| Cambodia's PM criticises UN Last Updated 12/12/2007, 22:56:51 | |
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has criticised the United Nations for not renouncing its past relations with the Khmer Rouge.
Up to two million people died of starvation and overwork or were executed under the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to1979.
During that period, the United Nations still allowed the regime to represent the country before the world body.
Opening a student building, Hun Sen made the statement that in the past, the UN supported the Khmer Rouge, but now it will try the regime's surviving leaders in court.
He says the UN has never said its past policy to allow Khmer Rouge leaders to represent Cambodia at the United Nations was wrong.
Established in July 2006 after nearly a decade of negotiations between Cambodia and the UN, the joint Cambodian UN tribunal seeks to prosecute crimes committed by senior Khmer Rouge leaders.
Up to two million people died of starvation and overwork or were executed under the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to1979.
During that period, the United Nations still allowed the regime to represent the country before the world body.
Opening a student building, Hun Sen made the statement that in the past, the UN supported the Khmer Rouge, but now it will try the regime's surviving leaders in court.
He says the UN has never said its past policy to allow Khmer Rouge leaders to represent Cambodia at the United Nations was wrong.
Established in July 2006 after nearly a decade of negotiations between Cambodia and the UN, the joint Cambodian UN tribunal seeks to prosecute crimes committed by senior Khmer Rouge leaders.
© 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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