition has announced that October 23—the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the agreement—would be the date of its first mass demonstration since last month’s three-day protest against alleged irregularities at the July 28 national election. “Cambodia today is defying the basis for the Paris Peace Accords, especially the principles of liberal democracy and pluralism,” Mr. Sokha said in a radio interview. “We’re concerned that it’s not compliant with the Paris Peace Accords, which those countries have supported and helped us so far,” he said. “That’s why on behalf of the Cambodian people, we are submitting petitions to the U.N. and all signatory countries to help us.” The agreements were signed in 1991 by the U.N. and 18 countries-including the U.S., China, Australia and Japan—who agreed to continue to monitor the implementation of the agreement after the end of mandate of the U.N. Tran­si­tional Authority in Cambodia, which expired in 1993. …

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