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UNTAC

United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
  • អាជ្ញាធរអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ បណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៅកម្ពុជា  (Khmer)
  • السلطة الانتقالية في كمبوديا الأمم المتحدة (Arabic)
  • 联合国柬埔寨过渡时期权力机构 (Chinese)
  • Autorité provisoire des Nations unies au Cambodge  (French)
  • Организация Объединенных Наций Временный орган в Камбодже (Russian)
  • Autoridad Provisional de las Naciones Unidas en Camboya  (Spanish)
United Nations protectorate
1992–1993
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Cambodia in Southeast Asia.
Capital Phnom Penh
Languages Khmer
Political structure United Nations protectorate
Special Representative of
the Secretary-General
Yasushi Akashi
History
 •  Paris Peace Accords 23 October 1991
 •  UN Security Council Resolution 745 28 February 1992
 •  Cambodian general election 23 May 1993
 •  Royal monarchy restored 24 September 1993
Area 181,035 km² (69,898 sq mi)
Currency Cambodian riel
Preceded by
Succeeded by
National Government of Cambodia
State of Cambodia
Third Kingdom of Cambodia
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
Emblem of the United Nations.svg
Abbreviation UNTAC
Formation 28 February 1992
Type Monitoring, peacekeeping
Legal status Ended September 1993
Parent organization
United Nations Security Council
Website UNTAC Website

The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) (Khmer: អាជ្ញាធរអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ បណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៅកម្ពុជា) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1992–93. It was also the first occasion on which the UN had taken over the administration of an independent state, organised and run an election (as opposed to monitoring or supervising), had its own radio station and jail, and been responsible for promoting and safeguarding human rights at the national level.

UNTAC was established in February 1992 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 745 in agreement with the State of Cambodia, the de facto government of the country at that time, to implement the Paris Peace Accords of October 1991. UNTAC was the product of intense diplomatic activity over many years.

Headed by Chief of Mission Yasushi Akashi (Japan), Force Commander Lieutenant-General John Sanderson (Australia), and Police Commissioner Brigadier-General Klaas Roos (Netherlands), UNTAC involved approximately 15,900 military, 3,400 civilian police, 2,000 civilians and 450 UN Volunteers, as well as locally recruited staff and interpreters. During the electoral period, more than 50,000 Cambodians served as electoral staff and some 900 international polling station officers were seconded from Governments. The whole operation cost over $1.6 billion, mostly in salaries for expatriates. The 45 participating countries providing military observers, police, or troops were:

UNTAC's aim was to restore peace and civil government in a country ruined by decades of civil war and Cold War machinations, to hold free and fair elections leading to a new constitution and to "kick-start" the rehabilitation of the country. It was to exercise 'supervision' or 'supervision or control' over all aspects of government, including foreign affairs, national defence, finance, public security and information, and to supervise, monitor and verify the withdrawal and non-return of foreign military forces; to canton, disarm and demobilise Cambodia's fighting factions, confiscate caches of weapons and military supplies, promote and protect human rights, oversee military security and maintain law and order, repatriate and resettle refugees and displaced persons, assist in mine clearance and the establishment of training programmes in mine clearance and mine awareness, rehabilitate essential infrastructure and assist in economic reconstruction and development.


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