U.N. Security Council to Discuss Cambodia
five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council--the United States, China, France, the Soviet Union and Britain--will meet here today to examine the latest diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Cambodia after the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops.
The two-day meeting in Paris, opening amid a Khmer Rouge guerrilla offensive against the Vietnam-backed Phnom Penh government, will focus on an Australian proposal for an enhanced U.N. role in Cambodia.
The proposal would allow the United Nations to administer the country for at least a year until free elections can be held. It would also set up an international peacekeeping force.
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