Vietnam confirms its troop withdrawal from Cambodia is complete

Governments and international agencies met in Kuala Lumpur to prepare a multilateral response to rising arrivals from Indochina. The process sought to preserve first asylum, assess refugee claims,...

Governments and UNHCR agreed on a regional framework combining first asylum, resettlement, voluntary repatriation, and refugee-status determination. The policy reduced irregular departures over time...

The conference brought states and UN agencies together amid a growing number of Vietnamese and other Indochinese asylum seekers. It addressed asylum, resettlement, screening, and return, making...

Participants adopted the CPA to combine temporary asylum, refugee status determination, resettlement, orderly departure, and voluntary return. It offered a regional framework but also linked continued...

The joint announcement expanded orderly departure opportunities for former re-education detainees and their families. The arrangement created a route for people who had been detained because of former...

Vietnam stated that its forces had completed withdrawal from Cambodia. The announcement mattered to regional diplomacy after years of Vietnamese military presence following the 1978 intervention...

The GAO reviewed the U.S. program for departures from Vietnam, including interviews, case processing, and former re-education detainees. Its report offers a U.S. oversight perspective on the program’s...

The Security Council adopted Resolution 668, welcoming the Cambodian parties’ efforts and endorsing the framework for a comprehensive political settlement. This step advanced a negotiated process that...

The U.S. government outlined steps linking progress on Cambodia and accounting for missing U.S. personnel to improved relations. The roadmap reflected U.S. diplomatic priorities and ongoing domestic...

A ceasefire began after an appeal by the UN Secretary-General and the foreign ministers of France and Indonesia. It created space for renewed negotiations, though fighting and political tensions...