{"id":5520,"date":"2023-07-08T09:47:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/?p=5520"},"modified":"2023-07-08T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:47:35","slug":"international-community-19th-23th-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/international-community-19th-23th-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"International Community (19th &#8211; 23th June, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Kingdom is set to sign a loan agreement with Japan on June 20. The more than $180 million will fund improvements in rural road connectivity and a water supply expansion project, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XaSvIR?fbclid=IwAR2L0Gadugz9CLzNf-JlKMbAVC2Py4Ff5iPxgpjyExhxJJuLu2RierqLsec\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XaSvIR<\/a>;<br>The remarks of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Turk, on June 16 UNHCR statement which called on the Cambodian government to take immediate action to open up citizens\u2019 rights and create an environment \u201cfavourable to a free and fair\u201d July 23 election. Turk\u2019s statement followed the disqualification of the Candlelight Party (CP) from the election.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NN3xRD?fbclid=IwAR0_PBsG086t4mVLDYUfXb86F5VxFE1aLmBcoykOCu1ZKEucZ6ooWPmzNJA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3NN3xRD<\/a>;<br>The US Department of State (DOS) has described the trafficking of humans through casinos as a growing concern, with the practice particularly prevalent in Special Economic Zones and border towns such as Sihanoukville in Cambodia and the infamous \u201cGolden Triangle\u201d.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3CAwYQg?fbclid=IwAR1K8XVgTEbcHuPCBxZ8qYSQfImZN1w3H4BI_Q846lj3w_7Q76Rp-rUTzqw\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3CAwYQg<\/a>;<br>The US remains the biggest market for Cambodian exports, particularly for textiles and garments. However, the country\u2019s apparel exports saw a significant decrease in the first four months of 2023. These exports to the US amounted to $643.886 million, comprising 26.50 per cent of Cambodia\u2019s total exports of $2,807.546 million during this period. This figure, however, marks a 50.32 per cent decline from the corresponding period in 2022.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3phO8Px?fbclid=IwAR2RDmLcBbcMGcUcqotsRWB2sAHMpa7vT9SjeGOFgH1eVQU4sUdOavM_jTo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3phO8Px<\/a>;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom is set to sign a loan agreement with Japan on June 20. The more than $180 million will fund improvements in rural road connectivity and a water supply expansion project, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XaSvIR;The remarks of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5521,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5520\/revisions\/5521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}