In addition to the story as revealed by the annual reports of the ICRC, it must be remembered that the exiled government of the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea continued to consider itself to be the country's legal government. The United Nations upheld this claim by majority votes in the General Assemblies of 1979, 1980, and 1981. The press continues to report occasional fighting between the forces of the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese army. The authorities in Phnom Penh do not seem to be in control of the entire national territory.