Editing Norodom Sihanouk (section)

===Negotiations and progression===
[[File:Prins_Sihanouk_groet_buiten_belangstellenden%2C_Bestanddeelnr_932-7006.jpg|thumb|250px|Sihanouk in the Netherlands in 1983]]
[[File:HM_Norodom_Sihanouk_with_U.S._President_Reagan_(1988).jpg|thumb|250px|US President [[Ronald Reagan]] is seen with Sihanouk in 1988]]
After several rounds of negotiations mediated by Deng and Singapore's prime minister [[Lee Kuan Yew]],{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=239}} FUNCINPEC, KPNLF, and the Khmer Rouge agreed to form the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK) in June 1982. The CGDK was headed by Sihanouk, and functioned as a government-in-exile.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=240}} The UN defeated a resolution to expel Democratic Kampuchea and admit the PRK, effectively confirming Sihanouk as Cambodia's internationally recognized head of state.<ref>Carney, Timothy. Kampuchea in 1982: Political and Military Escalation. p. 80. In ''Asian Survey'', 23:1, 1983.</ref>

As CGDK chairperson, Sihanouk unsuccessfully negotiated, over the next five years, with the Chinese government to broker a political settlement to end the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=252}} During this period, Sihanouk appointed two of his sons, [[Norodom Chakrapong]] and Norodom Ranariddh, to lead the ANS. Chakrapong was appointed as the deputy chief-of-staff for the ANS in March 1985,{{sfnp|Mehta|2001|p=73}} while Ranariddh was minted to the twin positions of commander-in-chief and the chief-of-staff of the ANS in January 1986, replacing Tam.{{sfnp|Mehta|2001|p=184}}

In December 1987, the Prime Minister of the PRK government, [[Hun Sen]], first met with Sihanouk to discuss ending the protracted Cambodian–Vietnamese War.{{sfnp|Mehta|Mehta|2013|pp=154–155}} The following July, the then-foreign minister of Indonesia, [[Ali Alatas]], brokered the first round of meetings between the four warring Cambodian factions consisting of FUNCINPEC, Khmer Rouge, KPNLF, and the PRK government over the future of Cambodia. Two more rounds of meetings were held in February and May 1989; since all were held near Jakarta, they became known as the Jakarta Informal Meetings (JIM).{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=34}}

In July 1989, [[Ali Alatas]] joined French foreign minister [[Roland Dumas]] in opening the Paris Peace Conference, where discussions took place regarding plans for Vietnamese troop withdrawal and power-sharing arrangements in a hypothetical future Cambodian government.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=34}} The following month, Sihanouk resigned as president of FUNCINPEC<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19890829&id=H4QzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4768,9936153&hl=en|title=Final Cambodian talks under way|date=29 August 1989|access-date=25 June 2015|work=Lodi News-Sentinel}}</ref> but remained in the party as an ordinary member.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=8}} In September 1990, the United Nations (UN) sponsored the establishment of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia (SNC), an administrative body responsible for overseeing the sovereign affairs of Cambodia for an interim period until UN-sponsored elections were held.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=255}} The creation of the SNC was subsequently ratified with [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 668]].{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=7}} In July 1991 Sihanouk left FUNCINPEC altogether and was elected as the chairperson of the SNC.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=9}}