International Community (05th Jan – 09th Jan. 2026)
| UNICEF, the United Nations Agency for children, is partnering with Cambodia to protect vulnerable children—including those living outside official displacement sites—by strengthening child protection, education, health, and social assistance services https://bit.ly/49sUDCl ; The United States, which played a major role in ending border clashes last year between Thailand and Cambodia, will be providing $45 million in aid packages to the two Southeast Asian countries in an effort to ensure regional stability and prosperity, a senior U.S. State Department official said. https://bit.ly/4sz6V4O ; China has provided aid valued at $400,000 to the Cambodian demining sector. The aid was presented to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) this morning, January 8. Cambodia also expressed gratitude to China for contributing to the ceasefire at the end of December. https://bit.ly/4qffFLW ; United Nations Resident Coordinator Jo Scheuer has pledged that the UN will continue to support Cambodia and humanitarian aid for displaced civilians and promote peace. https://bit.ly/3Yu5Ugx ; Thailand’s army says Cambodia has claimed that a new strike was an accident, after a Thai soldier was wounded in a mortar attack in a disputed border region, as a ceasefire agreed in late December continues to hold. A military unit in the area was contacted by the Cambodian side, who claimed there was no intention to fire into Thai territory and said the incident was caused by an operational error by Cambodian personnel,” the Thai army said in a statement Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said an explosion that injured two Cambodian soldiers in the Mom Bei area was an accident, dismissing any suggestion of hostile action. “. https://bit.ly/3LpDYrh ; Senate President Hun Sen sent a congratulatory message to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion of Myanmar’s 78th Independence Day |
