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Introduction

Cambodia is a poor country just emerging from 30 years of turmoil and internal armed conflicts. During the genocidal regime of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodian people were decimated and government institutions destroyed. Successive governments have striven to rebuild the capacity of the people and of institutions. The pace quickened with the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement when Cambodia and the international community committed to work together for the tranquility and development of Cambodia and its people. The first priority was the promulgation of a new Constitution for the Kingdom that enshrines the values of a free society, a pluralist democracy and a market economy.