,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#af1 #bjac,mr4 ,graham submitted the    
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate that ,united   
,states military assistance for         
,cambodia should be suspended until an  
independent and credible investigation  
occurs into the ,july #bh1 #bjac1       
parliamentary elections1 and election   
reforms are being implemented by the    
,government of ,cambodia4  ,whereas     
independent domestic and international  
organizations have raised serious       
concerns regarding the integrity of the 
parliamentary elections held in         
,cambodia on ,july #bh1 #bjac2 ,whereas1
 according to ,human ,rights ,watch1 the
 ,cambodian government-controlled       
,national ,election ,committee 7,,nec7  
has failed to address credible          
allegations of voter fraud and other    

irregularities or systematic unfairness 
in the election process2 ,whereas       
opposition ,cambodia ,national ,rescue  
,party 7,,cnrp7 leader ,sam ,rainsy     
noted in an ,october #g1 #bjac1         
,cambodia ,daily op-ed article that the 
inaugural meeting of the newly formed   
government was boycotted by #ee         
,,cnrp-elected parliamentarians as a    
result of the refusal of the ruling     
,cambodian ,people's ,party to address  
shocking election irregularities that   
allegedly denied ,,cnrp additional      
parliamentary seats2 ,whereas ,united   
,nations' ,special ,rapporteur for      
,human ,rights in ,cambodia ,surya ,p4  
,subedi noted that it is critical for   
the new ,national ,assembly to be       
represented by the two key parties1 for 
the ,national ,assembly to be truly     
representative of the whole of the      
,cambodian people and for it to be      
concluded that the right to vote was    
effectively exercised on #bh ,july2     
,whereas in a ,september #bc1 #bjac1    

statement1 the ,united ,states ,embassy 
in ,phnom ,penh1 ,cambodia1 called for a
 transparent review of irregularities in
 the ,july #bh national elections which 
would help efforts to assess and address
 flaws in the electoral process and give
 the ,cambodian people greater          
confidence in the electoral system2     
,whereas the ,,cnrp boycott calls into  
question the legitimacy of the          
,cambodian ,national ,assembly and      
government2 and ,whereas the policy of  
the ,administration of a strategic      
rebalance toward the ,asia ,pacific     
,region should include support for      
democracy1 human rights1 and justice in 
,cambodia3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that 
it is the sense of the ,senate that the 
,united ,states should suspend military 
assistance for ,cambodia until-- 7#a7 an
 independent and credible investigation 
occurs into the ,july #bh1 #bjac1       
parliamentary elections in ,cambodia1   
and any recommendations arising out of  
such investigation are fully            

implemented2 and  7#b7 the ,government  
of ,cambodia1 in consultation with civil
 society and political parties in       
,cambodia1 is implementing election     
reforms to prevent incidents of fraud   
and abuse in subsequent national and    
local elections in ,cambodia4