PHNOM PENH. Dec 31: A group of United Nations peacekeepers will be evacuated from thetr post in northwestern Cambodia following deliberate Khmer Rouge shelling of the area. UN officers said Thursday, reports AP.

This shelling appears to be a direct attack on a UN position." said the UN military spokesman. Lt Col Dick Palk.

He said the peacekeepers tn Svay leu village. 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Siem f^ap city, had come un der Intermittent shelling In

the past week and mortar fire became heavier morning. Rounds damaged buildings and crashed near bunkers

-Some UN personnel previ ously have been forced from their posts because of fighting between Khmer Rouge guerll las and government forces, but this was the first time I he United Nations has suggested the Khmer Rouge was directly attacking UN personnel.

Palk said Khmer Rouge representatives in Phnom Penh were not cooperative when UN officials discussed the shelling

with them Thursday Talks will continue.

The 45 UN personnel to be evacuated include 26 Bang ladesh troops, an Australian communications expert, seven Cambodians helping with voter registration and others

The radical Communist Khmer Rouge, which slaughtered Cambodians during its rule In the 1970*. fought the Vietnamese Installed govern ment for 13 years until signing a peace accord In October 1991.

But It has dented UN peace

keepers stress to areas under Its control, briefly detained groups of peacekeepers, and refused to disarm

AUN oil embargo against the Khmer Rouae and a ban on long exports from Cambodia go into effect at midnight Fl700 GMT) Thursday, but enforcing them will be a major problem.

The UN Security Council imposed the oil embargo to pressure the group to cooperate wtth the peace process. Cambodia's Supreme Nai tonal Council, a reconciliation body

comprising all factions, banned long exports to save the forests

The restrictions require controlling Thailand's vast trade along the 660-kilometer (425 mlk-) border with Cambodia — a highly difficult undertaking.

UN peacekeeping force* are denied access to Khmer Rouge controlled areas where UN checkpoints to enforce the embargo were to be *et up. A UN official tn Bangkok, who

mity. said the United Nations wanted to set up checkpoints at nine locations on the Cambodian side of the border with Thailand.

News reports in Bangkok said the Thal government planned to set up 17 checkpoints on Thal terrltoiy opposite the UN checkpoints.

The UN official said That authorities were working toward fulfilling their obligations under the Nov.30 Security Council resolution that Im-poaed the sanctions.