Реферат: Cambodia And United Nations Essay Research Paper

The French colonized Cambodia for 83 years.

Cambodia became independent in November 1953. This was because Norodom

Sihanuk led a peaceful independence movement against the French.

Norodom Sihanuk was the current Prince of Cambodia at that time.

Soon after this, a communist group called

the Khmer Rouge, which was lead by Pol Pot and backed up by the Chinese

stepped in. They were in charge of Cambodia for eight years.

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge murder millions of innocent Cambodians.

Their rule ended when the Vietnamese took control.

The Royal Government of Cambodia administers

the government in Cambodia. There are currently two Prime Ministers,

who are Hun Sen, and Ran Narit. This was because after Pol Pot was

over thrown, there was one Prime Minister, but they had conflicts over

who it was supposed to be. The UN later came in and made the two

opposing people both prime Ministers so that there would be no conflict.

This started on an internationally supervised

election in 1993. Cambodia gained its independence on November 1953.

This day is it?s national holiday. The capital of country capital

of Cambodia is Phnom Penh. The national flag has a blue background

with a temple in the middle. A picture of it is on the poster display.

The economy in Cambodia is certainly not

the best in the world. It is in fact a very poor country. Cambodia?s

economy is still recovering from a sudden switch to a free-trade market

in 1990, and a cutoff in aid from former Soviet countries. The country

does not have that many roads bridges or powerhouses. The country

is not heavily populated within cities. About 90% of all the people

who live in Cambodia live on the countryside. These people are highly

dependent on subsistence agriculture. The GDP per capita was $289

US dollars.