Rhona Smith, the departing UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, has revealed three potential candidates to fill her position, while government officials expect Smith’s successor to follow her path and work professionally.
Cambodian and EU representatives met to formulate development cooperation strategies for the next seven years, 2021 to 2027, outlining three priority areas and agreeing to further consultations in the context of evolving events due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2021 Golden Dragon Military Exercise, conducted jointly between Cambodia and China, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia taking up so much of the soldiers’ energy.
Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian said on February 3 that the first 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines donated by China to the Kingdom would arrive in Phnom Penh by special aircraft this weekend.
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United States Ambassador Patrick Murphy met with Minister of Justice Keut Rith to discuss anti-human trafficking efforts, law enforcement cooperation and protecting freedoms granted in the Cambodian constitution. The Ministry of Environment and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on January 30 launched the First Protection Area Monitoring Platform (PAMP) in Preah Vihear province to monitor forestry crimes including forest land clearing for private ownership and illegal hunting in natural protected areas.
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Cambodia and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that permits some Cambodian workers to find employment there under the Korean Employment Permit System (EPS).
The Australian government announced on February 1 that it has provided a grant of $28 million for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines approved by World Health Organisation (WHO) for 1.5 million Cambodians.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia is monitoring the current situation in Myanmar as Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained however, he said that it is an internal affair.
