§ 33. Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has regarding the disappearance of the leadership of the site 8 refugee camp on the Thai/Cambodia border; and what is the view of Her Majesty's Government on the implications for the credibility of the Cambodia settlement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydShortly before the comprehensive political settlement was signed on 23 October, elected administrators at the site 8 camp were summoned to Khmer Rouge headquarters in Cambodia and replaced. At the same time it appears that preparations were also made to return the inhabitants of the camps to Cambodia. At the urgent request of the United Kingdom and others, the United Nations Secretary-General intervened and all the Cambodian parties, including the Khmer Rouge, undertook that there would be no forcible repatriation from the camps that they control. Now that the comprehensive political settlement has been signed, we expect all signatories to meet their obligations under it.