PHNOM PENH (AFP)--Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has ratified a landmark new human rights charter aimed at transforming the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
The king ratified it on Monday, making Cambodia the sixth member of the bloc to do so, the ministry said in a statement.
The charter, signed in Singapore last year, aims to commit the region's disparate nations to promoting human rights and democratic ideals while setting out principles and rules for members.
"The Asean Charter is an historic milestone document," the ministry said.
"All Asean member countries are fully committed to bring the charter into force by the time of the next Asean summit in Thailand later this year," the statement added.
Brunei, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have already ratified the charter, which also transforms the 40-year-old Asean into a legal entity, giving it greater clout in international negotiations.
The bloc wants all 10 members to ratify it before an annual summit in Thailand in December.
The charter was the result of a long, controversial drafting process that saw some of the strong recommendations from elder statesmen watered down or dropped, including provisions on sanctions and expulsion.
Asean's original five members were Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam joined later.
The king ratified it on Monday, making Cambodia the sixth member of the bloc to do so, the ministry said in a statement.
The charter, signed in Singapore last year, aims to commit the region's disparate nations to promoting human rights and democratic ideals while setting out principles and rules for members.
"The Asean Charter is an historic milestone document," the ministry said.
"All Asean member countries are fully committed to bring the charter into force by the time of the next Asean summit in Thailand later this year," the statement added.
Brunei, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have already ratified the charter, which also transforms the 40-year-old Asean into a legal entity, giving it greater clout in international negotiations.
The bloc wants all 10 members to ratify it before an annual summit in Thailand in December.
The charter was the result of a long, controversial drafting process that saw some of the strong recommendations from elder statesmen watered down or dropped, including provisions on sanctions and expulsion.
Asean's original five members were Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam joined later.
13 comments:
Great, and thank you your majesty for supporting our country.
More toilet paper for the CPP to use.
134am,
Main horng!
It should be looked upon more or less as an Association of Legal Human Rights Abuse Nations. If not all, most of these countries are abusing their own people's rights and dignity every day. It is an attempt to cosmetically fool the world that they are respecting human rights. Myanmar respecting Human Rights? Cambodia respecting Human Rights? What a joke!
Bullshit, just because our human right difference from yours, it doesn't mean its a joke.
Just who died and leave you bosses of moralities, huh? If anything that is a Joke is your stupid moral value, isn't that more truthful?
2:54AM
May I suggest that there is no differences in human rights regardless any race or belief.
Rights to have four basic needs ie FOODS, CLOTHING, SHELTER and access to HEALTH. All these are also stipulated in Buddhism.
Next step is a right to exercise all five senses in order to achieve our wisdom on the grounds of scientific process and reality.These also mentioned in Buddhism of principle of CAUSES and EFFECTS and relevance of TIME.
So please be clear about these to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding.
Neang SA
A great move
3:30, no one is starving, and no one is naked (ok except for little kids), Shelter and Health, many poor country only have limited service.
And what is your 3rd paragraph about? Science and faith doesn't mixed.
This Cambodian King would ratify anything at AH HUN SEN command!
Every fucken time I heard something is being ratified by Cambodian King and I feel the cringe in my back!
Oh well! Cambodian King is just a tool to be used by other leaders especially by AH HUN SEN, Vietcong, and Thaicong, China...!
It's okay to be used to move Cambodia forward. At least, it's better than doing nothing?
In the modern time and people who is being used is called slave!
Hell, I certainly don't mind being one of them slave who lived in the palace with maids, chauffeurs, chefs, and all.
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