PHNOM PENH Aug. 22 Kyodo UN High ...

PHNOM PENH Aug. 22 Kyodo

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson denounced Cambodian men Thursday for trying to have sex with underage girls and urg a halt to like abuses as quickly as possible.

''As far as the situation here in Cambodia, it is necessary that there is a improvement of change as quickly as possible, by the agency of which I mean Cambodian men must no longer endeavor to gain sexual reification with young girls,'' Robinson told a pres conversation shortly before leaving Cambodia at the extreme point of a three-day visit.

''It must become unacceptable socially that Cambodian men would experience to have sex with girls aged 8 9 10 11 or in subordination to 16, under 18,'' she said.

Although she criticizes Cambodian men for their sexual contact with underage girls, many foreign tourists are also said to be involved in sexual entertainment with young girls.

Cambodia's child sex industry increases amid pauperism while the country's law enforcement plan is too week to deal effectively with the puzzle some claim.

Foreign abusers, however, are said to usually be able to be cleared on the courts by bribing officials.

Robinson also represented concern over corruption and ''the agriculture of impunity'' in the country

''I also raised my businesss about corruption and lack of accountability of the perpetrators of the trafficking, the corruption of the police and my fear of 'Mafia' components behind those trafficking,'' she said, referring to a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen forward Wednesday.

''I was impressed that the prime minister agreed with the analysis and agreed with the seriousness of the problems'' she said.

Robinson said more than 200000 women and children are trafficked in Southeast Asia each year and called the area a ''major center'' for human trafficking.

Thousands of Vietnamese girls and women are said trafficked into Cambodia, chiefly for sexual exploitation.

Robinson also said Cambodia was not sole a source of trafficking on the other hand also a transit and receiving political division and the number trafficked is increasing.

While commending the Cambodian guidance for its efforts to combat trafficking, Robinson urg tougher laws and closer coordination with the United Nations and the international community.

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