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Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), held talks with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung to strengthen bilateral cooperation on mine action and reaffirm commitments to peace-building efforts. Read More …
The HALO Trust, the international landmine clearance organisation, has called for global recommitment to the Landmine Ban Treaty following a 10 per cent drop in the number of anti-personnel mines cleared in 2023. The steep fall in landmines cleared is Read More …
Yet another life was lost to a landmine when it exploded beneath a farmer’s tractor in Trapaing Prasat district on Saturday. Prime Minister Hun Manet expressed regret over the accident, said Ly Tuch, First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action Read More …
Cambodia is at peace today, but for 40,000 Cambodian amputees, the past wars are still with them every day, visible on their bodies. Mobility, dignity, family and economic integration are all affected by the scourge of mines. The EU and Read More …
Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs) afflicted 39 victims in the ten months of this year, higher than last year with 32 victims. However, the government is committed to removing this bane from society for the betterment of all. Read More …
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia still has 1,700 square kilometres of land contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance, affecting around 1 million citizens living in suspected areas. The premier spoke on Saturday during his meeting with 4,742 Read More …
The 2024 International Humanitarian Demining Training Course, which was hosted by the Chinese government on Friday, held its closing ceremony in Nanjing, the capital of east China’s Jiangsu province, with attendees praising China’s role in international demining cooperation and assistance. Read More …
Under the South-South Cooperation training programme, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has successfully and proudly completed its mission to assist with training Colombian demining teams in Colombia. According to CMAC, sharing knowledge in the field of mine action helps Read More …
Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), and Tomoko Shimada, director of the Peace Building Office of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo, on Monday at the CMAC Headquarters signed the “Minutes of Discussions on the Read More …
The First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and also the President of the Ottawa Convention, Ly Thuch, chaired a meeting with the Committee on Cooperative Compliance and Ukraine with Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Read More …
The five-year Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan, which will be adopted for implementation at November’s 2024 Ottawa Convention meeting in Siem Reap province, has been successfully developed, according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), which will chair Read More …
Cambodia has found another two war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bombs in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Wednesday. Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) Director-General Heng Ratana said the two aerial bombs were spotted in a pit in Read More …
As part of its assistance in mine action, which is an urgent issue in Ukraine, Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), conducted training programs from late July to August to staff members of the State Emergency Service of Read More …
CMAC has unearthed and safely removed another US made M117 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Tuesday. Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s Director-General Heng Ratana said the massive bomb was spotted buried in a Read More …
The European Union is allocating EUR 2 million to finance a new humanitarian mine action initiative in Ukraine, which will be carried out by Ukrainian handlers with their highly trained dogs. The relevant statement was made by the Delegation of Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) began a two-week training course on Wednesday, August 7 for Ukrainian explosives experts, focusing on the use of demining equipment in humanitarian operations. The opening ceremony was presided over by Heng Ratana, the government Read More …
In the first six months of 2024, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) cleared 744 minefields covering an area of over 114 square kilometres and in the process found and destroyed a total of 64,782 landmines and pieces of unexploded Read More …
Community members benefiting from agricultural land cleared of landmines appreciate their new and improved livelihoods. Mam Lai In, a former soldier who resides in Tumneap village, Omlaing commune, Thpong district, Kampong Speu province, said that now he and his fellow Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) called on the public to be vigilant during and after floods because of the risk that they could unearth landmines due to landslides or runoff. According to the announcement from the Read More …
More than 24,000 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) items of all kinds have been recovered from the Kingdom’s rivers and waterways in the past year and four months. The operations are part of a campaign to clear explosive remnants of war (ERWs) Read More …