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Cambodia: A beautiful, haunting and heart-breaking country

2010-01-30T08:58:00.001-08:00

I was greeted with the smell of lemongrass. After a night flight to Bangkok, and a dawn flight to Phnom Penh, and a car-ride through the chaos that is the Cambodian capital in rush-hour – a chaos full of miracles, like entire families perched on mopeds and apparently surviving – we arrived in an oasis of calm. There were mint cocktails waiting for us, and giant, carved elephants and men in pointy hats and purple knickerbockers, and grand staircases that you could imagine yourself swishing down, in evening dress, before meeting some Ernest Hemingway-type figure for martinis in the bar.

For this is Raffles Hotel Le Royal, built in 1929 in the heyday of French colonialism, when Cambodia was a peaceful country full of temples and paddy fields and Buddhas. It was the favoured haunt of writers and foreign correspondents, and it was here they fled in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh and launched one of the bloodiest regimes in history.

It's hard to believe now, as you collapse on a vast bed in a room that's all dark wood and gracious living, or wander to the Amrita Spa for a soothing massage, or sample the delicious buffet in the Café Monivong, but you can't get away from history in Cambodia, and this is a place – like everywhere else – that saw chaos and terror and death.

You could spend all afternoon, after your massage, and your lie-down, and your lunch, sipping G and Ts by the pool – and I have to admit it's tempting. The last thing you want, in fact, after no sleep, and the stress of getting yourself there, and that journey through the rush-hour traffic, is to be bussed out, in the heat of a burning sun, to a place where thousands of people were killed. But it's also, in a peculiar way, the best way to start your trip to Cambodia.

If you want sunshine, go to Torremolinos, but if you want to get a true taste of the beautiful, haunting, heart-breaking country whose capital, Phnom Penh, was once regarded as the "Pearl of Asia", you have to see the killing fields. You have to see the beauty born out of blood, and the courage that has grown – yes, like a pearl – out of suffering beyond imagining.

There are brilliant pink flowers and a stall selling canned drinks at the entrance to Choeung Ek. This was the point where the trucks stopped, two or three times a month, to deliver men, women and children to death and mass graves. Between 1975 and 1979 – a time when in Britain we were watching Starsky and Hutch and listening to Abba – about 17,000 died here, bludgeoned to death, poisoned, disembowelled or buried alive. Many of the killers were children, children who learnt to smash babies' skulls against the rough bark of a "killing tree" before later being killed themselves. Loudspeakers played music to drown out the victims' screams.

Even now, you can see bits of bone and cloth poking up through the ground. Many of the mass graves have never been disinterred. But if you can't see the bodies, you can see some of the skulls. There are more than 8,000 of them, arranged by sex and age, behind the glass panels in a Memorial Stupa, created in 1988. Green mats next to it say (in English) "Welcome" and next to them are buckets of chrysanthemums.

Inside, funeral music is playing. In a hut nearby, there's a notice, presumably put up by the Cambodian government. "They have the human form," it says of the Khmer Rouge, "but their hearts are demons' hearts."

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Back in Phnom Penh, we saw more evidence of the "demons' hearts".

When the Khmer Rouge took the city, they requisitioned the Tuol Svay Prey High School as a centre for detention and torture.

"While getting lashes or electrification, you must not cry at all" says a sign outside the former "Security Prison 21" – a sign offering detailed guidance on how prisoners should behave while having their torsos whipped with iron chains, or their organs, or bowels, cut out. In the rooms used for torture there are still iron beds, electrical sockets, and some of those chains. The floors, walls and ceiling are flecked with blood.

In rooms nearby are the most haunting photographs I've ever seen. Thousands of men and women – men with the same cropped hair, women with the same regulation bob – stare out at you, eyes frozen with fear. Upstairs are the tiny cells – some built in brick, some in wood – where they awaited torture and death. In theory, they were sent to Choeung Ek to die, but some died in those iron beds, and were beheaded so they couldn't be identified.

"I will see you down here," said our gentle guide. "I don't want to go up there," she added quietly. Like so many others in Cambodia, she is still living with the legacy of what she witnessed. She spent 14 years in a refugee camp, but was lucky to survive. Three million Cambodians did not.

You carry these thoughts with you wherever you are in Cambodia, and you're right to. This is not something you can wash away with cocktails in the Elephant Bar (there's a cocktail, the Femme Chic, in honour of Jackie Kennedy, who stayed at Le Royal) or by eating a delicious dinner in the Restaurant Le Royal, or even with a few gentle lengths in the pool. But those cocktails and that dinner provide vital tourist dollars to a country recovering from profound trauma. They won't erase it. Nothing can erase it. But to see a country, and understand its past and present splendours, you have to know its history.

It was, nevertheless, a relief to have a day of gentle sight-seeing in Phnom Penh, a vibrant mix of temples, markets and colonial buildings, and of bustle and crumbling grace. First, we went to the Royal Palace complex, still the official residence of King Sihamoni (a 50-something bachelor ballet dancer who has so far failed to produce the requisite heir) and therefore with only selected bits open to the public. Much of it is 20th-century, though there's a pavilion that was built for Napoleon in Egypt in 1869 and moved here in 1876. What the palace lacks in age, it makes up in grandeur. The Silver Pagoda, covered in 5,000 tiles and five tons of silver, is breathtaking. Inside, there are more Buddhas than you could shake a sceptre at: a massive emerald one, a life-size gold one, studded with diamonds, an 80kg bronze one, and thousands of tiny ones, surrounded by silver floral arrangements and silver cigarette boxes. Asian kings, it seems, like their bling.

One of the chief pleasures of wandering around this Disneyland-with-a-royal-Asian-twist is watching the Cambodians relaxing on a Sunday afternoon. It was one of the pleasures of our next stop, too: a small wat (temple) at the top of 300 steps. Vendors nearby were selling bacon and eggs, flowers and grilled pork to offer to the gods, or the chance to set a songbird free. Inside the temple, there was a giant Buddha (of course), accompanied by flashing neon lights and tinkling music.

The artefacts on display at the National Museum were a little more tasteful. They're magnificent, in fact – more than a millennium's worth of fabulous Khmer sculpture, including an eight-armed Vishnu from the sixth or seventh century, giant wrestling monkeys carved from sandstone and practically an army of post-Angkorian Buddhas, many rescued from Angkor Wat.

We had lunch overlooking the Mekong, and after (at last!) a few hours by that gorgeous hotel pool, we went back to it, to glide down the river in a little wooden boat, and drink beer while the sun set. In a fishing village of huts on stilts a woman swung in a hammock, girls washed their hair, and children bobbed in the water like happy ducks. As we gazed out at the pointed roofs silhouetted against a sky shot through with brilliant pink and orange, the city at last seemed at peace.

Now it was time for the temples. If you do them properly, you have to get up early, and so we got up early for the long drive to Sambor Prei Kuk, originally known as Isanapura, the pre-Angkorian capital of Chenla. On the way, we stopped off at a service station, where travellers and passersby were enjoying a wide range of snacks, including fried crickets, ants and tarantulas. One of our party grabbed a long, hairy leg and took a bite. From the expression on her face, it clearly wasn't delicious. It is, however, probably not a great idea to risk anything that might turn your stomach because the roads outside Phnom Penh can do that on their own. They may have been cleared of mines – thoughV C there are still up to four million left in the country – but they're a far cry from smooth Western Tarmac. By the time we arrived at Sambor Prei Kuk, we felt like thanking all the gods for our arrival.

And there were plenty of opportunities, because there are more than 100 temples scattered through the forest, many dating back to the early seventh century. There were plants poking through the ancient bricks and among the Sanskrit inscriptions and the carvings, and it felt like a world lost to nature and forgotten, except by the children who followed us around. They asked us – in better English than the government-sponsored guide who was thrust upon us – our names and what we earned. In Cambodia, according to our real guide (who had to defer to the government guide), everyone asks everyone what they earn.

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In the next few hours, on the bumpiest roads I've ever been on, we had the chance to see more of this fascinating country: landscape that shifted from lush green to arid brown, and then back again, animals scrabbling for food under houses on stilts, and in one village what appeared to be an entire school – dressed in the standard national uniform of white shirts and blue trousers or skirt – on bikes. In the same village, we saw men chipping away at stone Buddhas – as if there was a national shortage of Buddhas. Which, I can tell you, there isn't.

By the time our minibus juddered to a halt, at the end of a track in the depths of the jungle, we were ready to collapse. Refreshment, thank god, was at hand, but first we were taken to our accommodation – a whole tent each, with a real bed, and a separate (tented) loo and ingenious shower. In those few moments, dusk descended, and we emerged to flaming torches and margaritas.

The men looking after us – of which there seemed to be an embarrassingly large number – made top-notch cocktails, and a top-notch dinner, too. We ate and drank late into the starry, flame-lit night.

As we staggered out of our tents, clutching our heads, at sunrise, that no longer seemed such a great idea, but spirits rose with a spectacular, hangover-crushing breakfast and with the sight, behind us, of a vast, brick pyramid. This, it turned out, was Prasat Thom, a seven-story sandstone temple built 1000 years ago. We were in Koh Ker, for a brief period (from AD928 to 944) the capital of Cambodia, and this magnificent building looming in front of us was, it turned out, only the beginning. We were in a vast temple complex, which looked as if it hadn't been touched for centuries, and with the exception of the odd khaki-clad guard, and the cicadas, we were alone. The surrounding area was teeming with temples: temples with Shiva Linga (vast phallic symbols) in them, like Prasat Thneng and Prasat Leung, and others (like Prasat Neang Khmau) in which the gnarled tree-roots and strangler figs laced, like a lattice-work, over them, looked as old as the stones.

