Security Council resolution 810 (1993) [on the election for the Constituent Assembly in Cambodia]

Endorses the decision by the Supreme National Council that the election for the constituent assembly shall be held from 23 to 27 May 1993; urges all Cambodian parties to cooperate fully with UNTAC in the preparation and holding of the election for the constituent assembly; calls on UNTAC to continue to make every effort to create and maintain a neutral political environment conducive to the holding of free and fair elections, and requests the Secretary-General to inform the Security Council by 15 May 1993 of the conditions and preparations for the election; urges all Cambodian parties to take all necessary measures to ensure freedom of speech, assembly and movement; as well as fair access to the media, for all registered political parties during the electoral campaign starting on 7 Apr. 1993, and to reassure the Cambodian people that the balloting for the election will be secret; demands that all Cambodian parties take the necessary measures to put an end to all acts of violence and to all threats and intimidation committed on political or ethnic grounds, and urges all those parties to cooperate with the UNTAC Special Prosecutor's Office in investigations of such acts; recognizes that the Cambodians have the responsibility, after the election for the constituent assembly, to agree on a constitution and to create a government within 3 months and emphasizes the importance of completing that task on time; expresses its readiness to support fully the constituent assembly and the process of drawing up a constitution and establishing a new government for all Cambodia.

Adopted unanimously, 3181st meeting

3 p.

Concerns election for the Constituent Assembly in Cambodia.