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Cambodia snubs critical UN envoy

Published: 15 Dec 2012 at 00.46
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The UN human rights envoy to Cambodia voiced regret Friday at an apparent snub by government officials adding he was also "surprised" by criticism he has received for highlighting rights abuses.

Surya Subedi (L), UN special rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Cambodia speaks to the media in Phnom Penh on May 9, 2012. Subedi voiced regret Friday at an apparent snub by government officials adding he was also "surprised" by criticism he has received for highlighting rights abuses.

"I very much regret that I was not able to interact with government interlocutors this time," Surya Subedi told reporters in Phnom Penh, after a trip to Cambodia concluded without the usual meetings with senior officials.

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henrypalm
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Discussion 3 : 16 Dec 2012 at 15.173
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Hunsen is supported and holding on power by China and Vietnamese. As long as two countries are still exist and the world's society prentends what China and Vietnam have done or indirectly co-operated with those two countries, Hunsen will never step down on power. Another side, how can a leader of a country told to an UN envoy that "go and help his own country" and Hunsen had also warned against people acting "like the bosses of Cambodia". This is not a culture of diplomat way..He despises entired the UN ...It is weird
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Discussion 2 : 15 Dec 2012 at 17.562
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Very soon the people of Cambodia/Kampucha will be freed from this ugly dictator Hunsen...
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Discussion 1 : 15 Dec 2012 at 09.491
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Maybe there was a "previous engagement", like Abhisit seems to conjure up whenever he is summoned.
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