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-           Excellency Mr. Secretary-General of the UN, -           Excellency Mr. President of the UN General Assembly, -           Excellencies ASEAN Foreign Ministers, -           Ladies and Gentlemen, 1.      On behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to H.E. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, for his constructive role in the past to help resolve the Cambodian-Thai border issue. We truly appreciate his great efforts on this issue. 2.      On this occasion, Cambodia certainly could not forget to also express our deep thanks to Indonesia, in particular Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, for its tireless efforts to help Cambodia and Thailand to settle their problems peacefully. Once again, Excelle...

Unofficial Translation 01 October 2011 Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, along with the message during the opening of the new school year 2011/12, gives a verbal statement on the 2011 flood situation, measures to be taken and challenging issues in relation to post-flood situation to the Cambodian people, selections from which Cambodia New Vision has provided here follows with English translation. Along with my message on the opening of the new schoolyear, I have the necessity to make a statement to our compatriots and Buddhist monks on the situation of flood in the Kingdom of Cambodia. You learn already that actions have been taken for flood affected areas by various concerned and related institutions in accordance with instructions I issued while I visited the flood affected (Baray district of Kompong Thom) and again in the special Cabinet’s meeting to figure out the ways to mitigate impacts. With data collated here I must say that this year floodi...

Statement by His Excellency Mr. HOR Namhong Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia at the 66 th Session of the UN General Assembly New York, 26 September 2011 ------------------------- -Mr. President, -Excellency, ladies and Gentlemen, 1.       At the outset, I would like to join the previous distinguished speakers to express my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Nassir bin Abdulziz al Nasser on his election as the President of the 66 th Session of the UN General Assembly . We are confident that with his able leadership, our deliberations will be guided towards a successful conclusion. 2.       I would like also to take this opportunity to warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon for being unanimously chosen by the General Assembly to serve a second term. The Royal Government of Cambodia acknowledges with grea...

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Tulsathit Taptim’s “Let’s just condemn the coup and play soccer” ( 21 September) uses a gratuitous attack on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen as a stick with which to beat Thai opponents of the 2006 Bangkok coup. To the limited degree that his article has a coherent argument, it is that a friendly football match between Thai and Cambodian officials proves that Thais who opposed the military coup are not really democrats. To buttress his absurd claim, Tulsathit resorts to further inventions. “Thai politicians who portray themselves as champions of democracy”, he writes, “hero-worship Hun Sen”. Thai democrats “adore” the “Phnom Penh strongman”. Why Thai democrats would look to Cambodia or any other country for inspiration isn’t explained. Does Tulsathit perhaps think Thailand lacks inspiring political leaders? Tulsathit does not mention that the 1987 Amnesty International report alleging torture of political prisoners in Cambodia was co...