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
Feb 04, 2016
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: Unexploded Ordnance9. 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
• 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
Samdach Aka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and President of Cambodian Mine Action Authority
NATIONAL MINE ACTION PROGRAM
ADVISORY BOARD
SECRETARIAT(CMAA)
CMAC RCAF
MAG HALO TRUST
Role of
The Cambodian Mine
Action Authority
(CMAA)
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
National Mine Action Strategies
• 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
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
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
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Total Areas to be Cleared : 424 sqkm2
Mine and UXO Problems
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
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
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
Achievement of cleared areas yearly from (1993-
2007)
12125737
1897247216538990
1303447
20011000
24348664
364683
2576148
1674000
49725003040000
2432000
6482357
17118994
13129136
9744500
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
Cleared Lands
Mine and ERW were discovered by RCAF mine clearance unit
Mine-UXO and demolition activity
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
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION