Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Written by Sebastian Strangio and Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
"They pretend to take care of [these issues] but in reality it is not the case" - SRP MP Yim SovannA SENIOR government official lashed out Tuesday at the recommendations released by a UN human rights body, claiming they are part of a pattern of bias against the Cambodian government.
"I think it is usual for UN human rights bodies to blast the ruling party and look on the government as its enemy," said Cheam Yeap, a senior CPP lawmaker.
"As a lawmaker, I want to see the checks and balances of the UN before they criticise the [Cambodian] government."
He added that the government was working to improve human rights in the country and that the Kingdom's leaders were better placed to judge the needs of Cambodians.
"We are trying to improve the living conditions of the Cambodian people," Cheam Yeap said. "I don't think that the UN loves the Khmer people more than Khmers love the Khmers."
In its concluding observations to Cambodia's May 11-12 review in Geneva, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights criticised the government for its lack of action on issues including land rights, gender equality, conservation, unemployment and labour rights.
Prominent among the committee's 24 recommendations was a call for a moratorium on land evictions "until the proper legal framework is in place and the process of land titling is completed".
It also slammed the government for its apparent refusal to send a delegation to the review, which itself came 15 years late because of the government's delay in filing its initial report to the committee.
"The Committee regrets the absence of experts from the State party and that the information provided was in some cases not sufficiently detailed," the report said.
Rights groups said the committee's report was an accurate snapshot of the situation in Cambodia. "The Committee has picked up on the most salient issues with regard to the state of economic, social and cultural rights in Cambodia," said David Pred, country director of rights group Bridges Across Borders.
He also expressed hope the government would respond by bringing the country into compliance with its obligations.
"This is what the ambassador promised in Geneva that the government would do, but now it is up to the central government in Phnom Penh to translate his words into action," he said.
Thun Saray, president of Cambodian rights group Adhoc, said that the committee had been "quite balanced" in its reporting, noting areas of improvement in Cambodia, and said the government should take the recommendations seriously.
Sam Rainsy Party spokesman Yim Sovann also supported the committee's efforts, adding that the CPP's "top to bottom" control of the government meant human rights issues were ignored. "They pretend to take care of [these issues] but in reality it is not the case," he said.
"So now the international community has to try."
22 comments:
Hun Sen's Government was born from communist mother and father. It has communist genuine. So, it must be very hard for it to transform and change it blood into a free, democratic system. However, it is almost 20 years now in the process of transformation, the time should be enough for them to change. So, we must say that government itself does not want to change!!! Hun Sen has no will to transform his blood.
Some blames should go to the donor counties. They keep hand out the blank cheques to this government without monitoring it up closely and that will continue this way forever.
Why UNTAC not reformed the Police, Army, and justice system in 1993?
Why the people of killing field was send to the hand of communist like Hun Xen and Shihanouk?
Why you try to find past justice for us while you ignore the present injustice?
Thing UN do what is right for humanbeing, do not make your ancestors ashame on you!
Every Cambodian government so far works for themselves first, then for the people of Cambodia.
The problem is that the desire for wealth of the officials in current Cambodian government is so unlimited that they continue to suck on the resources for themselves and only let a small amount trickling through to the ordinary citizens, enough just to keep the status quo.
Unfortunately the Cambodian leaders of all regimes are just like some irresponsible parents who are on state welfare receiving money in the name of their children and use it for their own personal gratification without much care and concern for their own offsprings.
It is a very sad but true reality!
For the donors, they won't talk much because they also have other motives behind giving out money in the name of charity and goodwill.
However, thank them for giving out the money so the trickling process can still continue.
Anet Khmer
Ah Changrai PPU is not here yet. He is a poison smake to stir up CPP to get the good CPP to be killed by Bad CPP. CPP youth
your party never built anything for khmer people and just complane like this like that never done.You said Mr Hun Sen do anything Vietname How about you guy work for who? You are work for the forieng people and why you don't think about yourself? On 1979 why no UN helping khmer people? Just let khmer people were killed by no food,no medicine,no school,and no nothing at all.
So does in the United States.
Why dictate to other countries, while you're struggling with the same issue. Take a look in your own backyard first.
Pi Anh: PPU
7:33 AM
And I've been doing a great job. Should I hunt you down too, you pseudo-CPP youth asshole?
Pi Anh: PPU
Ah New Phally is busy in the meeting, unable to comment.
Ah PPU (Perverse Pedophilia Urchin) is also busy in the meeting, unable to comment.
8:20 AM
They (Cambodian-American'ts) will never understand. However, their undstanding is that when things get better and improved in Cambodia, they move in, and the worst part, they vilify and lambaste our government. Please forgive their arrogance,ignorance, and greed.
