UN Intervention in Cambodia
A report by: Sources:
Erika Dimaguila and * www.editors.sipri.se/pubs/Cambodia
Godieman Aranas of AB Pol. Sci. I-A * www.ippnw.org
* www.iexplore.com
* www.wikipedia.org
* www.un.org
Overview
The Khmer Rouge, the extremist Communist organization that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, brought about the deaths of about 1.7 million people due to execution, starvation and forced labor. In 1978, Vietnam invaded the country to stop the organization from doing raids across the border. After a series of warfare between Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge, the Khmers were overthrown and a Vietnamese-controlled government ruled Cambodia. Being in a state of semi-chaos throughout the 1980's, it was not only until 1992 that through the efforts of the UN, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was put up to implement a peace settlement. Although the UN peace-keeping was......
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