Hr. formand, i den vanskelige periode, hvor Cambodja startede på en frisk efter diktaturet og de Røde Khmerers hærgen, var det Son San, formanden for det cambodjanske parlament, der blev den drivende kraft for frihed og demokrati.
. Mr President, during the difficult period in which Cambodia made a new beginning after dictatorship and the rampages of the Khmer Rouge, it was Son San, the president of its parliament, who became a driving force for freedom and democracy.