Atsuhito Nakata

Atsuhito Nakata (中田 厚仁, Nakata Atsuhito, January 10, 1968 – April 8, 1993) was a Japanese UN Volunteer working as a District Electoral Supervisor with the United Nations who was gunned down in Kampong Thom, Cambodia along with his friend and interpreter Lek Sopheip.^[1]

Atsuhito Nakata
中田 厚仁
Born	(1968-01-10)January 10, 1968 Osaka, Japan
Died	April 8, 1993(1993-04-08) (aged 25) Prasat Sambour District, Kampong Thom province, Cambodia
Cause of death	Gunshot wound
Education	Osaka University
Occupation	UN volunteer

As a United Nations Volunteer, Nakata traveled to Cambodia to help organize the first national elections at the community level in Cambodia after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.^[2] Nakata was one of 465 UNV District Election Volunteer Election Supervisors deployed with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia.^[3]

References

1. "United Nations Volunteers: In memory of Atsuhito Nakata". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. https://www.unv.org/media/japan-commemorates-its-untac-dead
3. "20 years after: In memory of Atsuhito Nakata, UN Volunteer killed while on duty | UN Volunteers Cambodia". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-10.