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China provides almost half million in mine action funding
The Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) and representatives of the Chinese embassy announced the launch of the “Mekong-Lancang Cooperation in Mine Action” project on June 17, with over $430,000 of funding. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-provides-almost-half-million-in-mine-action-funding
Battambang farmer unearths 250-pound US bomb, as UK assesses demining funding
HALO Trust Cambodia responded to an unusual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) call-out over the weekend, when a farmer excavating his land in Battambang province’s Samlout district discovered a Mk81 bomb. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmer-unearths-250-pound-us-bomb
Cambodia extends mine clearance deadline to 2030
The Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) is preparing a proposal which will extend the Kingdom’s mine clearance deadline for a third time, to 2030. Under the framework of the Ottawa Convention, plans are being laid out for the period covering 2026 to 2030. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-extends-mine-clearance-deadline-to-2030
Senior Minister Ly Thuch meets with adelegation of the Center For Humanitarian Demining and Demining of the Republic Of Armenia
The senior official of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority said that mine clearance has been the government’s top priority to ensure that people have lived a safe life after the war. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382154/senior-minister-ly-thuch-meets-with-adelegation-of-the-center-for-humanitarian-demining-and-demining-of-the-republic-of-armenia/
Cambodia wants Singapore to be part of mine-free village campaign
Cambodia wants to see Singapore being part of the endeavour to succeed the mine-free village campaign in the Kingdom. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50972267/cambodia-wants-singapore-to-be-part-of-mine-free-village-campaign/
Mine, UXO casualties up 40 percent
The Cambodian Mine Action Authority has reported that casualties increased this year by more than 40 percent when compared with the same period last year. A CMAA report obtained yesterday showed there were 71 casualties from January to October due to landmine and unexploded ordnance ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50668223/mine-uxo-casualties-up-40-percent/
More than $400 million needed for mine clearance
The Cambodian Mine Action Authority said yesterday that the country needs more than $400 million to clear mines and explosive remnants of war from 2018 to 2025, on an area larger than 1,970 square kilometres. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50299575/more-than-400-million-needed-for-mine-clearance/
China gives demining supplies after pledge of support
The Chinese Embassy donated equipment to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) yesterday, marking the beginning of a new pledge to become a top donor to the sector, following the withdrawal of US funds. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gives-demining-supplies-after-pledge-support
Landmine casualties drop by 25 percent
The number of casualties from landmines last year dropped by a quarter compared with the year before, the first time the number of deaths or injuries have been less than 100, the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34546/landmine-casualties-drop-by-25-percent/
Casualties from UXO drop in 2015
Landmines and other old ordnance killed or injured 111 people in 2015, according to figures from the state-run Cambodian Mine Action Authority, as many as in 2013 but nearly a third less than last year, when casualties jumped to 154 people. ...
Ouch Sony and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/casualties-from-a-drop-in-2015-106967/
Mine, UXO explosions casualties up in 2014
Both the number of accidents and casualties caused by old landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) rose by nearly 40 percent last year, according to the latest government data, though the two figures were still the second lowest on record following years of progress in ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mine-uxo-explosions-casualties-up-in-2014-81534/
