U.N. Peace-Keeping Efforts Criticized in Cambodia, Bosnia; Khmer Rouge Charges Tilt Toward Phnom Penh

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 19, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

Efforts to get Cambodia's faltering U.N.-sponsored peace process back on track are being complicated by the Khmer Rouge guerrilla group's underlying fear of outside influence and by an apparent U.N. tilt toward its archenemy, the Phnom Penh government, according to analysts here.

As bloodstained and reviled as the Khmer Rouge is, diplomats and some U.N. officials acknowledged, the radical communist group has a point in complaining that the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) has not done enough to address its concerns and has shown favoritism toward the Phnom Penh ...

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