Norodom SirivudhJune 16, 2010
ABC Radio Australia
After World War Two and revelations of the Jewish Holocaust, the world vowed never again. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocites have continued, from the killing fields of Cambodia to the violence of Rwanda and the abuses in Darfur. Five years ago, world leaders at a UN summit agreed that it's the responsibility of each nation to protect their populations from abuse. That commitment was called R2P, the Responsibility To Protect. It has since been reaffirmed by the UN Security Council. Cambodia is hosting the first in a series of talks on the R2P, to investigate its effectiveness in the Asia Pacific region.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Sirivudh, chairman Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Listen: Windows MediaLAM: Tell us about this two day conference in Phnom Penh?
PRINCE SIRIVUDH: It is very important for us Cambodians for our institute as one of the leading think tanks. As you mentioned here in Cambodia we have passed through a lot of suffering, genocide, the Khmer Rouge and a lot of the population has been killed. So the idea is to bring a new concept as you mentioned for responsibility, to protect. I think because there are a lot of provisions on the structure of the United Nations, even in the Security Council but we must cross the line because the problem is always the notion of serenities and the duty to intervene, that is the problem. And personally and a lot of Cambodian academic people in society now try to engage the Royal Government of Cambodia and the National Assembly Senate all the stakeholders to think about how we can move forward on responsibility to protect its citizens.The state needs to be responsible for its own people and not to allow genocide tohappen.
LAM: And how do you think the Cambodian Government is performing on this front, this responsibility to protect?
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