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In charge of UNTAC's repatriation mission in Cambodia, Vieira de Mello emphasized the importance of establishing contact with all involved parties; this included the Khmer Rouge.

After Vietnam had left the country in 1989, the Hun Sen government continued in control. However, most of the Cambodian population opposed this as they saw Hun Sen as an extension of the Vietnamese (he came into power in 1985).

After the signing of the 1991 Paris Peace Accord, the UN was called upon 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''.

Not an easy task for the United Nations, and the first time that they took over an independent state, and organised and run elections.

Sergio Vieira de Mello. [Source.](https://allthatsinteresting.com/thumb/1200.633.https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sergio-vieira-de-mello-og.jpg)

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