កម្ពុជា ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨១

 1981 Chronology of Cambodian History

កម្ពុជា ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨១

• Jan. 19, 1981 The Govt. of Hungary registered, with the UN, its objection to the signatures by the DK on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, “The Hungarian People’s Republic recognizes the Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Council as the sole legitimate representative of Kampuchean people…therefore refuse to acknowledge the right of the former genocidal Pol Pot regime to assume any international obligations on behalf of the Kampuchean people.” 
• Jan. 29, 1981 The Govt. of Bulgaria registered, with the UN, its objection to the signatures by DK on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, “The Govt. of the PRB, as a party to the above-mentioned instruments, cannot recognize as legally valid the signatures of the representative of the so-called ‘Govt. of DK’. 
• Feb. 13, 1981 USSR registered, with the UN, its objection to the signatures by DK on International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, “Signature of the above-mentioned international agreements on behalf of the so-called ‘Govt. of DK’ – the bloodthirsty Pol Pot-Ieng Sary clique, which has been overthrown by the Kampuchea people – is completely unlawful and has no legal force.” 
• Feb. 18, 1981 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by the DK of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, “Signature of the above-mentioned international agreements on behalf of the so-called ‘Govt. of DK’ – which is none other than the Pol Pot-Ieng Sary band of cutthroats that has been overthrown by the Kampuchean people – is completely unlawful and has no legal force.”
• March 10, 1981 The Govt. of Czechoslovakia registered, with the UN, its objection to the signatures by DKon International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, “As a party to the above-mentioned instruments, the Govt. of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic cannot recognize the legal validity of the signatures of the above-mentioned international agreements on behalf of the so-called ‘Govt. of DK’, since that infamous regime of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary had been overthrown by the Kampuchean people and no longer exists.”
• March 21, 1981 Prince Sihanouk found FUNCINPEC (Front Uni National pour un Cambodge Independent, Neutre, Pacifique, et Cooperatif or National United Front for an Independent Neutral Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia), and its military arm ANS (Armee Nationale Sihanoukist or Sihanouk National Army).
• May 1, 1981 General Election. PRK held elections for a 117-seat National Assembly.
• June 27, 1981 New constitution (the country's fourth since independent since 1953) was approved by the newly elected National Assembly to replace 1976 DK's constitution. The Assembly also elected Council of State, with Heng Samrin as its Chairman (a post equivalent to the Head of State) and a Council of Ministers to replace the KPRC. Pen Sovan, the KPRP general secretary and Defense Minister, was appointed Prime Minister (06/27/81-12/05/81). Chan Sy replaced Sovan as Defense Minister.
• July 1981 India announced its recognition of the PRK.
• July 13-17, 1981 International Conference on Cambodia was held at UN Headquarters in New York.
• July 28, 1981 The Govt. of DKdeposited its instrument of accession of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, which would go into effect from 27 August 1981. 
• Sept. 4, 1981 Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Son Sann and Khieu Samphan issued a joint statement in Singapore concerning their agreement, in principle to form a coalition to fight against Vietnamese's occupation of Cambodia.
• Sept. 10, 1981 The Govt. of Vietnam registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by DK to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, “The accession to the above-mentioned international Convention on behalf of the so-called ‘Govt. of Kampuchea’ by the genocidal clique of Pol Pot-Ieng Sary-Khieu Samphan, which was overthrown on 7 Jan. 1979 by the Kampuchean people, is completely illegal and has no legal value.” 
• Sept. 14, 1981 German Democratic Republic (East Germany) registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by the DK to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, “The accession by the so-called ‘Govt. of DK’ to the international Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid is in the view of the GDR absolutely illegal and thus null and void.” 
• Oct. 21, 1981 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/36/5 calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia.
• Nov. 9, 1981 DK registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by Viet Nam of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, “The Govt. of DK, as a party to the Convention.., considers that the signing of that Convention by the Govt. of the SRV has no legal force, because it is no more than a cynical, macabre masquerade intended to camouflage the foul crimes of genocide committed by the 250,000 soldiers of the Vietnamese invasion army in Kampuchea.” 
• Nov. 12, 1981 USSR registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by the DK to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, “The sole authorized representative of the Kampuchean people in the international arena is the Govt. of the PRK.  The accession to the above-mentioned Convention by the genocidal regime…the Soviet side considers…to be illegal, and regards its accession as being devoid of legal force. 
• Nov. 19, 1981 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by the DK of the International Convention of the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. 
• Dec. 3, 1981 The Govt. of Hungary registered, with the UN, its objection to the accession by the DK to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
• Dec. 5, 1981 PRK PM Pen Sovan is removed from office; Defense Minister Chan Sy becomes acting PM to Feb. 9, 82.
• Dec. 11, 1981 The PRK and Mongolia singed in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, a 25-year Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation. [Agreement in English French Khmer