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Cambodia's Appeal for International Conference on Border Issue With YEAR: 3 NO:31 BULLETIN: JULY - AUG UST, 2010 CONTENT : PAGE 1 - Cambodia’s Appeal for Inter- national Conference on Bor- der Issue with Thailand. Cambodia’s Appeal for International Page 1 Conference on Border Issue with Thailand - PM: Cambodia’s Economic Growth Will Be at 5 Percent. Page 1 sent letters to mier while presiding - Cambodian Premier Presides UN General over the dissemina- Over the Closing of the 5th A s s e m b l y tion ceremony of the CRC General Assembly. President Ali National Program for Page 2 Abdussalam Sub-national Democ- Treki and UN ratic Development - Cambodia, Iran Agree to S e c u r i t y held here on Aug. 9 Boost Ties. Page 2 Council Presi- at Koh Pich confer- dent Vitaly ence center. - Statement of the Ministry of Churkin com- “The bilateral Foreign Affairs and Interna- plaining about mechanism would tional Cooperation. Page 3 Thailand’s not work anymore. threat to use We need to resort to Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen both diplo- multilateral mecha- - World Heritage Committee addresses the audiences over the launching ceremony of the (WHC) Supports UNESCO National Program for Sub-National Democratic Development matic and nism. We call upon to Work with Cambodia over (2010-2019) military means the ASEAN member Conservation of Preah- to resolve the countries, the UN Vihear. Page 3 border dispute and other countries Phnom Penh, August dia, has called for an with Cambodia. including the country - Cambodian Garment Industry 10, 2010 AKP — international confer- “I am appealing members of the Paris More Competitive, Experts Samdech Akka ence on Cambodia- to hold an interna- Peace Accords,” he Say. Page 4 Moha Sena Padei Thailand border is- tional conference on explained… Techo Hun Sen, sue. Cambodia-Thailand - Cambodia, VN Cooperate on Prime Minister of the The appeal was border conflict,” said Drug Control. Page 4 Kingdom of Cambo- made a day after he the Cambodian pre- To be continued to page 5 - Cambodia Marks First Anni- versary of Inscription of Tuol Sleng Archives on UNESCO’s Memory of the PM: Cambodia’s Economic Growth Will Be at 5 Percent World Register. Page 5 - Special Press Release by Press Phnom Penh, August Hun Sen told the Canada, but we have agricultural one, and Quick Reaction Unit of 6, 2010 AKP — participants during a to expand our mar- especially rice. the Office of the Council of Prime Minister university gradua- ket to the Middle “This year, we Ministers. Page 7 Samdech Akka tion ceremony in East, and the re- have 3.5 million tons Moha Sena Padei Phnom Penh on gional market in- of paddy surplus and - Excursion Trip to Kampot Techo Hun Sen said Wednesday. cluding Japan, South around 4 million Province. Page 9 Cambodia’s eco- Cambodia is try- Korea, China, and tons by 2015, but we nomic growth is ing its best to be an India as well, said have to improve our expected to reach exporting country. the Cambodian pre- packing technology five percent this Cambodia has been mier. and rice millers,” year. exporting to Amer- One of the main Samdech Techo Hun Samdech Techo ica, the EU, and exported products is Sen said. —AKP P A G E 2 Cambodian Premier Presides Over the Closing of the 5th CRC General Assembly Phnom Penh, August 6, from Their Majesties He- 2010 AKP — roic King Father and Prime Minister Sam- Queen Mother of the dech Akka Moha Sena Khmer Nation, Honorary Padei Techo Hun Sen President of the CRC and called on the government His Majesty Preah Bat institutions, private sec- Samdech Preah Borom- tors, civil societies, NGOs neath Norodom Sihamoni, and associations to join all the King of Cambodia for together to reach the stra- continuous attention to tegic plan of the Cambo- lives of the people, chil- dian Red Cross (CRC). dren, grand children, great Samdech Techo Hun grand children and the Sen made the remarks, Samdech Techo Hun Sen presents a bunch of flowers to Madame vulnerable at everywhere while presiding over the Bun Rany Hun Sen while she is being re-elected President for the for which Their Majesties closing of the 5th CRC fifth term of the Cambodian Red Cross always donate their own General Assembly held at assets to help victims of Chaktomuk Conference “Achievement and suc- like those during 55 years disaster through CRC,” he Hall in Phnom Penh on cess that CRC has made ago, could not be decoup- said… Aug. 5. during the 4th mandate, led from participations To be continued to page 5 Cambodia, Iran Agree to Boost Ties terpart Hor Namhong hong said he discussed stressed the need of ex- regional and international pansion of ties in the di- issues with his Iranian verse areas of political, counterpart. The situation economic and diplomatic. in Iraq and Afghanistan Mottaki said in a joint and the Palestinian issue press conference with Hor were discussed and both Namhong that Iran and countries shared the posi- Cambodia have initiated a tion that war is not the new era of economic and solution to the problems in close political cooperation these countries, he added. within the international Iran and Cambodia arena. stressed their willingness The two sides dis- to bolster bilateral ties in cussed several issues such the areas of economy and His Excellency Mr. HOR Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and as trade, tourism, invest- energy, he said. