Security Council resolution 880 (1993) [on the transitional period in Cambodia following the withdrawal of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia]
Symbol: S/RES/880(1993)
Date: 1993-11-04
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/48 [15] CAMBODIA SITUATION
Subjects: Norodom Sihanouk, Prince, 1922-2004|UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia|UN. Representative of the Secretary-General in Cambodia|Cambodia Mine Action Centre|UNDP|UN MILITARY LIAISON TEAM IN CAMBODIA > ESTABLISHMENT.|Agenda for Peace : Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking and Peacekeeping|Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict (1991)|Agreement concerning the Sovereignty, Independence, Territorial Integrity and Inviolability, Neutrality and National Unity of Cambodia (1991)|CONSTITUTIONS|ELECTIONS|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|SPECIAL MISSIONS|CEASEFIRES|HUMAN RIGHTS|TECHNICAL COOPERATION|FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE|TROOP WITHDRAWAL|RECONSTRUCTION|LIAISON OFFICES|CAMBODIA|CAMBODIA SITUATION|MILITARY PERSONNEL|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|EXPERTS|BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS|TRUST FUNDS|COORDINATION WITHIN UN SYSTEM|MINE CLEARANCE
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: DJIBOUTI
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: NEW ZEALAND
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SPAIN
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes

Resolution 880 (1993)
of 4 November 1993

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolution 745 (1992) of 28 February 1992 concerning
the implementation plan of the agreements on a comprehensive political
settlement to the Cambodian conflict signed in Paris on 23 October
1991, 4 and subsequent relevant resolutions,

Taking note of the further reports of the Secretary-General of 5
October 1993,78 7 October 1993%6 and 27 October and 3 November
1993, 29 and of his letter dated 28 October 1993 26 to the President of the
Security Council, 27

Noting with satisfaction the success during the transitional period of
the Cambodian people, under the leadership of His Royal Highness
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, in promoting peace,
stability and national reconciliation,

Welcoming the adoption of the constitution in accordance with the
Paris agreements on Cambodia,

Recognizing the termination of the mandate of the United Nations
Transitional Authority in Cambodia following the establishment of the
constitutional government on 24 September 1993 in accordance with
the Paris agreements,

Noting with great satisfaction that, with the successful conclusion
of the Authonity's mission following the election of 23 to 28 May 1993,
the goal of the Paris agreements of restoring to the Cambodian people
and their democratically elected leaders their primary responsibility for
peace, stability, national reconciliation and reconstruction in their
country has been achieved,

Paying tribute to those Member States which contributed personnel
to the Authority and expressing sympathy and sorrow to those
Governments whose nationals lost their lives or suffered casualties for
the cause of peace in Cambodia, as well as to their families,

Stressing the importance of consolidating the achievements of the
Cambodian people by smooth and rapid delivery of appropriate
international assistance towards rehabilitation, reconstruction and
development in Cambodia and towards peace-building in that country,

Noting the need to ensure the safe and orderly completion of the
withdrawal of the military component of the Authority from Cambodia,
and the continuity of the vital mine clearance and training functions of
the Cambodian Mine Action Centre,

1. Welcomes the accession to the throne of His Royal Highness
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, and stresses the
importance of his continuing role in consolidating peace, stability and
genuine national reconciliation in Cambodia,

2. Welcomes also the formation of the new Government of all
Cambodia, established in accordance with the constitution and based
upon the recent election,

3. Pays tribute to the work of the United Nations Transitional
Authority in Cambodia whose success, under the authority of the
Secretary-General and his Special Representative, constitutes a major
achievement for the United Nations;

4. Calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence,
territorial integrity and inviolability, neutrality and national unity of
Cambodia;

5. Demands the cessation of all illegal acts of violence, on whatever
grounds, and the cessation of military activities directed against the
democratically elected Government of Cambodia, as well as against the
personnel of the Authority and other United Nations and international
agencies,

6. Affirms the importance, particularly in view of the recent tragic
history of Cambodia, of ensuring respect for international humanitarian
law in that country, welcomes in this regard the commitment of the
First Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia to the
implementation of the relevant provisions of the new Cambodian
Constitution, and endorses the arrangements foreshadowed in paragraphs 27 to 29 of the report of the Secretary-General of 26 August
1993” for appropriate United Nations activities in support of this
commitment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
agreements on a comprehensive political settlement to the Cambodian
conflict signed in Paris on 23 October 1991; 4

7. Urges Member States to assist the Cambodian Mine Action
Centre with technical experts and equipment, and to support demining
work through voluntary contributions,

8. Expresses the hope that arrangements can be made as soon as
possible so that relevant trust fund monies can be disbursed to the
Centre and so that technical experts can be provided to the Centre
through the United Nations Development Programme;

9. Notes that, with the exceptions set out in paragraphs 10 and 11
below, the safe and orderly withdrawal of the military component of the
Authority provided for in resolution 860 (1993) of 27 August 1993
continues and will end on 15 November 1993,

10. Decides to extend the period of withdrawal of the Mine
Clearance and Training Unit of the Authority until 30 November 1993,

11. Also decides to extend the period of withdrawal beyond 15
November 1993 for elements of the military police and medical
components of the Authority in accordance with the detailed recommendations set out in the letter dated 28 October 1993 from the
Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council. 27 on thebasis that all of these elements will be withdrawn by 31 December
1993;

12. Further decides to establish a team of twenty military liaison
officers for a single period of six months with a mandate to report on
matters affecting security in Cambodia, to maintain liaison with the
Government of Cambodia and to assist the Government in dealing with
residual military matters relating to the Paris agreements,

13. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General, in the light
of the request by the Royal Government of Cambodia and the continuing commitment of the United Nations to Cambodia, to appoint for a
period to be agreed upon by the Secretary-General and the Government
of Cambodia, a person to coordinate the United Nations presence in
Cambodia, in accordance with the spirit and principles of the Paris
agreements,

14. Urges Member States to continue to help the Government of
Cambodia in achieving its objectives of national reconciliation and
rehabilitation of Cambodia and requests them to implement without
delay the undertakings made during’ the meeting of the International
Committee on the Reconstruction of Cambodia and stresses the need
for quick disbursing assistance to provide support to help alleviate the
fiscal crisis currently facing the new Government,

15. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to report on
the lessons learned during the course of the Authority in the context of
the Agenda for Peace. 30

Adopted unanimously at the 3303rd meeting.




28 Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth
Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1993,
document S/26529.
29 Ibid., documents S/26649 and Add.1.
30 Ibid., Forty-seventh Year, Supplement for April, May and
June 1992, document S/24111.