Moreover, in the future, when dealing with Cambodian-American'ts, just remember the "AIG." No, not the "AIG," American Insurance Group, that is partially responsible for bringing down the global economy, which responsible for an economic malaise, but it's very close in terms of its context. However, another "AIG" stands for "Arrogance, ignorance, greed." Again, this is only when dealing with Cambodian-American'ts, remember the "AIG."
PPU
2:59 PM
I'm back, asshole.
Pi Anh: PPU
hey ah ppu , krao pee prer tnam nhien eng mean ey twer te rorl tngai ning ?
4:59 PM
Please ... to facilitate others' understanding, you'll need to use appropriate language, preferably.
PPU: PM virtual bodyguard
that's why the world gov't had come up with the chain of command system like in the military to keep things from getting out of hand. it is a simple concept, yet very complex indeed.
8:20 AM, yes at that time UN are trying to help but they are living so far to get to know khmer, and at that time the technology not much power fule like right now.
sor Hun Sen and youn have more chance than UN because they are living there, and very close to khmer people. Pluse communist party. now technology very mordern and every things else are upgrade in a good way, so see very clear what is what.
correction:so UN can see, sor= so
PPU,
eventhough american have AIG but they do have courage to let the world know that they have these kind of problems in their country and they find a ways to protect these kind of problems not to happen again.
and that is why they allow challeng party to have a chance to change the goverment systems and that is why they elect president every 4years to eliminate all the bad kind that is going to happen in their country
further more, some of these member return the money back to goverment, and law had punnish those who are not admitted their wrongfule.
do not blame American to bring the economic down to hell because not American are doing this. if your brain not very dump than you will see thing clear; let me tell you something do you know Why?
first, they see china people are very poor, most people in china walk on the street fail down and die right aways. second, they also try to help Indea people and majority of those people are very poor and those two country you know their population and i do not need to tell you that. third, probably they bruoght it to other small and poor country for example vietnames country they also took part of american jobs to their country too.
fourt,probably rich people they want to get richer, that is why they take job a ways from US to provided for those poor country, when those rich america people took jobs a ways from their country than their own people no jobs to do, no money to spend. when US people do not have money to spend. no other country have any money to spend. so the wolds is shrink; " especialist to china people you know how they are very selfish, self center and stock-up mostly to those poor country they are just the same"
if other country are smart they do not depend on American economic, they will manage their country very well. such as srok khmer why you need to blame America for? i do not see any things that you have to be poor because american economic down.
how about Hun shit, did he dare allow challeng party to have chance to compete with him in a fair ways, did he dare saying that his top government corruption?
ppu no brain to look further more about AIG,. in contrust PPu and your bossare "arrogance,ignorance, and greed." and please we need to forgive them because they do not have brain to look deeper into imformation.
8:15 AM
Perhaps you're trying to hard, but I give some credit for your useless effort in an effort to refute my response. Please tell me something I don't know.
If you're residing in the United States, what happened when everyone tried following the elusive American dream, they put themselves further in debt to so they may live in flatulent lives; plus, after all, debt is a way of American life. Let's face it: we borrow to put our children in school, buying homes, new cars, foods -- perhaps -- other unpleasant things, and so on and so forth. Cambodia does not have to be like the United States. If you're American who tried to refute my comment, you know precisely how much debt the U.S. owes the Japanese and China. Rest assured, there will not be "AIG" in our country--you have my assurance.
PPU
PPU,
to let you know that these common not useless for you instead you are supprise because you do not know anythings all of those fact above.
you know what debt in china is very little, and Japaness also very little.
look at Amrican land , their land full of oil they don't event touch it yet, look at world trade center at New york building collape at 2001. a billion ton of gold they had hidden underneat of that building they don't event touch it.
war in irag,start by this country president, not U.S who is starting first. and they fail this war. and U.S should take this country as a grain like vietname do it to cambodia, and china do it to Tabetan. instead U.S send a billion of dollar to help these country to recover from the war. and one billion dolla per year send to these country alone, how about help to cambodia, vietnames, thailand, lao and other european and more country.
but let do not talk about add to those country, let just saying U.S withraw troop from irag, and stop to add 1 billion dollarper year to irag. now you see how much money do U.S save per year? and how fast they could repay to china and Japaness.
this is just only small example for you. and things that you can see.
about the dept of people, you can analyses yourself and reason is infron of you. if you want to know.
and you suggest that "Cambodia does not have to be like the United States." U.S do not want you to be like U.S because that is how we control the world.
7:16 am:
Now, it is time to cease prevaricating the American people and Cambodian-Americans and other Asian-Americans. If you ONLY can handle the truth, you will not be abashed to tell people the truth. Again, the culprit is that you unable to hand the truth.
PPU
Correction and verification: not "
unable to hand the truth", rather " unable to 'handle' the truth.
Pi Anh: PPU
Pi Anh: PPU, U.S can handle every single truth but you fuck and dumbo brain could not understand it. we do not want to write because it is very longe explaination for you dumbo brain to understand it. and when i fell like to write i will came back and fuck you again.
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