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UN Future?

| Publication date 19 November 1993 | 07:00 ICT

UN Future?

Confusion surrounding any future U.N. mission in Cambodia has left a major question

mark over continuing medical facilities.

U.N. headquarters in New York says a team of Malaysians will arrive soon to take

over from the Germans who left last week.

However, UNHQ appears to be keeping its personnel in-country in the dark and few

details have been released.

A senior official with Civil Administration told the Post that they do not know how

many people will make up the medical team, nor what services will be available after

it arrives.

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