UNTAC has alienated tile Khmer Rouge on three key issues: the withdrawal of all "Vietnamese forces" from Cambodia. the strengthening of Cambodias fourparty Supreme National Council anti the solicitation of budgetary support for the Phnom Ponh government. Even diplomats implacably hostile to the Khmer Rouge say UNTAC could do more to confirm the pullout of Vietnamese occupation troops anti address the widely hold concorns of Cambodians about a large populationand growing influxof Vietnamese civilian settlers. hlanol says it withdrew all of its forces In 1989. and no proof has been produced that Vietnamese combat units are still in the country. But the border with Vietnam remains open to undocumented migrant workers. whose presence must be dealt with eventually when UNTAC registers voters for next years eloctloll. The Khmer Rouge also ias demanded greater powers for tile Supreme National Council. a vaguely defined body formed under the peace plan to embody Cambodian sovereignty before a now government is elected. Although U.N. officials say it was never meant to substitute for Phnom Ponhs existing administration. it (toes not appeal. to have evolved at all and.
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