ABSTRACT
Although Paris Peace International Conference on Cambodia (PICC) gave an impression that the centre of Cambodian peace process shifted from Jakarta to Paris, Indonesia continued to remain the centre of the Cambodian peace process. In July/August 1989, the scene of diplomatic activity as far as the Cambodian conflict was concerned, shifted from Jakarta to Paris with the starting of the PICC, 'the biggest ever held in the past decade or more to solve the Kampuchean question'. The post-PICC developments – Vietnamese troop withdrawal and due response to the Australian peace initiative – encouraged Indonesia to host another round of peace parleys in Jakarta. The process of restoring peace in Cambodia entered its final stage when the second PICC was held in Paris on October 21-23, 1991 under the Cochairmenship of France and Indonesia. On October 23, 1991, 'Agreements on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodian Conflict' were signed by the four Khmer factions and nineteen other countries.