And now we were on our way to the biggest temple in the world, but first, thank the Buddha, there was civilisation, in the form of the Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor. For 75 years, this magnificent hotel on the edge of Siem Reap has been the place where anybody who was anybody – anybody, that is, seeking a bit of 1,000-year old epic splendour – has stayed. Gracious elegance, with dark woods and antique furnishings, was just the ticket after our night under canvas, and the gargantuan pool proved irresistible.

There was more punishment ahead, in the form of a pre-dawn alarm call, but the punishment, we were assured, would be rewarded. And so it was. The sight of the sun rising over the vast, spiky skyline of one of the most spectacular spiritual buildings in history is one you'll never forget. Particularly, it has to be said, when accompanied with the tongue-tinglingly delicious patisserie in the lavish packed breakfast that Raffles had provided.

You need sustenance for the hours ahead, to drink in the delights of Angkor Wat, a three-tiered pyramid crowned by five towers, like beehives, that rise 65 metres above the ground. It was probably built as a funerary temple for Suryavarman II (1112 – 1152) to honour the Hindu god, Vishnu, who lurks (in the form of a statue) in one of the towers. But it feels more like a homage to history, religion and life. In the extraordinary bas-reliefs, which stretch around the outside of the central temple complex, and which would take a lifetime to study, you can see pictures of battles from the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, military marches from the army of Suryavarman (complete with parasols, elephants and the royal tiara), armies of monkeys and scenes from heaven and hell.

Nothing in Cambodia – or indeed in much of the world – is as spectacular as Angkor Wat, but other temple complexes are fascinating in different ways. Angkor Thom, the last capital of the Angkorian empire, has an entrance flanked by 54 massive gods on one side, and 54 massive demons on the other, each with a different expression – sad, happy, sneering – on their face. The carvings in the main temple are touching in their humanity: men cooking meals, women weighed down by children, chubby-buttocked soldiers in loincloths fighting, a man wincing because his bottom has been bitten by a tortoise. Ta Promh, "discovered" by the French explorer Henri Mouhout in 1860, and left as he found it, is a symbol of human impotence in the face of nature: a magnificent, collapsing, mythical mix of giant roots and giant stones.

On our last day, we went on a boat trip to Tonle Sap, one of the biggest freshwater lakes in Asia. Four million people live on the lake, or the banks of it, many in tiny floating boats, in floating villages. There are floating schools, and floating restaurants, and floating health centres, and floating crocodile farms. It's a hard, hard life, to scrape a living and bring up a family in a space the size of a small room. But they do it. Day after day, they do it. Like so much else in this beautiful, sad, fascinating country, they weather the storms and go on.

Travel essentials: Cambodia

Getting there

* Cox & Kings (020-7873 5000; coxandkings.co.uk) offers a nine-night trip to Cambodia from £3,195 per person. The price includes Thai Airways flights from Heathrow via Bangkok, private transfers, two nights' B&B at Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, four nights' B&B at Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor in Siem Reap, two nights' B&B in a tented temple camp, some meals and all excursions.

* There are no direct flights between the UK and Cambodia; the gateway is Bangkok, served by Thai Airways (0870 606 0911; thaiairways.co.uk), British Airways (0844 493 0787; ba.com), Eva Airways (020-7380 8300; evaair.com) and Qantas (08457 747767; qantas.co.uk) from Heathrow. Connections to Phnom Penh are offered by Thai Airways and Air Asia (0845 605 3333; airasia.com).

Staying there

* Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh (00 855 23 981 888) and Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap (00 855 63 963 888): raffles.com

Visiting there

* National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh (cambodiamuseum.info). Open daily 8am-5pm; admission US$3 (£2).

Royal honour for croc doc who saved ‘extinct’ species

2010-01-30T08:57:00.001-08:00

A SCIENTIST from Cambridge has been given a royal honour by the government of Cambodia – for saving one of the world’s rarest crocodiles.

The Siamese crocodile was believed to be extinct in the wild, but several years ago Dr Jenny Daltry, from the Cambridge-based conservation charity Fauna & Flora International (FFI), discovered a tiny number were still alive in Cambodia.

She has since spearheaded a successful campaign to save them – and yesterday the Royal Cambodian Government recognised her efforts by awarding her the title Officer of the Order of Sahemetrei.

The award is given for “distinguished services to the king and nation”.

Dr Daltry, a senior conservation biologist at the charity, told the News: “I’m overwhelmed and grateful.

“For a conservationist to receive this rare honour does, I think, signify the importance that Cambodia places on its wildlife, forests, and protected areas.”

She has worked for FFI for 15 years and much of her time has been spent in Cambodia, where she has led several field expeditions, resulting in increased protection of forested areas in the Cardamom Mountains.

After discovering Siamese crocodiles surviving there in the year 2000, she set up a community-based programme to protect the endangered reptile.

She has also led a ground-breaking initiative to establish a new generation of Cambodian scientists.

An FFI spokeswoman said: “Because the Pol Pot regime largely wiped out the educated classes, the country lacks enough qualified practitioners to manage its wildlife and help it to develop sustainably. Under FFI Cambodia’s University Capacity Building Programme, Dr Daltry created the first permanent Masters of Science programme at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Nearly 150 Cambodians have enrolled on the course so far.”

The honour was presented to the Cambridge scientist at a ceremony attended by senior government officials, international dignitaries and the British ambassador to Cambodia.

Dr Daltry said: “The achievement I feel most proud of is helping talented Cambodians to become leaders in biodiversity conservation. I also thank my colleagues and co-workers for their tireless commitment and support for more than a decade.”

CAMBODIAN PREMIER URGES FOR PROMOTING THE CAPACITY OF RCAF’S HUMAN RESOURCES

2010-01-30T08:56:00.001-08:00

PHNOM PENH, Jan 30 (NNN-AKP) — Cambodian prime minister has urged the Ministry of National Defense to promote the capacity of the human resources in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) at the level equal to that in the regional countries as well as in the world.

Addressing the closing seminar to review the reform of RCAF in the last five years (2005-2009) and set its objective in the next five years (2010-2014), Hun Sen noted that in the early 21st century, Cambodia still has a gap if compared to some regional countries, mainly a lack of human resources to be faced, which he requested the ministry to surmount.

He said since the military reform in 2000, Cambodia has seen many difficulties and big sacrifices by successfully carrying out ?win-win policy? that brings peace, national reconciliation, country unity and certainty to the Cambodian people.

He also highlighted the situation and the main principles for implementing the policy of national defense, being aimed at being sure to maintain national independence, sovereignty, peace, security, public order for contributing to the national development.

He also gave some recommendations to Cambodian officers on the viewpoint in the future based on the present, the past experiences of advantage and disadvantage, the challenging issue and opportunities for solving the problem in response to the urgent development in the region and the world.

In his speech, the Cambodian premier also reminded the soldiers to perform good deeds for the sake of the nation and the people.

Girl school girl claims that her ass really sweet

2010-01-13T09:36:00.000-08:00

Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen ties for ... Yuon's benefits solely!

2010-01-13T09:34:00.000-08:00

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior need to strengthen their cooperation for the sake of the two countries’ people, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

PM Dung made the comment during his meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng in Hanoi on January 12.

The PM lauded the Cambodian Minister’s working visit and the results of his talks with Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh earlier the same day.

He said he was delighted at the growing of bilateral traditional friendship and asked the two ministries to work more closely to implement a wide range of agreements reached by the two countries.

“Fine cooperation between the two ministries has helped facilitate the development of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and especially between the provinces which share the borderline,” PM Dung said.

He said the two ministries should enhance their assistance and cooperation in training and share experiences and professional skills to help maintain security, social order and safety in their countries.

PM Dung reiterated that Vietnam wants to implement its agreements reached with Cambodia effectively to elevate the traditional friendship and cooperation for the benefit of the two countries’ people.

Noting down PM Dung’s opinions, he affirmed that the Cambodian government is willing to coordinate with Vietnam to carry out bilateral agreements, including those agreed by the two ministries, in an efficient way.

Earlier, Deputy PM and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng held talks with Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh during which they informed each other of the current situation in their respective country and discussed issues of mutual concern.

They reviewed the implementation of cooperative programmes in 2009 and exchanged views on measures to be taken to boost their cooperation in 2010.

The two officials reached agreement on the issues they raised and showed their determination to lift the two ministries’ cooperative ties to a new height.

They signed a cooperation plan for their ministries in 2010.

The IRI did it again: Results of the “infamous” IRI survey revealed by Cambodia's Strongman ... not by the IRI

2010-01-13T09:32:00.000-08:00

The US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) released its survey indicating that the Cambodian government led by the current ruling CPP party is moving in the right direction. Support for the popularity of the CPP government has increased up to 79%. However, the IRI survey was criticized by the SRP as being imperfect.

The IRI conducted its survey between 31 July to 26 August 2009. The results of the survey were not made available by the IRI itself, but it was publicly announced by Hun Xen in the morning of 12 January 2009 instead.

