(e) To continue to create an environment conducive to the conduct of legitimate political
activity and to support the role of non-governmental organizations in order to solidify democratic
development in Cambodia;
(f) To continue its efforts to improve human rights, especially those of women and
children, and to make additional efforts, in concert with the international community, to combat
key problems such as human trafficking, issues related to poverty, sexual violence, domestic
violence and sexual exploitation of women and children;
(g) To take all steps to meet its obligations under international human rights instruments
and to further strengthen its cooperation with United Nations agencies, including the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, including through enhanced
dialogues and development of joint activities;
(h) To continue to promote the rights and dignity of all Cambodians by providing
political, economic and social freedom through the continuous and enhanced implementation of
its rectangular strategy and various reform programmes;
III. CONCLUSION
6.
Invites the Secretary-General, agencies of the United Nations system present in
Cambodia and the international community, including non-governmental organizations, to
continue to work with the Government of Cambodia in improving democracy as well as ensuring
the protection and promotion of the human rights of all people in Cambodia, including by
providing assistance, inter alia, in the fields of:
(a)
Drafting various laws necessary for protecting and promoting human rights;
(b) Capacity-building to strengthen legal institutions, including by improving the quality
of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court staff;
(c) Capacity-building to strengthen national institutions for criminal investigation and
law enforcement as well as providing equipment necessary for these ends;
(d)
Assisting assessment of progress in human rights issues;
7.
Encourages the Government of Cambodia and the international community to
provide all the necessary assistance to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to
bring justice for the most serious cases of violations of human rights in the country, which would
ensure the non-return to the policies and practices of the past, as stipulated in the Agreement on a
Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict;
8.
Takes note of the work conducted by the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Cambodia and of the re-engagement of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the Government
of Cambodia;
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