Atsuhito Nakata (中田 厚仁, Nakata Atsuhito, January 10, 1968 – April 8, 1993) was a Japanese UN Volunteer working as a District Electoral Supervisor with the United Nations who was gunned down in Kampong Thom, Cambodia along with his friend and interpreter Lek Sopheip.[1]
Atsuhito Nakata | |
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中田 厚仁 | |
| Born | January 10, 1968 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | April 8, 1993 (aged 25) Prasat Sambour District, Kampong Thom province, Cambodia |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Education | Osaka University |
| Occupation | UN volunteer |
As a United Nations Volunteer, Nakata traveled to Cambodia to help organize the first national elections at the community level in Cambodia after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.[2] Nakata was one of 465 UNV District Election Volunteer Election Supervisors deployed with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia.[3]
References
edit- ^ "United Nations Volunteers: In memory of Atsuhito Nakata". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ https://www.unv.org/media/japan-commemorates-its-untac-dead
- ^ "20 years after: In memory of Atsuhito Nakata, UN Volunteer killed while on duty | UN Volunteers Cambodia". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-10.