During a ceremony for the distribution of diplomas to students in Phnom Penh, Hun Xen pulled out a paper showing the results of the IRI survey to read. He indicated that the IRI’s survey question was: “Is the leadership of the Cambodian government moving in the right or wrong direction.” The results indicated 79% of the people surveyed indicated that the government is moving in the right direction.

The survey results surprised Hun Xen when the survey question was: Will you vote for the CPP in any election? Hun Xen indicated that the result indicated that 53% are certain that they will vote for the CPP. This number reflects a full 1% increase from last year’s IRI survey.

Hun Xen claimed that the IRI had already revealed its survey results to all parties that hold seats at the National Assembly, including the CPP and Funcinpec.

The current support for the government stems from the fact the government built roads, schools, healthcare centers, pagodas, bridges and the living condition has improved due to water irrigation, electricity and water, peace in the country and good business climate.

Nevertheless, the survey conducted by the IRI – which, in the past, used to be close to the SRP and human rights and democratic NGOs in Cambodia – was criticized by Yim Sovann, the SRP spokesman, of being imperfect. Yim Sovann explained that the survey was conducted under a climate of repression, of silencing the freedom of expression, of arrest made against journalists, of lifting the immunity of MPs, and the arrest and jailing citizens involved in land dispute.

POVERTY IS NOT FATE: It is man-made

2009-12-24T04:35:00.001-08:00

Theary C. SENG giving her "Poverty is Not Fate" speech to 90,000 live audience, millions of TV viewers (Rostock, Germany. July 2007).

On 7 June 2007, German rock legend Herbert Groenenmeyer, U2's Bono, Bob Geldof and civil society umbrella organization Global Call to Action against Poverty organized the P-8 Rock Concert in Rostock, Germany to highlight the plight of the world's poor, to coincide with the G-8 Summit where the leaders of the world richest countries were meeting in nearby, seaside Heiligendamm. I represented Cambodia, one of the "Poor 8" countries invited, along with Bangladesh, represented by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus. Following is my speech to an electric crowd of 80,000 and several million more TV viewers.

Hallo Rostock!

My name is Theary Seng and I run the Center for Social Development in Cambodia. The Center for Social Development is a Cambodian human rights NGO which monitors 7 courts (including the Khmer Rouge Tribunal), advocates for good governance and accountability (many times with Transparency International) and conducts grassroots dialogue with villagers all over Cambodia on Justice & Reconciliation. One of our main donors is Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst.

I stand united with you today to resoundingly proclaim: Poverty is not fate. Poverty is not destiny. Poverty is man-made; it results from the greed and arrogance of power, poor governance and ill-conceived policies. Today, we join voices against the scourge of poverty and to urge the G-8 leaders to be more mindful of Cambodians, and the less fortunate of this world.

Yes, Cambodia is back -but not everyone. In Cambodia, 35 percent live on less than 50 US cents a day.

Lack of education causes poverty

Enrollment is up, but we have one in two Cambodian child not completing primary school. The girls are most vulnerable to dropping out first because of the lack of toilets -10 Million out of 14 Million Cambodians do not have access to toilets - or the girls are needed at home to care for sick family or they are trafficked and sold into prostitution or they have to work to supplement the family income. In Cambodia, education is supposed to be free, but students must often supplement teachers' meager salary of $30 a month.

War causes poverty

Poverty causes war. We, in Cambodia, had to start literally from the Year Zero, when almost 2 million Cambodians died as a result of the Khmer Rouge, including my parents - my dad immediately when the Khmer Rouge took power in 1975, and my mom later when we were in prison and I was 7 years old.

Corruption causes poverty

In Cambodia, the Anti-Corruption Law has been in draft form since 1995; 12 years later, still no political will, still no law. Now we struck oil, and fear the Resource Curse. If big businesses control more and more of the world's resources, they must bear social responsibility. Let them start with transparency of information of what they pay to government, and let us join the Publish What You Pay movement to pressure them to do so.

Environmental destruction causes poverty

At least 30% of Cambodia's dense, tropical forests have been illegally depleted by the rich and powerful. Last Sunday, Global Witness - which the government has banned from the country for its past reports - released via the internet another scathing report. On my way to join you here, the Cambodian government again threatens confiscation.

Landlessness causes poverty

The Cambodian poor face illegal evictions, or they are forced to sell their land cheaply to pay for health care and life's unexpected crises.

The G-8 leaders believe they can judge our future. In Cambodia, we are currently trying to judge our past for our future. But at least, the G-8 are 8 individuals who control and possess power; in Cambodia, there's only one.

So, today, let us be reminded: Poverty is not destiny. Poverty many times is man-made. Poverty is the worst form of violence. Hence, let us do everything in our power to fight against this worst form of violence. Amidst the poverty, there's also much beauty in Cambodia; come visit us. We still need your help.

And today onward, ich bin eine Rostockerin! Danke schön

Theary C. Seng

Theary C. SENG before her speech on stage at P-8 Rock Concert (Rostock, Germany), July 2007.
Theary C. SENG with Bono at Press Conference before the P-8 Rock Concert (Rostock, Germany. July 2007).
Bono with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus (Rostock, Germany. July 2007).
Theary C. SENG with Sir Bob Geldof (remember 'We are the World' rock concerts of the 1980s) at the Press Conference (Rostock, Germany. July 2007).
German rock legend Herbert Gronenmeyer who organized this P-8 Rock Concert (Rostock, Germany. July 2007).
Theary C. SENG behind the stage during the day-long rock concert to raise awareness of world poverty with the G-8 leaders meeting in Heiligendamm (Rostock, Germany. July 2007).

Thailand preparing coup?

2009-12-24T04:33:00.000-08:00

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday accused neighbouring Thailand of preparing a coup against his government as the war of words between the neighbouring nations worsened. -- PHOTO:

PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday accused neighbouring Thailand of preparing a coup against his government as the war of words between the neighbouring nations worsened.

Mr Hun Sen said he had seen a secret Thai government document outlining the plan to mount a coup, which he said he had passed to Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni to show the 'bad character of our neighbouring leaders'.

'In your secret document it says that although the (Thai) foreign ministry does not agree to stage a coup in Cambodia... others are working on it,' Mr Hun Sen said. 'Don't even think about it. I know who is doing this,' he added, during a speech at a provincial ceremony.

The Cambodian premier said he had also seen documents that showed Thailand has considered waging war against its neighbour. 'You have outlined bad scenarios, including preparing to wage war against Cambodia,' he said.

Mr Hun Sen's comments follow the leaking of a document in Thailand last week, written by the Thai foreign minister to premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, in which the worsening relations between the two countries are analysed.

Relations between the countries, which have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged last month when fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra became an economic adviser to Cambodia.

China to execute five more for Xinjiang unrest

2009-12-24T04:31:00.000-08:00

BEIJING — Five more people have been sentenced to death over ethnic violence in July in China's Xinjiang region, an official said Thursday, as Beijing's human rights record comes under a harsh new spotlight.

The sentences bring to 22 the number of people condemned to die or executed over the unrest in the Xinjiang capital Urumqi, which pitted mainly Muslim Uighurs against China's Han ethnic majority and left nearly 200 dead.

The first executions last month of nine people for their roles in the violence drew sharp criticism from the United States, the European Union and rights groups concerned that the accused had not been guaranteed due process.

Eight others were sentenced to death earlier this month.

"On Wednesday, 22 people were tried in five cases with five people being sentenced to death and five others sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve," Ma Xinchun, spokesman for the Urumqi city government told AFP.

A death sentence with a two-year reprieve is often commuted to life in prison if the defendant is deemed to exhibit good behaviour.

The spokesman refused to give other details, such as the names and ethnicity of the convicted or their crimes.

During the initial eruption of violence on July 5, Uighurs attacked Han Chinese, but in subsequent days mobs of Han roamed the streets seeking revenge on the minorities, who have long complained of repression under Chinese rule.

According to official figures, more than 1,600 people were injured in the ethnic violence, the worst seen in China in decades.

Uighurs say the violence was initially triggered when police cracked down harshly on peaceful demonstrations in Urumqi that were held in protest of the beating deaths of two Uighur migrant workers at a factory in southern China.

China says it faces a serious separatist threat in Xinjiang. But exiled Uighurs say Beijing exaggerates the threat to justify harsh controls in the strategic western region, which is rich in energy reserves.

Based on names provided in state media reports, most of those sentenced to death and executed before Wednesday's sentencings have been Uighurs.

In recent weeks, Chinese police have been rounding up suspects that fled Urumqi after the unrest, with the government reporting earlier this month that 94 fugitives had been brought into custody after fleeing.

On Saturday, Cambodia handed over to China another 20 Uighurs who had sought political refuge in the Southeast Asian nation following the unrest, prompting a firestorm of criticism from the West amid fears they could face mistreatment.

Washington said it was "deeply disturbed" by the move and said relations with Phnom Penh would suffer, while the EU urged Beijing to treat them properly.

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Novak, on Tuesday called the expulsion of the Uighurs "a blatant violation" of anti-torture rules and urged an independent probe as well as access to the group should they be detained.

Washington and Brussels have also expressed concerns this week over the trial of prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on subversion charges. He faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted when the verdict is given Friday.

"As far as we can tell, this man's crime was simply signing a piece of paper that aspires to a more open and participatory form of government. That is not a crime," US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.

"Clearly, a political trial that will likely lead to a political conviction is uncharacteristic of a great country."

