Cambodia’s peace promise still matters 35 years on

Cambodia’s peace promise still matters 35 years on

Thirty-five years after Cambodia’s Paris Peace Agreements, their promise remains deeply personal for families across Melbourne’s south-east. They hope that their relatives in Cambodia will live safely, speak freely and have a genuine say in their country’s future. Signed on 23 October 1991, the agreements established a framework for peace, reconstruction and democratic participation after devastating conflict. They envisaged fundamental freedoms…