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CAMBODIA Universalization of the Ban on Anti-personal Mines-prospects PRESENTED BY LT.COL. MAM NEANG DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR APRIL 2008. Acronyms.
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CAMBODIA Universalization of the Ban on Anti-personal Mines-prospects PRESENTED BY LT.COL. MAM NEANG DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR APRIL 2008
Acronyms 1. CMAA: Cambodian Mine Action Authority2.CMAC: Cambodian Mine Action Center 3.RCAF: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces4.MAG: Mine Advisory Group5.TMCC: Training Mine-UXO Clearance Center6.ERW: Explosive Remnants of War 7.EOD: Explosive Ordnance Disposal8. UXO: UnexplodedOrdnance9.SOP: Standard Operation Procedures
CAMBODIA AT A NEW ERA • Geography • Area: 181,035 sq Km • Land boundaries: Laos: 541Km Thailand: 803 Km Vietnam: 1228 Km • Population13,607,069 (July 2005 est.) • Ethnic groups: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%,Chinese 1%, other 4% • Religion: Buddhism 95% and other 5% • Government • Type: Multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy • Capital: Phnom Penh • Independence from French in November 1953 • Administrative divisions: 20 provinces and 4 Municipalities • Military: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) • Member State: 14 December 1955
Samdach Aka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and President of Cambodian Mine Action Authority
Role of The Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA)
CMAA TASKS The CMAA is the sole institution to represent the RGC in mine action, as follows: • Developing policy guidelines for mine clearance • Coordinating of all mine action activities and programs • Developing mine action strategies • Monitoring mine action operations • Regulating all program activities • Being the focal point for information with its national database • Being the focal point for Mine Risk Education • Developing policy to manage post clearance and land use • Mobilizing resources • Ensuring obligations under national and international mine action laws, treaties and conventions
Long Term Strategy • Assumption - Decreasing Threats - Sustainable Efforts - Full Government Involvement • Vision -Medium: Toward Zero Victim - Demining of High Risk Areas and Intensive Mine Risk Education - Long Term: Socio-Economic Impact – Sustainable National Capacity • Broad Strategic Priorities - National Coordination - Humanitarian Purposes - Development Sustainability - Compliance with International Requirements
Cambodia Clearance Achievements
Achievement • 1992-2007 • Destroyed: • APMs 732,493 (PMN,PMN2,PMD6,MN79,Type69, DH10, MON 66/50, POMZ2M, 72A, 72B and Gyata64) • ATMs 18,153 • UXO 1,588,057 • Total area cleared: 407,126,372 m2
Mine and UXO Problems Level One Survey (L1S) Results - 13,908 villages surveyed - 3,000 suspected mined areas, including 300 with cluster bombs - 11,400 UXO spots - 4466 sqkm2 of suspected mined areas
Mine and UXO Problems Assumption : only 10% of the areas are practically impacted - Severe impact areas: 122 sqkm2 - High impact areas: 180 sqkm2 - Medium impact areas: 103 sqkm2 - Low impact areas: 19 sqkm2 _________ Total Areas to be Cleared : 424 sqkm2
ROYAL CAMBODIAN ARMED FORCES BECAME AN ACTIVE ROLE IN MINE CLEARANCE PROJECT SINCE 1993
The leaders of Royal Government of Cambodia attended a Departure and Welcoming home Ceremony of the Cambodian humanitarian de-mining unit for the UN Peacekeeping Operation
Role and Duty of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) • RCAF represented by Training and Mine Clearance Center with her mission is executing the Ottawa Convention on Mine Clearance in and outside the country • Joined hand in rehabilitation and development nation society with Mine Clearance Project based on road construction, bridge, farm land and development land • Humanitarian Mine Clearance on behalf of UN Peacekeeping Operations. RCAF
Center strength: 1,536 De-mining: 1,198 Instructors and Personnel: 171 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD): 144(24 teams) IED: 23 RCAF Manpower on Mine Action Program
Training Activity of the Cambodian De-mining Unit before deploying to the local and international missions
The Rehearsal Exercise of Cambodian De-mining Unit for the UN Peacekeeping Operation
The specialized training activity of the Cambodian De-mining Unit following a UN Standard Operation Procedure
National Level • Following a strategy on national mine action policy with 5years variable (2006-2010) of CMAA • Clearly setting up and sharing a responsibility for CMAA on CMAC, Training & Mine UXO Clearance Center and National Police for: • the year 2006 to 2010 • the year 2010 to 2015 • and after year 2015 • TWA-MA continues to facilitating goal for the Training & Mine UXO Clearance Center (representing RCAF)
Functional Level • Reunifying with agreeable on one direct supervision • Reunifying to one stop policy • Training & Mine UXO Clearance Center has a perfect role and duty as a main centralized force of RCAF in transferring training school to become a national institution with laboratory, library, museum and chemical theme
Operational Level • Training & Mine UXO Clearance Center should strongly gear forward in strengthening and expanding their variety of experts and: • following CMAS and IMAS Standards • Reducing a level of bureaucracy • Preparing Management Chart according to Flat Organization • Setting up education schedule with long, medium and short terms with continuing focus further on fresh training • Revising ineffective goals by applying to a new technical field training with modern equipment and materials for the mine clearance more accountable • furnishing deep search mine detectors for one company • Managing and good governing on 3 important assets:
TMCC Allocation • Manpower (officer and subordinate officer's instructors and military experts) • Asset and equipment for mine clearance purpose • Government fund and donor fund/bidding • Caring and using more effectively on explosive storage and ammunition stockpile warehouse before destroying • Strictly executing more effective about law on AP Ban Treaty Stockpile Destruction Agreement • Putting together a policy about de-mining retirement plan
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