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday slammed statements made by foreign governments about Liu's case, calling them a "gross interference" in China's internal affairs.

China is also facing calls from Britain and rights groups for clemency for a Briton with reported mental health problems due to be executed in the Asian nation next week on drugs charges.

London said it was "alarmed and concerned" when Akmal Shaikh's final appeal was denied, but Beijing says the case has been handled properly.

Cigarettes kill, but don't tell him...

2009-12-17T12:23:00.000-08:00

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Cigarette pack warnings that remind smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope with the inevitability of death, according to researchers.

A small study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as "smoking makes you unattractive" or "smoking brings you and the people around you severe damage," were more effective in changing smokers' attitudes toward their habit.

This was especially the case in people who smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as youth who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers and others who thought smoking increased their social value, the researchers said.

"In general, when smokers are faced with death-related anti-smoking messages on cigarette packs, they produce active coping attempts as reflected in their willingness to continue the risky smoking behavior," the study said.

"To succeed with anti-smoking messages on cigarette packs one has to take into account that considering their death may make people smoke."

The study was based on 39 psychology students, aged between 17 and 41, who said they were smokers.

Participants filled in a questionnaire to determine how much their smoking was based on self-esteem, were then shown cigarette packs with different warnings on them, and then after a 15-minute delay, the students were asked more questions about their smoking behavior that included if they intended to quit.

"One the one hand, death-related warnings were not effective and even ironically caused more positive smoking attitudes among smokers who based their self-esteem on smoking," the study said.

"On the other hand, warning messages that were unrelated to death effectively reduced smoking attitudes the more recipients based their self-esteem on smoking."

The researchers said this finding can be explained by the fact that warnings such as "smoking makes you unattractive" may be particularly threatening to people who believe that smoking makes them feel valued by others or boosts their self-image.

The study was published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

‘Brother No 2’, Khmer Rouge ideologue

2009-12-17T12:21:00.001-08:00

PHNOM PENH: Former Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea and foreign minister Ieng Sary were both charged with genocide this week for their roles in the communist regime’s killing of ethnic Vietnamese and Cham Muslims.

Both are also charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity as key members of the 1975 to 1979 movement’s central committee, which oversaw the deaths of up to two million people through starvation, overwork and execution.

Now aged 83 and a secretive cadre even by the standards of one of the world’s most paranoid political movements, Nuon Chea was Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot’s most trusted deputy.

According to researchers, he was also a key architect of the regime’s death machine.

It is unknown how many of the Khmer Rouge’s victims were killed outright, but it is clear to researchers that the regime most likely systematically eliminated its “enemies” on Nuon Chea’s orders.

“There is substantial and compelling evidence that Nuon Chea, commonly known as ‘Brother Number Two,’ played a leading role in devising the... execution policies,” wrote genocide scholars Stephen Heder and Brian Tittemore in their book “Seven Candidates for Prosecution.”

“There is also substantial evidence that he played a central role in implementing those policies.”

Since surrendering to the government in 1998 under a deal that doomed the Khmer Rouge, Nuon Chea has acknowledged the deaths that took place under the regime but denies that he was in a position to stop the disaster that unfolded.

“I don’t know who was responsible” for the deaths, he told AFP before his 2007 arrest, describing himself as a nationalist who tried to guide Cambodia through the Cold War struggle for Indochina.

Ieng Sary, 84, was a young French university radical before he emerged as one of the few public faces of the Khmer Rouge during its brutal rule.

He has repeatedly denied knowledge of the mass executions that define the Khmer Rouge regime, yet researchers say he came as close as any senior official to publicly describing it policy of killing perceived traitors.

“Ieng Sary appears to have contributed to the perpetuation of atrocities in (Cambodia) by encouraging the Party’s execution policies,” said researchers Stephen Heder and Brian Tittemore in their book “Seven Candidates for Prosecution.”

In addition to being its foreign minister, Ieng Sary was also a member of the Khmer Rouge standing committee. In that position he was copied messages directed to Nuon Chea requesting what to do with Vietnamese prisoners of war.

Those messages, researchers say, mention torching civilian targets in Vietnam and “smashing” Vietnamese civilians on Vietnamese territory.

As foreign minister, he also oversaw the 1975 return of Cambodian diplomats under the guise of rebuilding their battered country. This policy would, however, deteriorate into the wholesale purging and slaughter of intellectuals, many of them taken from Ieng Sary’s foreign ministry with his knowledge. In 1979 Ieng Sary fled to Thailand after Vietnamese troops and Khmer Rouge defectors swept through Cambodia.

He was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced in absentia to death by a Vietnamese-backed war crimes tribunal hastily convened that year.

Amid moves against his ally Pol Pot and accusations from his former comrades that he had plundered millions of dollars of timber and gems, Ieng Sary defected to the new government in 1996 with thousands of Khmer Rouge fighters.

His lawyers have argued that the royal pardon he received in exchange for his surrender should exclude him from prosecution.

However he has been detained at Cambodia’s UN-backed court since 2007 along with his wife, former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister Ieng Thirith.

Puea Thai asks Kasit, Kamrob to resign

2009-12-11T08:18:00.000-08:00

The opposition Puea Thai Party on Friday called for Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Kamrob Palawatwichai, former first secretary to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, and accept responsibility for having caused Sivarak Chutipong's suffering in Cambodia.

The call was made in a letter submitted by party spokesman Prompong Nopparit. The letter was accepted by Seri Mutthatharn, deputy director of the General Affairs Division.

Sivarak was sentenced to seven years in jail and a fine of about 82,500 baht by a Cambodian court which found him guilty of supplying information on former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight schedule to the Thai government through Mr Kamrob.

Mr Prompong also accused the government to having impeded the Puea Thai Party's attempt to get a royal pardon for Sivarak. He said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his aides had continued to make remarks that might be construed as infringing on Cambodia's sovereignty.

Earlier today, he went to the Education Ministry to submit a leave request of Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, Sivarak's mother, to Education Minister Jurin Laksanavisit. Mrs Simarak said it was necessary for her to remain in Phnom Penh to prepare documents to petition for the royal pardon.

Khmer Rouge survivors feel justice denied

2009-12-11T08:16:00.000-08:00

For the first time at an international criminal tribunal, victims of Cambodia's notorious Khmer Rouge regime have been represented as well as the defence and prosecutors.

But as the BBC's Guy De Launey reports from Phnom Penh, the survivors are not happy with the experience.

"I lost my family," says Chum Mey.

"They killed my children and my wife. Nobody had rights or freedom then. That's why now I want to find justice - for the victims and the younger generation."

Despite his horrific story, Chum Mey does not have the air of a man who went through hell.

Now a sprightly 78, he seems many years younger, chuckles easily and speaks eloquently about his unenviable life.

The former mechanic not only lost his family to the Khmer Rouge, he also suffered torture and beatings at the notorious S-21 detention centre in Phnom Penh.

At least 14,000 inmates passed through its tiny cells and torture chambers in the late 1970s; Chum Mey is one of only three confirmed, living survivors.

Even now, his life revolves around S-21.

The prison has become a genocide museum and Chum Mey can be found there most days, offering his services as a tourist guide in exchange for a few dollars.

Equal voice

Three decades have passed since the Khmer Rouge caused the deaths of as many as two million Cambodians.

But with the start of the long-awaited, and much-delayed, Khmer Rouge tribunal, Chum Mey thought he might find some belated justice.

"Is the personification of suffering shown every day too hard to bear?" - Silke Studzinsky, Civil party lawyer

Like other survivors and the relatives of the victims, his hopes were raised by an innovation at the United Nations-backed special courts.

For the first time at an international criminal tribunal, victims - officially known as civil parties - would be given an equal voice alongside the prosecution and defence.

It raised the possibility of survivors confronting, and even questioning, their former tormentors in court.

Along with almost a hundred other people, Chum Mey was accepted as a civil party in the trial of the man who ran S-21, Kaing Guek Eav - alias Comrade Duch.

But their optimism at the start of court proceedings in March had turned to frustration and anger by the closing arguments in November.

The prosecution, defence and judges seemed, at best, ambivalent towards the civil parties.

Over the course of the trial a series of rulings whittled away at their rights to speak and question witnesses; their lawyers complained that little interest was shown in their testimony.

"They felt that the trial chamber was not very receptive to their sufferings," civil party lawyer Silke Studzinsky told the court in her closing statement.

"This left for them the impression that the trial chamber was rather uninterested in their stories," she said.

"They are still wondering why they were not treated with equal respect like all witnesses, experts and the accused. Is the personification of suffering shown every day too hard to bear?"

Perhaps the most infuriating factor for the civil parties was that while their rights to speak in court had been restricted, no such limitations appeared to apply to the defendant.

Day after the day they watched as Comrade Duch declaimed at length and quibbled with witnesses. For Chum Mey, it was hard to bear.

"When I raised questions to Duch, his lawyers objected," he said.

"Then the court did not allow my lawyers to ask questions. They seemed to ignore us. So at that point I felt like I did not have any rights to express my concerns, but Duch had the right to express himself."

Yawns and eye-rolling

The victims were not helped by the nature of their representation.

Various local and international lawyers worked with several different groups of victims - but there seemed to be little co-ordination among them.

Indeed, one international civil party lawyer conspicuously yawned and rolled his eyes while Silke Studzinsky delivered her closing statement.

