2021-02-24 05:35:50 GMT2021-02-24 13:35:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) Cambodia had seen a remarkable drop in the number of casualties from landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the last 24 years, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said.
In a message to mark the National Mine Awareness Day on Wednesday, Hun Sen said the number of casualties had declined to 65 in 2020 from 4,320 in 1996.
Some 2,138 square km of contaminated land had been cleared of landmines and ERWs from 1992 to 2020, he said, adding that nearly 1.1 million anti-personnel mines, 25,488 anti-tank mines and 2.88 million ERWs had been found and destroyed over the period.
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The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has cooperated with National Police forces to educate nearly 1.2 million people about mine accidents and explosive remnants of war. CMAC
More than one million people educated about mine-related accidents
Tue, 22 December 2020
In the first 11 months of this year, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has cooperated with National Police forces to educate nearly 1.2 million people about mine accidents and explosive remnants of war.
CMAC director-general Heng Ratana said CMAC and National Police forces had visited almost 600,000 households to educate them about mine-related accidents.
“In collaboration with them [National Police], we have made 38 per cent more home visits this year than we did last year.