Editing Norodom Sihanouk (section)

==UNTAC administration era==
===Paris peace accords and return to Cambodia===
On 23 October 1991, Sihanouk led the FUNCINPEC, Khmer Rouge, KPNLF, and PRK into signing the [[1991 Paris Peace Agreements|Paris Peace Accords]]. The accords recognised the SNC as a "legitimate representative of Cambodian sovereignty" and created the [[United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia]] (UNTAC) to serve as a transitional government between 1992 and 1993.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=12}} In turn, UNTAC was given the mandate to station peacekeeping troops in Cambodia to supervise the disarmament of troops from the four warring Cambodian factions and to carry out national elections by 1993.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=15}} Sihanouk subsequently returned to Phnom Penh on 14 November 1991. Together with Hun Sen, Sihanouk rode in an open top limousine from [[Pochentong Airport]] all the way to the royal palace, greeting city residents who lined the streets to welcome his return.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=142}}

The UNTAC administration was set up in February 1992, but stumbled in its peacekeeping operations as the Khmer Rouge refused to cooperate in disarmament.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|pp=82–83}} In response, Sihanouk urged UNTAC to abandon the Khmer Rouge from the peacekeeping process on two occasions, in July and September 1992. During this period, Sihanouk mostly resided in Siem Reap and occasionally traveled by helicopter to supervise election preparations in KPNLF, FUNCINPEC, and Khmer Rouge resistance bases.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=84}}

Sihanouk left in November 1992 to seek medical treatment in Beijing,{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=46}} where he stayed for the next six months until his return to Cambodia in May 1993, on the eve of elections.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=86}} While in Beijing, Sihanouk proposed a [[Presidential system]] government for Cambodia to [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|then-UN secretary-general]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]], but soon dropped the idea after facing opposition from the Khmer Rouge.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|pp=56–57}}

===1993 elections and pre-monarchical restoration===
When [[1993 Cambodian general election|general elections]] were held, FUNCINPEC, now headed by Sihanouk's son [[Norodom Ranariddh]], won, while the [[Cambodian People's Party]] (CPP) headed by Hun Sen came in second.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|pp=2, 84}} The CPP was unhappy with the election results, and on 3 June 1993, Hun Sen and [[Chea Sim]] called on Sihanouk to lead the government. Sihanouk complied, and announced the formation of a Provisional National Government (PRG) headed by him, with Hun Sen and Ranariddh as his deputies.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=124}} Ranariddh was surprised at Sihanouk's announcement, as he had not been informed of his father's plans, and joined Australia, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States in opposing the plan. The following day, Sihanouk rescinded his announcement through a national radio broadcast.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=125}}

On 14 June 1993, Sihanouk was reinstated as the head of state in a [[Constituent Assembly of Cambodia|Constituent Assembly]] session presided over by Ranariddh, who took the opportunity to declare the 1970 ''coup d'état'' which overthrew Sihanouk as "illegal".{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=93}} As Head of State, Sihanouk renamed the Cambodian military to its pre-1970 namesake, the [[Royal Cambodian Armed Forces]]. He also issued orders to officially rename the country from the [[People's Republic of Kampuchea#Transition|State of Cambodia]] to simply "Cambodia", reinstating "[[Nokor Reach]]" as the National Anthem of Cambodia with some minor modifications to its lyrics, and the [[Flag of Cambodia|Cambodian flag]] to its pre-1970 design.{{sfnp|Mehta|Mehta|2013|p=231}}

At the same time, Sihanouk appointed Ranariddh and Hun Sen co-prime ministers, with equal powers.{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=129}} This arrangement, which was provisional, was ratified by the Constituent Assembly on 2 July 1993.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=93}} On 30 August 1993,{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=261}} Ranariddh and Hun Sen met with Sihanouk and presented two draft constitutions, one of them stipulating a constitutional monarchy headed by a king, and another a republic led by a head of state. Sihanouk opted for the draft stipulating Cambodia a constitutional monarchy,{{sfnp|Widyono|2008|p=161}} which was ratified by the constituent assembly on 21 September 1993.{{sfnp|Findlay|1995|p=97}}