UN General Assembly
1978

107. As for those who had an easy life in the old society—that is, nearly 10 per cent of the population-their material living conditions have been cut down more or less to the level of everyone in the country. They can therefore live like everyone else. They participated in the revolution for they, too, are patriots. They are becoming increasingly more aware that it is only under this new social regime that the nation of Kampuchea can live as it does today in genuine independence, national honour and dignity. Moreover, they see that justice and equity prevail and that the exploitation of man by man does not exist any more in this society. They are increasingly aware that this regime is genuinely democratic, in accordance with their wishes and guarantees the democratic rights of the poor, .who constitute the overwhelming majority, as well as of all the other strata of society.