Meanwhile, many civil parties appeared to have been poorly prepared for the rigours of cross-examination.

Some contradicted themselves during testimony and gave the impression of being unreliable witnesses.

"The Khmer Rouge Tribunal took the risk of allowing victims to become a party, and what we are seeing now is part of the administrative mess," says Theary Seng, who is a qualified lawyer as well as a civil party in the tribunal's forthcoming second trial.

"What we could not have envisioned as one of the problems was the grand-standing by the civil party lawyers. For some of them this was a way to build up their resume, to compete for status. That has been an embarrassing and shameful element of this."

The system will be completely overhauled for the second trial, which is not likely to start until 2011.

Instead of a gaggle of different lawyers, there will be one lead counsel for the civil parties - a mirror of the approach taken by the prosecution and defence.

The tribunal has also promised that victims will be given proper preparation before they testify.

But the changes have come too late for the civil parties in the trial of Duch.

Instead of gaining a sense of closure, some of them feel that they have been used as guinea pigs in a judicial experiment. Chum Mey believes the victims have been let down.

"We lost our voice," he says, "and there is no real justice for us."

Convicted Thai spy in Thaksin case pardoned by Cambodian king

2009-12-11T08:13:00.001-08:00

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has pardoned a Thai man who was convicted earlier this week of spying. Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, said Sivarak Chothipong would be released Monday.

Sivarak was arrested in mid-November after the authorities accused him of passing on flight details of Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to a diplomat at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.

"This is a humanitarian gesture," Khieu Kanharith told the German Press Agency dpa. "For us this gesture is not to please Thailand, but for humanitarian issues, and we know that the man executed the order [given] by Bangkok."

Khieu Kanharith said the order to release Sivarak came in response to a number of requests, including from Thaksin's Puea Thai party.

"On Monday [Prime Minister] Hun Sen will meet with [Sivarak's] mother and a delegation from the Puea Thai party, and he will be given to his family," he said.

At the time of his arrest Sivarak was employed by the company that handles Cambodia's air traffic, Cambodian Air Traffic Services.

"This morning Hun Sen said if he wants to stay and work in Cambodia he is welcome," Khieu Kanharith said, adding that he doubted the release order would be seen in a favourable light by Bangkok since it was in part in response to requests by the opposition Puea Thai party.

Sivarak was arrested during a surprise visit by Thaksin, who was appointed as an economic adviser to the Cambodian government and a personal adviser to Hun Sen.

The news of those appointments riled Bangkok, and relations between the two nations plunged to their lowest point in years. Thaksin has an outstanding jail term against him in Thailand, but Cambodia rejected an extradition request filed by Bangkok during Thaksin's visit.

In the diplomatic row surrounding the former Thai premier's visit, both nations recalled their ambassadors and expelled senior embassy staff. Neither ambassador has yet returned to their post.

Thaksin, a Thai criminal, is a Cambodian citizen

2009-12-08T02:44:00.000-08:00

Thaksin is a Cambodian citizen: Cambodian prosecutor
A Cambodian prosecutor told a Cambodia court Tuesday that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is a Cambodian citizen so his flight schedule could not be made public.

The prosecutor was showing to the court that it was illegal for a Thai engineer, Siwarak Chutipong, to ask for information of Thaksin's flight schedule from air controller staff.

The prosecutor said Thaksin is an advisor to the Cambodian government, he is regarded as a Cambodian citizen and his flight schedule information could not be disclosed although it is public information.

The prosecutor said the information was also related to the Cambodian security.

Court verdict in spy case due 4.30pm

2009-12-08T02:42:00.001-08:00

A Cambodian court is due to read its verdict in the case against Thai engineer Sivarak Chutipong on spying charges at 4.30pm on Tuesday, according to Thani Thongpakdi, deputy director-general of the Foreign Ministry's Information Department.

Mr Thani said this after receiving a report from Mathuros Ithirong, deputy director-general of the Consular Affairs Department, who is accompanying Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, Mr Sivarak's mother, to attend the court hearing today.

Mrs Simarak appeared stressed and cried after the court set the time for the verdict.

A large number of Thai and Cambodian reporters turned up at the court to hear the verdict.

Sivarak gets 7-year jail term

2009-12-08T02:36:00.000-08:00

Thai engineer Sivarak Chutipong was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and fined Bt 100,000 over the charged of spying on fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight information, Thai television reported Tuesday.

His mother Simarak Na Nakhon Phnanom who was in Phnom Penh busted into tear as the court ruled the verdict.

Sivarak was ruled guilty in accordance with article 19 of the 2005 Archives Law which cover information on national security and social order.

The Cambodian Court issued the ruling at 4:30 pm.

Thai Foreign Ministry's deputy spokesman Thanee Thongpakdee said that the ruling will deliver the ruling on Sivarak Chutipong at 4.30pm Tuesday.

Thanee said Consular Department's Deputy Director General Maturotpochana Ittirong who attended the trial in Phnom Penh called him and informed of the information.

The Cambodian court started the trial at about 8.15am on Tuesday. Sivarak was charged of spying the flight plans of Thaksin in November.

A presiding judge started the trial with Sivarak's defending and testimonies of witnesses from both sides. Earlier reports speculated that the court is possibly giving the verdict today.

Sivarak , 31, an employee of the Cambodia Air Traffic Service which controlled air traffic in Cambodia, rejected an allegation that he sent the flight plans of Thaksin to Thai Embassy's First Secretary Kamrob Palawatwichai.

"I knew the first secretary only for about two years and rarely contacted him," he told the court.

On the day that Thaksin arrived in Phnom Penh, that diplomat telephoned him and asked whether it was true that Thaksin arrived in the Cambodian capital.

"I am authorised to know that kind of information, so I checked it with a Khmer staff who confirmed Thaksin had arrived. That staff even gave me a copy of the flight plan," he said.

Sivarak said he did not pass on the copy to Kamrob.

Two other employees from the Cambodia Air Traffic Service testified that Siwarak asked them about the flight schedule.

Sivrak, was taken into court under heavy security.

Presiding judge Ke Sakhan of Phnom Penh Municipal Court said Sivarak was being tried on charges linked to "national security and public safety" related to offences committed in the capital.

The defendant's mother, Simarak na Nakhon Panom, and Thai diplomats were seen attending the trial.

The arrest took place on the second day of Thaksin's visit to Phnom Penh as an economic advisor to Cambodian premier Hun Sen and his government. The visit deepened a diplomatic crisis between both countries, following recalling of their ambassadors and first secretaries.

Cambodia expelled the first secretary of Thailand's embassy in Phnom Penh after alleging that Siwarak had passed information to the diplomat. Thailand retaliated hours later.

The feud was worsened after Phnom Penh refused to extradite Thaksin who has runaway from two-year jail term for corruption and abuse of power in Thailand.

Hun Sen announced the refusal even before forwarding Thailand's extradition request to its court for consideration.

Puea Thai controls prisoner's pardon in Cambodia?

2009-12-05T05:18:00.000-08:00

Chairman of the Opposition Puea Thai Party Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said he was confident alleged Thai spy Sivarak Chutiphong would receive a pardon from the Cambodian government if convicted.

“If found guilty, the Cambodian government is ready to give pardon for the detained Thai engineer. There will be a good news after December 8,” Gen Chavalit said on Saturday.

The former prime minister reiterated that in helping Mr Sivarak, who is accused of passing classified information to a Thai diplomat, he ws not trying to steal the show from the government.

It was the wish of the accused man's mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, he said.

Gen Chavalit confident Thai jailed in Cambodia to be freed next week [-Collusion between Hun Xen's regime and Puea Thai?]

2009-12-05T05:09:00.000-08:00

BANGKOK, Dec 5 (TNA) – The head of Thailand’s opposition, Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, chairman of the opposition Puea Thai Party, said Saturday he is confident that the Thai engineer detained in Cambodia on spying charges will be freed after appearing at his first hearing next week.

Reiterating that his political party is not playing ‘political games’ as suggested by some critics, Gen Chavalit, a former prime minister, said Simarak Na Nakhon Panom, mother of jailed Thai national Siwarak Chutipong, believed that a trial would take a long time if a bail request is made.

The employee of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS) was arrested by Cambodian police nearly a month ago on charges of passing information on the flight details of fugitive, ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Thai diplomats in Phnom Penh.

Mrs Simarak said she had decided to cancel her bail request plan as her son's new lawyer advised that the request will delay the case.

The mother also believes that if the Cambodian court finds her son guilty it would be better to seek a royal pardon from the Cambodian king and assistance is given by that government, Gen Chavalit said.

As Mr Siwarak will appear in court for his first hearing on Tuesday, Gen Chavalit said he is optimistic that there should be a “good news on December 9 or 10” and that the man should be released.

Criticism that the Puea Thai Party was behind the scene in the case as it has obtained a lot of information about the case, he said it would be bad if people’s hardships are being used as political ploy.

Gen Chavalit said his party is working behind the scene to help Thailand’s government agencies in helping secure the release of the man.

More agreements imposed by Big Brother Yuon Hanoi?

2009-12-05T05:06:00.001-08:00

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to sign agreements

Phnom Penh, Dec 5 (VNA) – Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to soon sign a number of agreements to further deepen their ties for the benefit of their people.

The agreements cover maritime transportation, cooperation in industry, mining and energy, criminal extradition, labour cooperation and legal support.

The accords were reached at the 11th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for Economic, Cultural, and Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province on December 3-4.

