By Chun Sakada, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh
28 January 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen continued a public campaign against the UN’s human rights office Monday, saying the international body should stop spending money in Cambodia.
“The UN should take all this budget to victims in areas such as Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, or other countries facing crises, rather than wasting money in Cambodia,” Hun Sen said.
The latest row comes on the heels of a December visit by Yash Ghai, an envoy for the UN secretary-general, who was highly critical of the government’s rights efforts.
Hun Sen said Monday UN member states should not have to finance trips by Ghai.
“He rides in airplanes and stays at hotels; where does the money come from?” Hun Sen said. “This money is more than a salary. This money is still the UN’s money, and we are also a member of the UN that must also pay membership dues to the UN. We have a duty to appeal for saving the budget, to be spent in other areas, rather than having Yash Ghai traveling to Cambodia.”
Ghai rankled officials in December when he said weak rule of law and ongoing theft of land from the disenfranchised could cause people to rise up against the government.
Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha said Monday that Hun Sen should solve rights abuses and land grabs and solve murders for which no culprit is ever found.
“If he does not want the UN human rights envoy to come to Cambodia, and he regrets the fact that money is wasted, he should solve human rights violations in Cambodia,” Kem Sokha said.
Eng Chhay Eang, secretary-general of the Sam Rainsy Party, said Monday Hun Sen should worry more about the increasing price of goods and fuel and rising unemployment.
“The problem over the UN should not be an issue to bring a headache, whether it has enough money in protecting human rights in Cambodia,” he said.
Cambodia still needs funding for “strengthening human rights mechanisms,” said Thun Saray, director of the rights group Adhoc.
“The UN should take all this budget to victims in areas such as Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, or other countries facing crises, rather than wasting money in Cambodia,” Hun Sen said.
The latest row comes on the heels of a December visit by Yash Ghai, an envoy for the UN secretary-general, who was highly critical of the government’s rights efforts.
Hun Sen said Monday UN member states should not have to finance trips by Ghai.
“He rides in airplanes and stays at hotels; where does the money come from?” Hun Sen said. “This money is more than a salary. This money is still the UN’s money, and we are also a member of the UN that must also pay membership dues to the UN. We have a duty to appeal for saving the budget, to be spent in other areas, rather than having Yash Ghai traveling to Cambodia.”
Ghai rankled officials in December when he said weak rule of law and ongoing theft of land from the disenfranchised could cause people to rise up against the government.
Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha said Monday that Hun Sen should solve rights abuses and land grabs and solve murders for which no culprit is ever found.
“If he does not want the UN human rights envoy to come to Cambodia, and he regrets the fact that money is wasted, he should solve human rights violations in Cambodia,” Kem Sokha said.
Eng Chhay Eang, secretary-general of the Sam Rainsy Party, said Monday Hun Sen should worry more about the increasing price of goods and fuel and rising unemployment.
“The problem over the UN should not be an issue to bring a headache, whether it has enough money in protecting human rights in Cambodia,” he said.
Cambodia still needs funding for “strengthening human rights mechanisms,” said Thun Saray, director of the rights group Adhoc.
20 comments:
Mr. U.S. Embassador, did you hear that?
The prime minister does not want you and your people in Cambodia.
Also, the prime minister wants all human rights groups out of Cambodia.
What are you waiting for?
The time is now!
I'm sure after the prime minister's assertion, the U.S. is now assigning a couple of CIA after him.
How much Cambodia contributes to UN every year? How much did UN contribute to Cambodia since 1992? PM should save Cambodian people's budget first before saving UN budget.
When Cambodia has political crisis then it need the UN to resolve this problem. Now Cambodia has peace (???), then it don´t only need the UN but expels the UN from this country. What the UN means and how many countries are standing behind this organ?
and Cambodians have the rights to live freely without fear from their government in anyways.
The United Nations must not be deterred by Hun Sen's unscrupulous attack. It is the human rights abuse that gave him his nickname "strongman" and he is not afraid to use it to his political advantage. It would be a letdown for the Cambodian people if the UN moves its resource else where.
HUN SEN is called, the lop brampi sandan.
The oldest ginger, the most hotest. But AH PLEU HUN SEN, the longest he stay in power, the most stupid he is.
Blanc Beck Hun Sen! Don't think UN is wrong by spending money on this "Sofware Human Right".
