After three years, a Japanese-funded water treatment facility in Kampot province is set to begin operations after being expanded through a grant worth $26 million.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Environment on Wednesday announced the implementation of a five-year, $21-million Prey Lang Forest Green Project in a bid to strengthen the management of the forest.
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The UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) made 25 recommendations, The government accused the council that they were part of a political agenda and linked to the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Cambodia has submitted a report on the enforcement of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), with a government official saying some people did not properly understand the convention, leading them to overstep boundaries when exercising their rights.
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The Interior Ministry has signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding with China’s Public Security Ministry in order to expand law enforcement cooperation between the two nations.https://bit.ly/2FNbJy1;
