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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 427 

To commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements with Cambodia and to call upon all signatories to those Agreements to fulfill their commitments to secure a peaceful, prosperous, 

democratic, and sovereign Cambodia. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 26, 2021 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. RISCH) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

To commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the 1991 Paris 

Peace Agreements with Cambodia and to call upon all 

signatories to those Agreements to fulfill their commitments to secure a peaceful, prosperous, democratic, and 

sovereign Cambodia. 

Whereas the agreements signed at the Paris Conference on 

Cambodia on October 23, 1991 (commonly referred to as 

the ‘‘Paris Peace Agreements’’), led to the end of a brutal 12-year civil war in Cambodia and paved the way to 

national reconciliation through the expulsion of foreign 

forces and the guarantee of the right to self-determination of the Cambodian people through free and fair elections; 


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Whereas the Paris Peace Agreements represented a landmark 

achievement for the Cambodian people, Cambodia, the 

international community, and the United States and are 

the foundation for the peace enjoyed by Cambodia today; 

Whereas the United States was a party to the negotiation 

and conclusion of the Paris Peace Agreements, which also 

included leadership and participation of a broad international coalition composed of Australia, Brunei, Canada, 

China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, 

the Philippines, Singapore, the former Union of Soviet 

Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, the 

former Yugoslavia, and Cambodia; 

Whereas the Paris Peace Agreements authorized the creation 

of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), which was an unprecedented international effort to help administer Cambodia and guide 

the country as it emerged from years of civil war; 

Whereas the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia successfully prevented the resurgence of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, created the atmosphere for national 

reconciliation, was instrumental to the return of hundreds of thousands of Cambodian refugees to their 

homes, and laid the groundwork for a new Constitution 

and free and fair elections that featured broad participation; 

Whereas, since the United Nations Security Council established the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia through United Nations Security Council Resolution 745 in 1992, the United States and the international 

community have continued to support the peace, security, 

and prosperity of Cambodia, as demonstrated through 

the delivery by the United States of more than 


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$1,500,000,000 in development assistance and more than 

$3,000,000,000 in total assistance to Cambodia, according to the Department of State; 

Whereas the implementation of the Paris Peace Agreements 

established institutions critical to peace, development, 

and freedom in Cambodia, including the beginnings of a 

vibrant civil society and independent media; 

Whereas the Paris Peace Agreements set forth a democratic 

process for the election of a constituent assembly that 

adopted the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia, 

which obligates the Kingdom to ‘‘respect human rights as 

stipulated in the United Nations Charter, the Universal 

Declaration of Human rights, the covenants and conventions related to human rights, women’s and children’s 

rights’’; 

Whereas the actions of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party since 1993 to consolidate 

power, which have infringed on the fundamental rights 

and freedoms of the Cambodian people and culminated in 

the banning of the Cambodia National Rescue Party 

(CNRP) in 2017, effectively turning Cambodia into a 

one-party state, violate the Constitution of the Kingdom 

of Cambodia and challenge the full implementation of the 

Paris Peace Agreements; 

Whereas the reported use of Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base 

on the Gulf of Thailand by the People’s Republic of 

China would be inconsistent with Cambodia’s status of 

neutrality under the Paris Peace Agreements, which the 

Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia later defined, 

in part, as ‘‘not permit(ting) any foreign military base on 

its territory’’; and 


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Whereas the politically motivated arrests of more than 150 

people associated with the Cambodia National Rescue 

Party since June 2019 and irregular judicial prosecutions 

of detainees further undermine the intent of the Paris 

Peace Agreements to allow full political participation in 

free and fair elections: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) remains committed to the Cambodian people 

3 and their aspirations for a more peaceful, pros4 perous, democratic, and sovereign country, as envi5 sioned in the agreements signed at the Paris Con6 ference on Cambodia on October 23, 1991 (com7 monly referred to as the ‘‘Paris Peace Agree8 ments’’), with the support of the international com9 munity; 

10 (2) calls upon all signatories of the Paris Peace 

11 Agreements, including Cambodian stakeholders, to 

12 reaffirm their commitments under the Agreements, 

13 the fulfillment of which will advance the peace, pros14 perity, rights, and freedoms enjoyed by the Cam15 bodian people 30 years after the signing of the 

16 Agreements; and 

17 (3) emphasizes the need for the Government of 

18 Cambodia— 

19 (A) to commit to free and fair multiparty 

20 elections in the upcoming communal elections in 

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1 pression of its commitment to the self-deter2 mination of the Cambodian people; 

3 (B) to uphold its commitments to pro4 tecting human rights, democratic institutions, 

5 and free and fair elections; 

6 (C) to dismiss all politically motivated 

7 charges, prosecutions, and sentencings of the 

8 opposition, journalists, and civil society activ9 ists; and 

10 (D) to refrain from actions that violate its 

11 status of neutrality. 

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