The government’s strategic policy in the seventh mandate is to clear all landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) remaining on Cambodian soil, said Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA).
Thuch noted that the land at risk spans an area of 1,817sq km,equivalent to 12,072 minefields. These include a mine zone of 538sq km, or 6,543 minefields, a cluster bomb-affected area of 690sq km or 2,363 sites, and 590sq km of other UXO-contaminated land equalling 3,166 minefields.
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Source: The Phnom Penh Post