Under the co-chairmanship of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Nam Hong, the officials also agreed to soon address changes in visa exemptions for holders of ordinary passports.

Additionally, they unanimously agreed to boost cooperation, help each other in developing human resources, and to facilitate trade and investment.

They reaffirmed that the two countries will work harder to raise bilateral trade to 2 billion USD in 2010.

The officials pledged to encourage businesspeople to enhance ties, deploy licensed projects more effectively, and expand investment in the areas of oil and gas production, mining, energy, telecommunications, aviation, finance, banking, crop cultivation, farm produce processing, fertilizer and animal feed production.

They vowed to boost cooperation in agriculture, transport and communication infrastructure development, healthcare, labour issues, culture, sports and physical training, and tourism in addition to speeding up border demarcation so as to complete the work prior to the end of 2012 as previously agreed.

At this meeting, pledges were made for pressing ahead with collaboration in security and defence and the fight against cross-border crimes and coordination within sub-regional cooperation frameworks.

Reviewing the results of the implementation of the agreements reached at the committee’s 10th meeting, Vietnamese and Cambodian officials said they were delighted with the development of their comprehensive ties, notably in economy, trade and investment.

The two countries’ defence and security cooperation has been intensified; security and stability in their shared border areas have been maintained, border demarcation and marker planting have been stepped up, and more attention has been paid to cooperation among localities, ministries and sectors, they noted.

The Joint Committee will convene its 12th meeting in Vietnam .

During his time in Cambodia , Khiem paid a courtesy visit to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and paid tribute to fallen Vietnamese volunteers in Cambodia at a monument in Preah Sihanouk province.

Cambodia, Thailand veer closer to collision course

2009-12-04T07:31:00.000-08:00

long-standing dispute escalates dramatically as Phnom Penh hires fugitive

former Thai PM as government adviser

In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan poured more kerosene on the fire, calling Thailand a failed state and comparing Mr. Abhisit to Benito Mussolini.

PHNOM PENH — The armies of Cambodia and Thailand declared last week that they have no intention of fighting a war with each other. That's the good news.

The bad news is that the escalating dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbours has become so dangerous that such a statement was required. The past 12 months have seen ambassadors expelled, trade disrupted, accusations of espionage and a series of deadly border clashes around an ancient temple in a contested frontier area.

Tensions have risen dramatically in the past two weeks after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen waded into Thailand's internal political battle by inviting Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's fugitive former prime minister, to visit Cambodia and gave him a job as a government adviser.

Mr. Hun Sen could scarcely have made a more provocative gesture. Mr. Thaksin, who was ousted from office in a 2006 military coup and is wanted on corruption charges, called his supporters into the streets earlier this year in an effort to topple the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. The uprising was quelled by the military after street fighting between pro-Thaksin and pro-government groups left two people dead and more than 100 injured.

Though Mr. Thaksin has since left Cambodia to resume his exile in Dubai, Thailand responded to his appointment by recalling its ambassador to Phnom Penh, a move Cambodia quickly matched. Shortly afterwards, Cambodian police seized the offices of the Thai company that handles air-traffic control at Phnom Penh airport. The company's Thai employees were locked out and replaced with Cambodian staff, and one Thai national was charged with espionage for allegedly passing on the details of Mr. Thaksin's flights to the Thai embassy.

In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan poured more kerosene on the fire, calling Thailand a failed state and comparing Mr. Abhisit to Benito Mussolini.

"Thailand has initiated everything. We have just responded to their decisions," Mr. Phay said, speaking shortly after the Thai and Cambodian defence ministers emerged from a meeting to pledge that they wouldn't allow the political battle between the two governments to degenerate into a shooting war.

In a sign the dispute may nonetheless continue to worsen, an aide handed Mr. Phay a memo during the interview informing him Thailand had withdrawn from an aid project to upgrade a highway used by tourists travelling between the two countries. "We don't care. We can find other money to finance this project. We don't need money from Thailand," Mr. Phay steamed after reading it.

The root of much of the trouble is a long-standing argument over ownership of the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, a popular tourist destination near the border that the International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 to be on Cambodian soil but which Thailand still claims. The dispute was resurrected last year when Cambodia succeeded, at a meeting held in Quebec City, in getting Preah Vihear named to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. Since then, the Thai army has regularly moved its soldiers into the area to assert its claim, drawing occasional Cambodian fire.

In April, at least two Thai soldiers were killed in a prolonged exchange of fire in the area that saw the two sides use machine guns and rocket launchers.

The economic impacts of the dispute have been far-reaching. Trade between the two neighbours has declined sharply and construction has been delayed on a rail line that was to link the two countries as part of a planned regional rail network running from Singapore to southern China via Malaysia, Laos and Vietnam.

But analysts say the dispute may be helping both Mr. Abhisit and Mr. Hun Sen politically. Mr. Abhisit's popularity ratings have received a boost since taking a hard line toward Cambodia, while Mr. Hun Sen is seen as benefiting from having the Preah Vihear dispute on the front pages of newspapers instead of the global recession and the layoffs and factory closings that have hit this already poor country's garment industry.

The future of Thai-Cambodian relations may now depend on how the political struggle in Bangkok plays out. In effect, Mr. Hun Sen is betting that Mr. Thaksin, who is still widely popular among the country's rural poor, or one of his allies will return to office after elections that are expected some time next year.

"As long as [Mr. Abhisit's] Democrat Party remains in power, bilateral relations will be tense and bumpy. If Thaksin's supporters regain power, relations are likely to be more workable," said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a Thai political analyst. "Hun Sen has placed his bet and played his Thaksin card. Whether it pays off will depend on how Thai politics pans out.

[Thailand's] Opposition party expects 'big news' about alleged spy

2009-12-04T07:23:00.001-08:00

Pheu Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said yesterday there would be big news today, when a Cambodian court decides whether to grant bail for a Thai man accused by Phnom Penh of spying.

Chavalit did not clarify his "big news" but it was expected that the opposition party, which has good ties with the authorities in Phnom Penh, will help Sivarak Chutipong be freed on bail.

The Thai engineer, who worked for Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), was arrested on November 12 on a charge of stealing fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight information and passing it to a Thai diplomat, who was later expelled from Cambodia.

The Cambodian court is expected to rule on the case on Tuesday. If found guilty of threatening national security, Sivarak could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

His mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, who returned yesterday from a visit to see him, consulted with Chavalit, urging him to replace human-rights advocate Kao Soupha as her son's defence lawyer.

A friend of Sivarak had introduced a new lawyer who was keen and understood the matter very well, she said.

Simarak has decided to rely on the opposition party as she feels the Foreign Ministry has moved slowly and has poor connections with Cambodian authorities.

With Pheu Thai facilitating, Simarak received a special welcome when she arrived in Phnom Penh to see her son for the second time on Wednesday.

She said her decision to seek assistance from Pheu Thai had nothing to do with the political conflict between the government and the opposition.

The Foreign Ministry arranged legal adviser and lawyer Kao Soupha for Sivarak and has prepared S$2,080-S$8,320 in cash for his bail guarantee, if requested by the court.

Due to sour relations between the two governments, the foreign ministry facilitated Simarak's first visit to her son just last Friday, two weeks after his arrest.

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday the ministry had a clear policy of helping Thai nationals in trouble in a foreign country. "We will do what we can do for Thai people who have problems in a foreign country," he said.

The ministry would have no problem if Simarak wanted to change her son's defence lawyer, Kasit said.

Sivarak's case is part of a diplomatic row between Thailand and Cambodia since Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed Thaksin as an economic adviser and refused to extradite him to Thailand.

Angered by Thaksin's appointment, Thailand downgraded diplomatic relations with Cambodia, recalling its ambassador and reviewing aid projects.

Cambodian reciprocated tit-for-tat with Hun Sen saying it would reject all Thai aid, including financial assistance for road construction and scholarships for students.

Kasit said his government would continue to help boost living conditions and develop Cambodian human resources.

"It is a personal view if anybody wants or does not want to take Thai assistance, but we have a clear policy to bridge the gap among Asean members," he said.

Asked if he would step down as demanded by the coalition Chart Thai Pattana Party, Kasit said: "I work 24 hours and don't worry about that.

Mother of Thai jailed in Cambodia cancels bail request bid

2009-12-04T07:19:00.001-08:00

BANGKOK, Dec 4 (TNA) - Mother of a Thai engineer detained in a Cambodian prison on espionage charges Friday cancelled her bail request plan as her son's new lawyer advised that the request will delay the case.

Opposition Puea Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said that Simarak Na Nakhon Panom, mother of Siwarak Chutipong, an employee of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS) arrested by Cambodian police November 12 on charges of passing information on the flight details of fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Thai diplomats agreed with the counsel of the newly-appointed lawyer of her son.

Mr Siwarak has been detained at Preysar prison. The Cambodian court will give its verdict on the case on December 8.

Mr Siwarak's Cambodian lawyer Kao Sopha, provided by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, earlier said he will submit the bail request Friday at 2pm.

Mrs Simarak however said Thursday on returning from Phnom Penh on her second visit to see her son that she would change her son's lawyer as she believes the new lawyer, recommended by Mr Siwarak's friends, will perform better than the current one.

