UNITED NATIONS
Cambodia Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia
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PRESS RELEASE
Cambodia Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia
Click here to read the press release in Khmer
PRESS RELEASE
Phnom Penh 17 December 2007: The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Human Rights in Cambodia is issuing today the following clarification.
“The Special Representative is an independent expert appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations. His mandate is to monitor the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country, to help the Government and the Cambodian people in ensuring that the Cambodian laws and the standards accepted by the State are effectively observed, foster international cooperation in the field of human rights, and report annually to the newly established United Nations Human Rights Council.
As Special Representative, he is not an employee of the United Nations and does not receive a salary. His work is pro bono. Mr. Yash Ghai is a professor of constitutional law and a human rights defender, with a lifelong experience in promoting rule of the law in many countries. He does not represent Kenya. He represents the human rights principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, of which Cambodia is a Member State, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Human Rights treaties, several of which have been ratified by Cambodia, and are part of Cambodian law.
The Special Representative does not intend to dialogue with the Government through the media. He has sought meetings with several ministers well in advance of his visit. They either did not respond or refused to meet him. In the absence of such meetings, he has described publicly his main concerns as he is duty bound to do. These concerns will be addressed in detail in his forthcoming report. He hopes that the Government will respond to the substance of his assessment. He is ready to discuss it in detail, and will listen to the views of the Government at any time. The door of dialogue must always remain open. To have dialogue one must have interlocutors and the Special representative will pursue his efforts in this direction.
An honest scrutiny of the reports of the Special Representatives since 1993, shows that progress in the area of the rule of the law and the administration of justice, where they occurred, were duly reported, as any fair assessment requires. At the same time, matters of concern, such as those reported during previous visits, have continued to be highlighted. These are serious concerns for the lives of many Cambodians. These issues will not go away. They deserve attention. As a Cambodian proverb goes, one cannot hide a dead elephant with a basket. The role of the Special Representative is to understand these concerns, to draw the Government's attention to them, and work with it, with the Cambodian people and the international community to address them.
Lastly, it is important to clarify that the Special Representative has not called for the international community to cut its support to Cambodia. Rather, he has encouraged Member States, as bound by the Charter of the United Nations, to pursue their assistance efforts, while playing a more critical role in recognising human rights realities in Cambodia, the understanding of which the Special Representative mandate aims at contributing.”
End of statement.
“The Special Representative is an independent expert appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations. His mandate is to monitor the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country, to help the Government and the Cambodian people in ensuring that the Cambodian laws and the standards accepted by the State are effectively observed, foster international cooperation in the field of human rights, and report annually to the newly established United Nations Human Rights Council.
As Special Representative, he is not an employee of the United Nations and does not receive a salary. His work is pro bono. Mr. Yash Ghai is a professor of constitutional law and a human rights defender, with a lifelong experience in promoting rule of the law in many countries. He does not represent Kenya. He represents the human rights principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, of which Cambodia is a Member State, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Human Rights treaties, several of which have been ratified by Cambodia, and are part of Cambodian law.
The Special Representative does not intend to dialogue with the Government through the media. He has sought meetings with several ministers well in advance of his visit. They either did not respond or refused to meet him. In the absence of such meetings, he has described publicly his main concerns as he is duty bound to do. These concerns will be addressed in detail in his forthcoming report. He hopes that the Government will respond to the substance of his assessment. He is ready to discuss it in detail, and will listen to the views of the Government at any time. The door of dialogue must always remain open. To have dialogue one must have interlocutors and the Special representative will pursue his efforts in this direction.
An honest scrutiny of the reports of the Special Representatives since 1993, shows that progress in the area of the rule of the law and the administration of justice, where they occurred, were duly reported, as any fair assessment requires. At the same time, matters of concern, such as those reported during previous visits, have continued to be highlighted. These are serious concerns for the lives of many Cambodians. These issues will not go away. They deserve attention. As a Cambodian proverb goes, one cannot hide a dead elephant with a basket. The role of the Special Representative is to understand these concerns, to draw the Government's attention to them, and work with it, with the Cambodian people and the international community to address them.
Lastly, it is important to clarify that the Special Representative has not called for the international community to cut its support to Cambodia. Rather, he has encouraged Member States, as bound by the Charter of the United Nations, to pursue their assistance efforts, while playing a more critical role in recognising human rights realities in Cambodia, the understanding of which the Special Representative mandate aims at contributing.”
End of statement.
This is clear to address dictator Hun Sen. He can manipulate Cambodian peoples, but he cannot manipulate wise persons and his own dictatorship and ignorance shadow.
ReplyDeleteAbout replacing UN's representative is just a recycling Hun Sen stubbornness because every UN's envoy is denied by Hun Sen as he is not a pro-democracy as well as human rights.
KY
ស្រឡះសាធុទៅ!សមមុខហើយ! គ្រាន់តែការងារគេក៍មិនដឹងខ្យល់អីផង ត្រដរធ្វើនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី «ប៉ឃីឡង»អីដែរ។ មើលងាយជនជាតិកេនយ៉ារបស់គេផ្តេសផ្តាស។ មើលពួកអាម៉ីអាថោងខាងអែបឡប ជួយបកប្រែប្រាប់មេខ្លួនឯងផង កុំឲ្យខ្មាស់គេជាងលេចពងអីចឹងទៀត! មានអាមួយនោះធ្វើការក្រសួងការបរទេសស្អី ថាគេស៊ីប្រាក់ខែUN។តាមពិត គេស្ម័គ្រចិត្តសោះ។
ReplyDeleteយីអើសុទ្ធតែងារបណ្ឌិត តែអត់ដែលស្គាល់មុខគ្រូម៉េចផង។តាមពិតគេមិនហៅបណ្ឌិតទេ គេហៅថា «អន្ទិតគោលោត ឲ្យស្រីយួនបញ្ឆោត អស់ពោតមួយចម្ការ!»
ah hun sen only know the jungle law but human society law.
ReplyDeleteTo call Hun sun a dictator is a compliment. dictator kills people out in public. Hun sen is like cobra, he strike the people an watch them die slowly. That's how cambodia is dying... slowly
ReplyDeleteHun Sen doesn't try to hide the elephant with a basket. Why should he? All of the World Donors will keep tossing $$ his way no matter what he does. He could have monks hanging from the trees in Phnom Penh and he would still get his money.
ReplyDeleteA Hunsen is a vietcong slave.
ReplyDeleteThe UN must help Cambodia to take the vietcong slave Hunsen to jail for life.
The UN + +USA + China must judge A Hunsen.
There are two things here needed to be put in perspective. First is that HS knows exactly what he and his gov't have done, and that he fears he'll be tried in a court of law when out of power; therefore tries every means and way to stay in power. Second, money in the form of aid and/or conditional/unconditional loans, may always flow in his way because of the fact that the donor community also has their own agenda of development, one that the donors belived has worked in "their" developped countries in the so-called South will also work in developping nation like Cambodia. The first reason is palcing Cambodia in danger of dictatorship, anarchy, rampant corruption and abject poverty; while the second puts the country in the peril of future foreign debt and environmental damage usually in the very name of development.
ReplyDeleteHS is manipulating everything for his country and people but he gains what he longs for.
ReplyDeletePlease the world local communities keep helping Cambodian people; they are driven to hell day by day