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ments and holding fairs in The Cambodian minis- each other’s countries, ter arrived in Iran on Tues- cooperation in tariffs, fa- day for a two-day visit. He Phnom Penh, August 11, verse areas, Chinese News cilitating taxation regula- is also to meet with Ira- 2010 AKP — Agency Xinhua reported. tions and participating in nian President Mahmoud Iran and Cambodia Iranian Foreign Minis- joint ventures, said Mot- Ahmadinejad. —AKP agreed on Tuesday to ter Manouchehr Mottaki taki. boost bilateral ties in di- and his Cambodian coun- For his part, Hor Nam- ———— P A G E 3 Special Issues : Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Phnom Penh, August 9, ‘People’s Alliance for Cambodia and Thailand constitutes clearly a 2010 AKP — Democracy’, the Prime stipulates: ‘Any dispute threat to use its military The Ministry of For- Minister of Thailand said arising out of the inter- force against Cambodia eign Affairs and Interna- as quoted by the Nation pretation or application to ‘settle’ the problem of tional Cooperation of the ‘…About the land en- of this Memorandum of demarcation of the bor- Kingdom of Cambodia croachment, we will can- Understanding shall be der between the two has issued a statement in cel the MOU if the prob- settled peacefully by countries, where both response to Thai Prime lem can’t be settled. We consultation and negotia- countries are bound by Minister Abhisit Vejja- will use both democratic tion’. international legal docu- jiva quoted by a Thai and military means.’ Therefore, if Thailand ments. This also shows media as saying that If the Prime Minister UNILATERALLY can- clearly the true color of Thailand “will use both of Thailand had indeed cels the MOU, Thailand the government of Thai- democratic and military pronounced these words, will flagrantly violate land of the so called De- means” to settle the bor- the Ministry of Foreign this bilateral legal docu- mocratic Party. der issue with Cambodia. Affairs and International ment. This would show Cambodia reserves its The full statement Cooperation of the King- clearly Thailand’s viola- legitimate rights to safe- dated Aug. 7 reads as dom of Cambodia would tion of the international guard its sovereignty and follows: like to draw the interna- law. territorial integrity “According to the tional public’s attention Secondly, with regard against any deliberate Thai newspaper ‘The on the followings: to the wordings ‘…We acts of aggression.” — Nation’ today, during the First, Article VIII of will use both democratic AKP meeting with the the 2000 MOU between and military means’, they World Heritage Committee (WHC) Supports UNESCO to Work with Cambodia over Conservation of Preah Vihear Phnom Penh, August 9, hear in 2008, according to 2010 AKP — the Press and Quick Reac- Deputy Prime Minister tion Unit of the Office of Sok An said on Saturday the Council of Ministers. that the World Heritage Speaking at the Phnom Committee (WHC) is ask- Penh International Airport ing the United Nations upon his return from the Educational, Scientific, 10-day meeting in Brasilia and Cultural Organization in Brazil, where 187 coun- (UNESCO) to support tries attended the 34th Ses- Cambodia to go ahead sion of the WHC, the Dep- with the management plan uty Prime Minister said of Preah Vihear by estab- “the World Heritage Com- lishing an international mittee has requested Cam- Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Sok An, Minister in charge of the Office coordinating committee bodia to cooperate with of the Council of Ministers holds a press conference at Phnom Penh (ICC) for the sustainable UNESCO… International Airport on August 7 upon his returning from the partici- conservation for the U.N. th pation of the 34 World Heritage Committee Meeting held in Brasi- listed temple of Preah Vi- lia, Brazil. To be continued to page 6 P A G E 4 Cambodian Garment Industry More Competitive, Experts Say Phnom Penh, August 9, (JETRO) was quoted as years. Garment Manufacturers 2010 AKP — saying by Chinese News “I think that the gar- Association of Cambodia, Experts said last Thurs- Agency Xinhua at a semi- ment industry is still alive NGOs, and government day that the improvement nar on the Situation of even it is not quite fast officials.
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