On March 15, the United Nations General Assembly voted 170–4 to create a new Human Rights Council, effectively dissolving the oft-criticized Commission on Human Rights. Candidates for the Council will need to be elected by an absolute majority of 96 votes in order to secure a position, and once elected members can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.

Representatives of Cambodia’s indigenous peoples met in the northeast Stung Treng province on October 20-21 for the Second National Indigenous Peoples Forum.

The forum continued discussions from the First National Indigenous Peoples Forum, which met for two days in September 2004, "To share our ideas and experiences about our culture and natural resource management," according to the first forum’s final statement.