Only Criminals and stupid guys like you disgust Human right or have a false conception of it.
FEAR IS PART OF OUR LIVES! EMBRACE IT! FACE IT HEAD ON!
THE CIA WAS SOFT ON THE RULING PARTY BEFORE MR. HUN SEN MADE THE STATEMENT THAT HE WANTED THE UN AND HUMAN RIGHTS OUT OF CAMBODIA -- NOW, THE SITUATION AND PRIORITY OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING FBI, NSA AND CIA HAVE BEEN SHIFT; THIS IS, MR. HUN SEN, YOU JUST MADE THE WRONG MOVE AGAINST YOUR INSIDIOUS ENEMY.
Hun Sen has no fear because he got bullet proof from Hanoi. Hanoi may advice him that "American is paper tiger" . That slogan has been known to all among Khmer Rouge. Hanoi won a war against American, which led Hun Sen to believe that Hanoi is better. Hoewer, we are for democracy, and talk high about human rights? Do we have strongly supported from US like Hanoi back up Hun Sen? Where CIA while Human Rights activist, Chea Vichia, died for our purposes? We are weak.....very weak that would scare all of us away..from becoming one.
Kon Khmer
3:08 PM
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE FURTHER ELABERATE ON THE "PAPER TIGER" PORTION OF YOUR COMMENT TO FACILITATE OUR UNDERSTANDING.
AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT!
AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE TRUE KHMER.
To 3:25PM
Hey! Stop using the word "we" okay! I don’t need you to speak for me!
You speak for yourself! What are you trying to do extracting confession? Ahahhahhahahha!
Since 1993 the UN play important role in ending the conflict in Cambodia even Hun Sen himself signed the Paris Agreement which welcome the UN to set up general election in Cambodia! Now in 2008, Cambodia has peace and stability and Hun Sen as a dictator is getting richer from his corruption and now he want to say good-by to the UN? What is going on here? Is Hun Sen is getting too smart for himself? Yes! Remember, I am talking about Hun Sen who never set foot in school and still manage to get a PhD! ahahhahhahh!
Hun Sen is too smart, too genius, and too way ahead of his time and he want Cambodian people to live in his little world!
Hun Sen need to stop forcing Cambodian people to live in his little world! There is a larger world out there that can help Cambodia to become a prosperous and peaceful nation! For those Cambodian people who insist on living in Hun Sen world and it will mean that they will have to live under the Vietcong government and you know damn well how it was like to live under the Vietcong government supervision in the 1980 and it is hell because there is no development, endless conflict and war, endless exploitation of Cambodian people and Cambodian natural resources! Now you know why he invited the UN to Cambodia in 1993! So if Hun Sen want to say good-by to the UN and he will have to say good by to Cambodian people too!
To 3:25PM
KNOCK, KNOCK?
WHO IS THERE?
FUCK YOU!
ONCE YOU WERE A SLAVE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A SLAVE. ALSO, YOU'RE NOT ONLY SLAVE TO YOURSELF BUT YOUR IGNORANCE.
GO FUCK YOURSELF!
To 3:50 PM; YES -- YOU -- 3:50 PM!
KNOCK, KNOCK?
WHO IS THERE?
FUCK YOU!
ONCE YOU WERE A SLAVE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A SLAVE. ALSO, YOU'RE NOT ONLY SLAVE TO YOURSELF BUT YOUR IGNORANCE.
GO FUCK YOURSELF!
This is as stupid comment it can be.Nonsense.........and it come from so call "a head of government of Cambodia"......hey dude,do me a favor,if you don't know what are you talking about,just shut the fuck up!!!!!you are not representing us .this is shameful comment.
To 6:16PM!
I told you not to speak for me! So you better stop using the word "we" or I will kick your arse! From now on you better learn to speak for yourself!
12:06 AM
Go fuck jerk yourself off!
I know your wife does not want you, because she just discovered that you're faggot!
Now, go fuck yourself!
To 12:39AM!
When you speak for yourself and you know only how to fuck and why is that? You just another sexual predator waiting to be capture and put in the cage for good! Ahahhahah
Hey! Stop using those Viagara and you can have heart attack one day and I warn you!
Let him talk, his words meanless for outside world. I don't WHY ?
some scholl grand hin Ph. D.!
All of us here want to hear you comment, otherwise, you are not part of Khmer Intelligence.
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