Nov 1, 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday described the United Nations' human rights office in Cambodia as 'a valuable resource,' less than a week after Phnom Penh threatened to close it, claiming it was a mouthpiece for the opposition.
Speaking at a press conference with Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Clinton said the UN human rights office provided technical assistance to the government as well as non-governmental organisations on areas such as trafficking and the rule of law.
'So the High Commissioner's office is active in ways that we think are very complementary to what the Cambodian government is committed to doing, and we think the work is important and we would like to see it continue,' she said.
And in a moderation of Hun Sen's comments last week, Hor Namhong added that the government was in no rush to shut the office, not least since its mandate to operate lasts until January 2012.
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