UN Delegates Call on Cambodia to Heed Envoy’s Remarks

27 September 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Social development
Democracy / Development / development partners / European Union aid / Human Rights / human rights groups / U.N. Human Rights Council / U.N. human rights envoy to Cambodia Surya Subedi / United Nations

U.N. representatives from Japan, the European Union and Australia called on Cambodia to heed recommendations made in a report on human rights and economic land concessions by the U.N.'s envoy Surya Subedi at the Human Rights Council in Geneva Tuesday. ...

While the E.U. commended Cambodia on progress it had made in the democratization process, the representative also addressed "worrying allegations of threats against opposition parties, members and candidates." ...

Cambodia's partners in Asean, however, took a softer approach. ...

China, one of Cambodia's main benefactors, withheld from delivering any criticism. ...