Cambodian to meet some MDG goals, deal landmine issues: envoy

Cambodia will meet some of the Millennium Development Goals by the end of 2015 and will continue to deal with landmine threats, said a Cambodian envoy to UN Tuesday at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly. The number of people below the poverty line has dropped to 19.8 percent in Cambodia in 2011, said Sea Kosal, Permanent Representative of Cambodia to UN, adding that “Cambodia is well on track if not well ahead in attaining its poverty reduction goal of 19.5 percent.” … The number of people below the poverty line has dropped to 19.8 percent in Cambodia in 2011, said Sea Kosal, Permanent Representative of Cambodia to UN, adding that “Cambodia is well on track if not well ahead in attaining its poverty reduction goal of 19.5 percent.” Sea said that the country has also made progress in controlling HIV/AIDS, with the HIV prevalence in Cambodia dropping from 2.4 percent in 1998 to 0.6 percent in 2012. Based on its target in this field, Cambodia is set to achieve the Three Zeros Strategies, namely, Zero new HIV Infection, Zero AIDS related Death, and Zero Discrimination by 2015. On Malaria prevention, Sea said, Cambodia developed the National Strategic Plan for Elimination of Malaria 2011-2025. “Substantial progress” has been made in preventing death from landmines, said Sea, saying that the number of mine explosion accidents has decreased from over 300 cases in 2008 to 186 in 2012. …

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