"The new lawyer thinks that if Mr Siwarak is released on bail, this will delay the case," explained Mr Prompong. "The Cambodian court will give its verdict December 8. The new lawyer is now coordinating with the ex-premier Thaksin, Puea Thai Party chairman Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and the Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry to prepare for the royal pardon request if the court rules that Mr Siwarak is found guilty.

Landmine clearing plan is another opportunity for Phnom Penh to beg for more donation Cambodia needs 10 more years to clear all land mines

2009-12-04T07:17:00.000-08:00

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 4 (Xinhua)-- Cambodia has officially requested donor community to extend another 10 years to clear land mines covering the country,
said a government official.

Leng Sochea, deputy secretary general of the Cambodia Mine Action Authority said Friday that Cambodia made a request to extend another 10 years to clear all land mines in Cambodia at the summit on a mine-free world, which is being held this week in Cartagena, Colombia.

He said that Cambodia, as a signatory to Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, was originally planning to clear all anti-personnel mines by the end of this year, but it becomes unrealistic and needs to adjust the timeline.

However, he said, the Cambodian government's commitment to clear all mines within the next 10 years will again depend on donors' community and Cambodia needs a total of 330 million U.S. dollars.

Casualties caused by land mines are still a worrisome fact for many Cambodians living in northwestern parts of the country, even though the number of casualties has declined year by year.

Cambodia recorded a total casualty of up to 4,320 by mines in1996, but the number fell to 271 in 2008.

Civil war had lasted for nearly three decades in the country since late 1960s.

Court rejects probe of judges

2009-12-01T04:30:00.001-08:00

PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA'S UN-backed war crimes court has rejected a request by lawyers for a former Khmer Rouge leader to examine two judges at the tribunal for bias, said documents released on Tuesday.

Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary last month demanded a public hearing on the independence of Dutch judge Katinka Lahuis and Australian judge Rowan Downing, citing a speech by Cambodian premier Hun Sen.

However the court's pre-trial chamber on Monday ruled the submission was 'inadmissible, as well as being devoid of merit and unsupported by evidence'.

'A charge of partiality must be supported by a factual basis. The mere fact that a judge has been subjected to press criticism does not require the judge's disqualification,' the chamber's decision said.

The request cited a speech Prime Minister Hun Sen made in September, which came in response to the two judges' support for investigations of five additional Khmer Rouge suspects.

'I know that some foreign judges and prosecutors have received orders from their governments to create problems here,' Mr Hun Sen said in the speech.

SRP and HRP reject rumor of party members defecting to the CPP

2009-12-01T04:28:00.001-08:00

High-ranking SRP and HRP officials rejected information that their party members left to join the ruling CPP party.

Mrs. Ke Sovanroth, SRP Secretary-general, told RFA in the afternoon of 29 November that her party did not yet receive the information regarding party members allegedly joining the CPP. Furthermore, the information reporting that a group of up to 20 Sam Rainsy’s bodyguards left to join the CPP is also not true because Sam Rainsy never had such a large number of bodyguards.

Mrs. Ke Sovanroth indicated: “There was none! By what I know, the bodyguard group for H.E. Sam Rainsy does not amount to 24, he only has 2 personal bodyguards. Up to now, I did not receive this information yet.”

On the other hand, Kem Sokha, HRP President, said that his party did not lose any party member to the CPP in Phnom Penh and in other provinces. Quite to the contrary, every month, several thousands of CPP party members went to join the HRP instead.

Kem Sokha said: “For the HRP, I did not lose any party member. Therefore, I don’t know where they get these party members from, or maybe they could be party members who left since long ago. For my party members, according to our structure, there was no loss. We only saw the CPP [party members] who came to join us, between two to three thousands each month.”

Recently, a number of local newspapers quoted CPP officials as saying that hundreds of SRP and HRP joined the ruling CPP, however this claim was immediately rejected by both opposition parties.

Deputy PM Suthep: Thai-Cambodian border will not be closed

2009-12-01T04:27:00.000-08:00

Deputy PM Suthep: Thai-Cambodian border will not be closed

BANGKOK, Dec 1 (TNA) - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Tuesday reasserted that the Thai government will not close the Thai-Cambodian border as it has concerns for the well-being of the population living along the border.

The deputy Thai premier commented after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen criticised Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for insulting Phnom Penh.

Mr Hun Sen was quoted by foreign media as saying his country will "have no happiness" if Mr Abhisit and Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya are still in power, and that "Abhisit is the PM who is hardest to work with among the ten Thai premiers he had worked with".

Mr Hun Sen also dared his counterpart to close the borders.

Mr Suthep said that the Thai government must remain resolute and careful, while not being preoccupied with Mr Hun Sen's words, as he might have been pressed by domestic or external factors in speaking as he did.

"The prime minister has been careful to his utmost in handling the matter," said Mr Suthep. "I pledge that the border will not be closed as the Thai government will not do anything that will adversely affect the people living along the border."

The deputy premier added that Thailand has yet to consider restoring diplomatic ties with Cambodia to their normal level, but is now trying to resolve the problem at all levels.

Mr Suthep also reminded that the diplomatic row between Thailand and Cambodia flared up right after the visit to Phnom Penh of former Thai premier Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and the appointment of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser to the Cambodian government.

Prime Minister Abhisit has continued to emphasise that political and diplomatic retaliation is another matter, and the commitment made by the two countries which are beneficial to their citizens, particularly aid projects, will not be revoked, Mr Suthep said, referring to the agreement under which Bangkok will make a Bt1.4-billion (US$41.2 million) loan to upgrade a highway from the Thai border and other loans.

Regarding unconfirmed reports regarding a deal with Cambodia to release detained Thai engineer Siwarak Chutipong in exchange for reinstating the Thai ambassador to Phnom Penh, Mr Suthep denied that.

However he said the Abhisit government is continuing its duty to help the detainee, while the negotiations to restore diplomatic ties between the two countries must be carried out.

2009-11-16T19:41:00.001-08:00

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US officials meet Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

2009-11-04T05:56:00.001-08:00

Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon November 4, 2009. A delegation of senior U.S. officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years. The move by President Barack Obama's administration to engage the junta appeared focused on pushing for free and fair elections next year, although analysts said the rapprochement was as much about geopolitics and the growing regional influence of China. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun

YANGON, Myanmar – A U.S. State Department official met Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday in a visit that marked the highest-ranking talks between an American and Myanmar's detained opposition leader in 14 years.

Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, greeted Suu Kyi with a handshake after she was driven to his lakeside hotel in Yangon where they met privately for two hours, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Mei.

Campbell and his deputy, Scot Marciel, are the highest-level Americans to visit Myanmar since 1995. Their two-day trip, which included talks with senior junta officials, stems from a new U.S. policy that reverses the Bush administration's isolation of Myanmar in favor of dialogue with a country that has been ruled by the military since 1962.

The topic of talks with Suu Kyi was not immediately known, but the meeting offered the Nobel Peace Prize laureate her first trip in years to outside the confines of her dilapidated home and a nearby government guesthouse, where she has met U.N. and junta officials in the past. The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been detained for 14 of the past 20 years, mostly under house arrest and for shorter periods at Myanmar's notorious Insein Prison.

Suu Kyi, dressed in a pink traditional Burmese jacket, was upbeat as she emerged from the hotel and joked with photographers who asked her to smile.

"Do I look pretty when I smile," Suu Kyi said as she smiled for the cameras.

"Hello to you all," she said, before getting into a car that whisked her back to her tightly guarded home.

The U.S. visit is the second step in "the beginning of a dialogue with Burma," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters in Washington on Tuesday after the officials had met with senior junta officials in Myanmar's administrative capital of Naypyitaw.

"They laid out the way we see this relationship going forward, how we should structure this dialogue," Kelly said. "But they were mainly in a listening mode."

Campbell is continuing talks he began in September in New York with senior Myanmar officials, which at the time were the first such high-level contact in nearly a decade.

Campbell met Wednesday morning with Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein before flying to Yangon, the commercial capital, Mei said.

Campbell is scheduled to meet later in the afternoon with leaders of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party at their headquarters, followed by talks with other political parties before leaving Myanmar in the evening.

Suu Kyi was recently sentenced to an additional 18 months of house arrest for briefly sheltering an uninvited American, in a trial that drew global condemnation. The sentence means she will not be able to participate in next year's elections, which will be the first in two decades.

For years, the United States had isolated the junta with political and economic sanctions, which failed to force the generals to respect human rights, release jailed political activists and make democratic reforms. The Obama administration decided recently to step up engagement as a way of promoting reforms.

Washington has said it will maintain the sanctions until talks with Myanmar's generals result in change.

Campbell is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Myanmar since a September 1995 trip by then-U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright.

Thailand want 2/3 right of oil and gas in "overlapping" sea territory with Cambodia? 'Use Thai-VN model with Cambodia' on oil

2009-11-04T05:46:00.000-08:00

The Mineral Fuels Department says Thailand and Vietnam's solution for the problem of overlapping sea territory is also best for a similar problem between the Kingdom and Cambodia regarding oil and gas exploration.

Director-general Kurujit Nakornthap said the model would benefit Cambodia more than other solutions would.

Thailand and Vietnam agreed to divide the overlapping area, with Thailand owning 67 per cent and Vietnam 33 per cent.

Kurujit said with a similar division between Thailand and Cambodia, the latter could enter into joint-venture agreements with private concessionaires and gain full technology transfers from them on its own without needing to discuss the matter with Thailand.

