1991
Hun Sen signs Paris Peace Agreement.
This brings an end to twenty-one years of civil war in which at least two million died.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Cambodian soldier with logs.
1993
Global Witness starts work in Cambodia.
Global Witness becomes the first NGO to document Cambodia’s natural resource-based conflict.
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Police try to keep order at a voting site while voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the first election since the ouster of the Khmer Rouge. They hold U.N. issued voting cards. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
1993
Cambodia’s first post-conflict general election.
Although the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) loses, Hun Sen manages to retain the position of official second Prime Minister, thereby ending the UN’s biggest peace-keeping mission to date.
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Forests, Famine and War report cover.
1995
Global Witness publishes its first report.
'Forests, Famine and War' reveals how the country’s monthly timber trade with Thailand could be worth between US$10-20 million. As a result, the Thai Government closes the border with Cambodia and bans all timber imports, effectively ending a major funding source to both the Government and Khmer Rouge rebels.
1993
Global Witness starts work in Cambodia.
Hun Sen signs Paris Peace Agreement.
Global Witness starts work in Cambodia.
Cambodia’s first post-conflict general election.
Global Witness publishes its first report.
Exposé of the 'million metre deal'.
Hun Sen's Coup D'Etat.
Hun Sen and the CPP win the general election.
Global Witness made Independent Forest Monitor.
Illegal logging exposed by Global Witness.
Global Witness uncovers logging by GAT International.
Independent Forest Monitor role lost.
Global Witness publishes 'Taking a Cut'.
Government investigates Global Witness.
The World Bank breaches safeguard policies.
'Cambodia’s Family Trees' report is published.
Global Witness publishes 'Country for Sale'.
Cambodia's destructive sand export trade uncovered.
Chut Wutty is murdered.
Global Witness launches Rubber Barons report.
CPP loses overall majority in general election.
Global Witness publishes The Cost of Luxury.
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