Ministry Blasts UN Over Rainsy Comments
Cambodia Daily Weekend | 5 November 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs again on Friday accused the U.N.’s
human rights office of interfering in its sovereign affairs after the
body demanded an explanation for government directives exiling
opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
Wah-Hea Lee, country representative
for the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),
said last month that the decision to ban Mr. Rainsy from returning to
Cambodia was “unjustified and arbitrary” based on available information.
“The
decision needs to be urgently explained—although the chances for any
explanation to be considered acceptable by the U.N. Human Rights
Committee are slim—or reversed,” she said.
In a letter dated
Friday and sent to U.N. resident coordinator Claire Van der Vaeren,
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn said the comments “crossed the red
line of the UN Charter…underlining the respect for sovereignty and
non-interference.”
The minister said the remarks, sent in an email to The Cambodia Daily, also violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which says that business with the government is to be conducted through ministries and not through the media.
“I
have noted with deep regret that while the OHCHR has explicitly refused
to mention the respect for sovereignty of Cambodia, its representative
in Phnom Penh has continued interfering into the internal affairs of the
Kingdom of Cambodia,” the letter said.
The memorandum of
understanding between the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the OHCHR expired
almost a year ago, and the government is refusing to renew it unless
additional language is added about respect for sovereignty and
non-interference.
Mr. Sokhonn’s letter said that until a new deal is reached, the OHCHR had no legitimacy.
“In
the absence of a valid Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the
Royal Government of Cambodia and the High Commissioner for Human Rights,
the current operation and activities of the OHCHR in Cambodia,
including those of its Country Representative, are not legitimate,” Mr.
Sokhonn said.
Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry declined to comment on what that meant for the office’s operations in Cambodia.
The UN Officials or Representatives should ignore the cheap, criminal and corrupted Yuon/Vietnamese CPP Foreign Minister and slaves under the Vietnamese/Yuon dog Hun Sen (CPP Government has been illegally created and cheated by secret Yuon/Vietnamese agents hiding inside CPP Government to fool and confuse the UN Representatives.
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