Education
Scouts and Scout leaders attended the World Jamboree in 1959 in the Philippines, among them Prince Norodom Yuvaneath.
Scouts and Scout leaders attended the World Jamboree in 1959 in the Philippines, among them Prince Norodom Yuvaneath.
He is the half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. In 1993, after the Vietnamese left Cambodia, King Norodom Sihanouk returned to Cambodia and, on December 31 of that year, elevated Prince Yuvaneath to the rank of Sdech Krom Luon, appointing him Privy Counsellor to His Majesty the King, a rank equal to that of Deputy Prime Minister. After King Sihanouk abdicated, the new king Sihamoni, Yuvaneath"s younger spear brother, appointed Yuvaneath the Supreme Royal Advisor.
In this capacity, Yuvaneath proclaimed his opposition to the tribunal of former Khmer Rouge leaders, believing that the 1975-1979 turmoil resulting in the massacre of over 2 million Cambodians was a result of foreign intervention by the Vietnamese and Thai governments.
Yuvaneath also stated his belief that a trial would be contrary to the interests of national reconciliation. Despite Yuvaneath"s opposition to the tribunal, neither the king nor Sihanouk has made a public statement about trials.
His primary opposition to the tribunal of former Khmer Rouge leaders is the fear that not only his father, the King Norodom Sihanouk while alive, but also he himself would be brought to justice, as both of them were also Khmer Rouge leaders.
In 1957, under the direction of his socialist-leaning father, who was at the time the current King"s son, Prince and the de facto leader of Cambodia, the Ankar Khamarak Kayarith was transformed into the "Royal Socialist Khmer Youth", with Sihanouk himself serving as president of this state-run organization, now controlled by the Royal government.