United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
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The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)[lower-alpha 1] was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1992–93 formed following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords. This was the first occasion in which the UN directly assumed responsibility for the administration of an outright independent state (though the UN did administer the former Dutch territory of Netherlands New Guinea between 1962 and 1963 prior), rather than simply monitoring or supervising the area. The UN transitional authority organized and ran elections, had its own radio station and jail, and was responsible for promoting and safeguarding human rights at the national level.
Cambodia | |||||||||||
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1992–1993 | |||||||||||
Status | United Nations protectorate | ||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Phnom Penh | ||||||||||
Common languages | Khmer | ||||||||||
Special Representative of the Secretary-General | |||||||||||
• 1992-1993 | Yasushi Akashi | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
23 October 1991 | |||||||||||
28 February 1992 | |||||||||||
23 May 1993 | |||||||||||
24 September 1993 | |||||||||||
Currency | Riel (៛) (KHR) | ||||||||||
Time zone | UTC+07:00 (ICT) | ||||||||||
Driving side | right | ||||||||||
Calling code | +855 | ||||||||||
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Abbreviation | UNTAC |
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Formation | 28 February 1992[1] |
Type | Monitoring, peacekeeping |
Legal status | Ended September 1993[2] |
Parent organization | United Nations Security Council |
Website | UNTAC Website |