1. 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

2. Acronyms 1. CMAA: Cambodian Mine Action Authority 2. CMAC : Cambodian Mine Action Center 3. RCAF: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces 4. MAG: Mine Advisory Group 5. TMCC: Training Mine-UXO Clearance Center 6. ERW: Explosive Remnants of War 7. EOD: Explosive Ordnance Disposal 8. UXO: Unexploded Ordnance 9. SOP: Standard Operation Procedures

3. CAMBODIA AT A NEW ERA Geography –Area:181,035 sq Km –Land boundaries: Laos:541Km Thailand:803 Km Vietnam:1228 Km Population 13,607,069 (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

4. Samdach Aka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and President of Cambodian Mine Action Authority

5. NATIONAL MINE ACTION PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD SECRETARIAT (CMAA) CMACRCAF MAGHALO TRUST

6. Role of The Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA)

7. 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 CMAA TASKS

8. National Mine Action Strategies

9. 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 Long Term Strategy

10. Cambodia Clearance Achievements

11. Achievement 1992-2007 Destroyed: –APMs732,493 (PMN,PMN2,PMD6,MN79,Type69, DH10, MON 66/50, POMZ2M, 72A, 72B and Gyata64) –ATMs18,153 –UXO1,588,057 –Total area cleared: 407,126,372 m 2

12. Level One Survey (L1S) Results - 13,908 villages surveyed - 3,000 suspected mined areas, including 300 with cluster bombs - 11,400 UXO spots - 4466 sqkm 2 of suspected mined areas Mine and UXO Problems

13. Assumption : only 10% of the areas are practically impacted - Severe impact areas: 122 sqkm 2 - High impact areas: 180 sqkm 2 - Medium impact areas: 103 sqkm 2 - Low impact areas: 19 sqkm 2 _________ Total Areas to be Cleared : 424 sqkm 2 Mine and UXO Problems

14. ROYAL CAMBODIAN ARMED FORCES BECAME AN ACTIVE ROLE IN MINE CLEARANCE PROJECT SINCE 1993

15. 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

16. 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

17. RCAF Manpower on Mine Action Program Center strength:1,536 De-mining:1,198 Instructors and Personnel:171 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD): 144(24 teams) IED:23

18. Training Activity of the Cambodian De-mining Unit before deploying to the local and international missions

19. The Rehearsal Exercise of Cambodian De-mining Unit for the UN Peacekeeping Operation

20. The specialized training activity of the Cambodian De-mining Unit following a UN Standard Operation Procedure

21. Achievement of cleared areas yearly from (1993- 2007)

22. Mine and ERW were discovered by RCAF mine clearance unit

23. Mine-UXO and demolition activity

24. 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)

25. 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

26. 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:

27. 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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