No further developments observed.

With the withdrawal of UNTAC from Cambodia after holding constituent assembly elections in May 1993, this embargo should be coded “ended.” The Australian Government provided $5 million in military aid — however guns and ammunition will not be supplied.¹

With the withdrawal of UNTAC from Cambodia after holding constituent assembly elections in May 1993, this embargo should be coded “ended.”

“A U.N.-mandated oil embargo against Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas took effect Friday, but officials were doubtful it would be effective. The embargo, approved by the Security Council on Nov. 30, is intended to pressure the Khmer Rouge to stop undermining U.N. efforts to bring peace to Cambodia after 13 years of civil war. A ban on log exports, imposed by Cambodian leaders to save their nation’s forests from depletion, also went into effect.”² This embargo against Khmer guerrillas, however, was different from the armed embargo which went into effect immediately after the signing of the peace agreement in Paris.

UNTAC had set up checkpoints along the borders between Cambodia and its three neighboring countries. Mobile military units had also been employed to monitor and investigate whether there are foreign troops remaining in Cambodia. UNTAC took these initiatives to verify not only the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops but also to make sure that the Cambodian parties would not get any military support from outside.³

The Paris agreement had strictly banned all parties from seeking outside military assistance. However, UNAMIC had sent military liaison units to only the general military headquarters of each of the Cambodian parties. In addition, teams deployed to two forward positions, Battambang and Siem Reap, which were to be main bases for the mine-awareness programme.

The Consultative Group (CG) meeting between the countries and communities on aid for our Kingdom of Cambodia was held in Paris on 25-26th May. At the CG meeting, 16 countries and seven international institutions pledged 603 million dollars in development aid for Cambodia for the year 2000.⁴

The World Bank also pledged 15 million dollars to assist Cambodia in the demobilization of its army.⁵

During the Tokyo donor conference held on Feb 25-27, 1999, 16 donor nations and international organizations approved a $470 million aid package to Cambodia. On Feb 25, Cambodia and the International aid organizations and donor countries decided to set up a monitoring body that would hold quarterly meetings to assess Cambodia’s progress in implementing the reforms that were a condition for continued economic assistance.

There were no major donor support activities reported in 1998, except aid given to hold elections. It was reported that Japan would expand economic development aid to Cambodia if the elections were found to have been free and fair.⁶

Another conference of donor countries met in Paris on July 1-2, 1997 (three days before the coup). In the multilateral donor meeting, Cambodia was expected to win international aid commitments of about 500 million dollars. In the conference, Cambodia was told to put its house in order or face dwindling support. Donor countries also criticized Cambodia for spending too much money on its security forces.⁷