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Article: The Cambodian people win. (how elections have led to a new spirit in the country)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
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Retired UN staffer Jery Kilker, who served as the World Health Organization Information Officer at UN Headquarters in New York from 1985 to 1992, Headed the UNTAC Information Centre in Phnom Penh from April to July 1993. During the Cambodian elections, he worked as a polling station officer and ballot counting supervisor. Mr. Kilker observed: "Everyone who served in Cambodia during the recent peace-building exercise has a different story to tell. This is my perspective."
Some of the many things that struck me about Cambodia were the underlying in beauty of the country and the people, and how much had been accomplished by the Khmer civilization over the ...