Government Deal With UN Hangs in the Balance

Cambodia Daily | 5 October 2016

Although 10 months have passed since the expiration of the government’s agreement for cooperation with the U.N.’s human rights body, an official dodged discussion of the impact the lapse was having after a meeting in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.

Keo Remy, head of the government’s Human Rights Committee, said that while he found the partnership with the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) valuable to Cambodia, he had no authority to weigh in on whether the memorandum of understanding (MoU) should be resumed.

Keo Remy, head of the government’s Cambodia Human Rights Committee, speaks during a meeting with U.N. human rights officials in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. (Hannah Hawkins/The Cambodia Daily)

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