Cambodia and Japan this morning jointly signed an agreement to provide grant financing for projects related to Cambodia’s mine action activities.
The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the grant agreement and related documents for the implementation of the project provided to the government to support the CMAC on two projects with a total grant of 1.466 million yen, approximately nearly $11 million, and projects to support two other ministries, totalling four projects..
Read more...
Source: Khmer Times
Related:
- Cambodia: Deminers urged to improve efficiency
December 6, 2022
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) called on all demining operators improve their efficiency to guarantee the Kingdom reaches its 2025 goal of becoming mine-free. CMAA first vice-president Ly Thuch made the call at a December 5 meeting with relevant parties to discuss demining action plans, which are supported by the recently established ...
- Cambodia: Mine-free Kingdom 2025 goal gets big funding boost via new sub-decree
December 5, 2022
The government has established the “Mine-Free Cambodia 2025 Fund” to achieve the goal of clearing the Kingdom’s remaining landmines by 2025, in a bid to provide security and harmony for people from all walks of life. The sub-decree establishing the fund, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 3, said it would be used to ...
- Daniel Craig urges more support for mine action
December 1, 2022
Daniel Craig, the world-renowned British actor and a UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards, calls on the international community to provide more support for mine action in Cambodia. Daniel Craig made the appeal in a video released by the UN Development Programme and Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), ...
- Cambodia: 11 nations attend NPMEC demining training course
November 24, 2022
The National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) has launched the ASEAN and Regional Mine Clearance and Minefield Technical Training for UN peacekeeping missions which saw the participation of 11 countries. General Sem Sovanny, director-general of the National Peacekeeping Centre, said yesterday that the training was the fifth session for ...
- Cambodia celebrates 30 years of progress towards landmine-free goal
November 22, 2022
This year’s 30th anniversary of mine action in Cambodia is being observed in the capital with exhibitions and displays memorialising the Kingdom’s long fight against landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). The event, held from November 21-22 at Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, also saw live demonstrations of how trained animals are used in ...
- Cambodia sends demining equipment to CAR
November 17, 2022
National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) has sent 69 demining vehicles to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Tuesday, as part of Cambodia’s peacekeeping missions worldwide. Major General Kosal Malinda, spokeswoman of the NPMEC, said yesterday that a total of 69 mine protection vehicles, vehicles equipped with UXO destroyers ...
- Cambodia: $18M donated to demining drive
November 15, 2022
The Samdech Techo for Mine Action Project, which was established in early July, has so far received contributions of nearly $20 million from various philanthropists. The donors aim to join the government as it works to achieve its goal of a mine-free Cambodia by 2025. Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action ...
- Canada: Trudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia and Laos
November 14, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has wrapped up his first stop of a tour in Southeast Asia by announcing nearly $1 million to help remove unexploded landmines and cluster bombs from the region. He made the $990,000 pledge at an event focused on women in security as the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations drew ...
- Cambodia: UNESCAP to support national mine action policy
November 12, 2022
Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), said the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) would support the body in formulating national policy on mine action and holding major national and international forums associated with mine action. Ly Thuch met with UN deputy secretary-general ...
- Inside the painstaking search for five million decaying bombs in Cambodia
November 9, 2022
On a steep and slippery hillside beside a quiet village in Battambang province in north-west Cambodia, a small team is hard at work clearing land mines from conflicts decades ago. It is an arduous and painstaking task, with de-miners using detectors to manually map every centimetre of the ground and a range of tools to excavate ...
