Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) continues the search for cluster bombs and research information to speed up unexploded ordnance clearance. CMAA has also appealed to donor countries and partners to continue support for the organisation’s activities.
CMAA said the research is a joint procedure between technical and non-technical groups and was conducted in response to cluster bombs in Cambodia. The purpose of the research was to find and map the location of cluster bombs.
Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the CMAA, told The Post that cluster bombs from the civil war had shifted over time. As a result, clearance officials have to increase activity to identify and clear the ordnance as planned by the government by 2025.
“Cluster bombs have moved to where we did not expect. Certain places no longer have cluster bombs, other places now have them and some ordnance does not change location. Unexploded munitions can last for centuries, so pose an ongoing risk to people,” he said.
— The Phnom Penh Post (@phnompenhpost) August 4, 2021
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Source: The Phnom Penh Post