Dr Benny tells it like it was

Dr Benny Widyono and his book, Dancing In Shadows

This afternoon, the University of Cambodia campus on Norodom Boulevard hosted a lecture from Benny Widyono that focused on his recently-published book, Dancing In Shadows. Dr Widyono was a key United Nations figure in Cambodia during the 1990s, both as shadow Governor of Siem Reap under the UNTAC authority and later as the special representative of the UN Secretary-General. He was involved in all the machinations of that era and his lecture clarified his views on both the Paris Peace Agreements and the United Nations stance on Cambodia, both of which he felt were seriously flawed. The conference center was full of students whom Dr Widyono was eager to address and invited questions from the floor, mediated by Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry, and President of the University. Also in the audience was Dr Helen Jarvis, the Public Affairs chief of the ECCC, who joined the top table to answer a question regarding the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

Dr Helen Jarvis at today's lecture