Podcast 1. Guiding a transition to democracy: mission impossible?

Future Forum's research fellow, Chhengpor Aun, was published in New Mandala on October 23, 2021. Check out the original article HERE, and read it below!

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"Een Alouette III helikopter met de registratie A-414 in de vlucht boven Cambodja. Deze heli werd ingezet in het kader van de UNTAC-vredesmissie (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) in de periode van 2 juni 1992 tot 19 oktober 1993." is marked with CC0 1.0

In this podcast episode (in Khmer), we dive deep into the archives of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and its UNTAC Radio with selected key events on the promises and the challenges from the signing of the Paris Peace Agreement on October 23, 1991 to the UNTAC supervised general election in May 1993 and beyond. The episode reflects on the challenges of disarming four well-equipped conflicting military factions, combatting ethnic hate speech and responding to violence against ethnic Vietnamese, the return of Cambodian refugees, the pre-election inflammatory political rhetoric, and failed attempts at secession by CPP officials after electoral defeats.

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