Thailand also solved a similar problem with Malaysia by setting up a joint juristic organisation to develop the entire area and share the benefits evenly. That area has been found to contain natural-gas reserves of 10 trillion cubic feet.

Kurujit said the problem of the overlapping territory between Thailand and Cambodia, amounting to 26,000 square kilometres, should be resolved quickly, as that would afford benefits to both countries in terms of gas-field development.

If the problem is prolonged indefinitely, both countries would lose business opportunities if other sources of energy, such as wind and solar power, became popular and inexpensive to produce in the interim. This would make the value of Thailand's existing but as-yet-untapped natural resources decline.

Thailand has already set up a committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to solve this problem, but the two countries have yet to reach a conclusion. Meanwhile, neither one can allow companies holding concessions for oil and gas exploration in the area to operate.

Thailand granted rights to private companies to explore in the area in 1971, but a 1975 Cabinet resolution suspended exploration after learning it overlapped with Cambodia's territory.

Cambodia has also granted exploration rights to private companies, including Total.

VN slams Sam Rainsy for border post stunt

2009-11-04T05:43:00.001-08:00

THE Kingdom's main opposition party is defending its leader's tactics after the Vietnamese and Cambodian governments condemned Sam Rainsy for uprooting posts marking the tenuous border between the two countries.

In a media statement, Sam Rainsy Party officials said the government had launched a lawsuit against the opposition leader after he removed six markers last week along the border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province.

"We have not done anything wrong, so we are not scared of anything at all," SRP spokesman Yim Sovann said Tuesday. He admitted he was unsure whether a lawsuit had actually been filed, but said that the party was prepared for legal action following government comments published in the media.

Svay Rieng provincial Governor Cheang Am could not be reached for comment Tuesday but said last week that the law should hold Sam Rainsy responsible.

After uprooting the border posts last week, Sam Rainsy said that the markers had been illegally placed by Vietnamese authorities.

In a statement issued Friday, Vietnam's foreign ministry condemned Sam Rainsy's actions and asked the government to protect the nations' ongoing border demarcation process. The statement called Sam Rainsy's act "perverse, undermining common assets, violating laws of Cambodia and Vietnam, treaties, agreements and deals between the two countries”.

In 2006, Cambodia and Vietnam officially began demarcating their contentious 1,270-kilometre border in an effort to end decades of territorial disputes.

Man Sam An, CVFA and the Imbalance of Power inside CPP

2009-11-04T05:40:00.001-08:00

The odd is still the same, when Vietnam can put new one on the top, the rests and former top will become paralyzed or extinct.

How good method like this? Vietnam has used it very effectively. Vietnam will never lose benefit in utilizing Khmers fight with Khmers for power. Khmers who are paranoid in power will get the power when they can act as a real lackey to Vietnam.

Reading this article, I would like to say congratulation Man Sam An for your gut to abide by perspective and order of Vietnamese leaders regarding Sam Rainsy and the border poles.

As we can observe, Cambodia's history has repeated again and again. Who served best to Vietnamese interests, that person can exceed their position to the highest post promptly.

For instance, Pol Pot came to power because of his obey to Vietnamese top leaders in their campaign to overturn America and Lon Nol. When Pol Pot disengaged from Vietnam; Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin were the best candidates for Vietnam to overturn Pol Pot. Impressively, when Pen Sovann was not really their servant, Vietnam quickly installed younger Hun Sen to power inside the same party.

Now, Man Sam An who is listenable to Vietnam and she is also the president of Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association (CVFA), if she can achieve this task of suing Sam Rainsy, she will be raised up high, or we can say she can be higher than Sar Keng who is the current highest deputy prime minister. Man Sam An has been running faster than brilliant Sok An and other prime minister deputies.

The odd is still the same, when Vietnam can put new one on the top, the rests and former top will become paralyzed or extinct.

How good method like this? Vietnam has used it very effectively. Vietnam will never lose benefit in utilizing Khmers fight with Khmers for power. Khmers who are paranoid in power will get the power when they can act as a real lackey to Vietnam.

In contradict, as we are Khmers, we can ask simple question that "how can Man Sam An worship Vietnam by jailing our same Khmer race accordingly?".

In reality, Vietnam just wants to test their tiny trick to lure Hun Sen into their trap. If just this poles of border, Vietnam can sue or jail Sam Rainsy, it explicitly shows about many previous treaties that Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin had severally signed with Vietnam.

Vietnamese leader is using this issue to sue Sam Rainsy in order to threaten those CPP's leaders not to get away from them under the prospect of laws.

Sam Rainsy has done nothing wrong, and I want to see Man Sam An realize the truth that finally she will become a victim because of her affinity towards Vietnamese leader in taming their own Khmer race. Pol Pot is a good example for Man Sam An.

H1N1 Claims Fourth Cambodian

2009-10-29T18:30:00.001-07:00

A 51-year-old woman succumbed to the H1N1 virus, officials said Thursday, bringing the death toll to four, with the total amount of confirmed cases in the country at 239
.

The death comes as Phnom Penh is preparing for the annual Water Festival, which draws millions of people to crowd the capital’s waterfront for three days.

Health officials worry the close proximity of revelers will lead to a rapid expansion of the disease. Following the festival last year, Cambodia reported a new case of bird flu.

The latest victim of the H1N1 virus, sometimes called swine flu, was a Phnom Penh resident who had suffered from liver disease and had been ill for “many years,” Sok Touch, director of the Ministry of Health’s communicable disease department, said.

Symptoms of the pandemic virus are much the same as seasonal influenza, including a high fever, coughing, sore throat, headache, muscle aches and lethargy, health experts say. It can be transmitted at least one day before symptoms appear, after which it is contagious for at least a week.

Health Minister Mam Bunheng encouraged people to cover their mouths and noses with tissue when coughing or sneezing and to deposit the tissue in a bin. Hand-washing with soap and water can also contain the spread of the disease, he said.

The World Health Organization estimates more than 340,000 cases of the disease worldwide have led to 4,100 deaths as of late September.

Kathen Worshippers Barred from Remote Pagoda [... due to land concession for a rubber company]

2009-10-29T18:29:00.001-07:00

Police in Kampong Thom province have blocked villagers from participating in a Buddhist ceremony at a remote pagoda on disputed land for the past two days, officials said Thursday.

Celebrants of the Kathen ceremony, in which the faithful bring offerings to sequestered monks, were stopped 15 kilometers outside the pagoda, in Santhouk district, which the provincial governor called “illegitimate.”

“We blocked them, but it does not mean we’re preventing people from holding the ceremony,” the governor, Chhun Choan, said. “That place is part of a land concession given to a company for the investment of rubber.”

Villagers from the provinces of Kandal and Kampong Cham had meant to travel to the Meakea Prachea Hema Voan pagoda, with gifts for monks who must remain on the premises for three months. The Katen ceremony ends Nov. 2.

“Yesterday, they blocked one convoy, and today another,” said Leng Chea, a monk’s assistant. “If they claim that the pagoda is illegal, they must wait until the ceremony is finished.”

The pagoda, located 100 kilometers from Kampong Thom town, was built by an association assisting debilitated soldiers. It is little more than a small house where two monks live.

Khun Sok Kea, head of the association, said he had acquired the land legally in 2004.

Thais To Explain Thaksin Charges to Hun Sen

2009-10-29T18:28:00.001-07:00

A demonstrator holds a banner with pictures of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok on October 27. (Photo: Reuters)

The Thai government said this week it will send an official document to Prime Minister Hun Sen regarding ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, following a war of words between Phnom Penh and Bangkok over Cambodia’s right to refuse extradition.

Thaksin, who lives in exile, but not in Cambodia, faces a prison term on corruption charges if he returns to Thailand.

Hun Sen angered the current Thai government earlier this month by hosting a Thaksin supporter of the opposition party, then declaring Thaksin welcome in Cambodia, despite an extradition treaty with Thailand.

Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday it will outline the facts of Thaksin’s case for Hun Sen, who it said may have obtained incorrect information.

“We will receive the documents relating to Thaksin to read if the Bangkok government sends the documents to us,” government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said. “It is no problem. We will have our legal experts examine the documents.”

Thaksin was ousted from power in a bloodless coup in 2006, but he still enjoys wide support among Thais, and Hun Sen has called Thaksin a political victim and thereby outside extradition requirements.

Koy Kong, a spokesman for Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the ministry had not yet received documentation from Bangkok, but relations otherwise continued as normal.

Vietnam, Cambodia discuss security, extradition pacts

2009-10-29T18:26:00.001-07:00

Vietnam and Cambodia on Thursday discussed an agreement to strengthen public security ties as well as an extradition treaty to deal with crimes along their border areas.

Police said border crimes have become more complex and serious than previous years. Since the beginning of last year, more than 1,890 smuggling cases were detected involving goods worth US$6.2 million.

Other crimes, including drugs, arms and human trafficking, have also thrived along the Vietnam-Cambodia border, which stretches for nearly 1,200 kilometers.

Vietnam has 10 provinces bordering Cambodia with a total population of 12.65 million.

Court upholds Mu Sochua conviction

2009-10-29T12:53:00.001-07:00

Parliamentarian Mu Sochua appeared in court on Wednesday as the judges rejected her appeal of a defamation conviction. (Photo by: Sovan Philong)

“Since [Mu Sochua] is among the most proactive women activists and lawmakers in Cambodia, I am disappointed she wasn’t given more respect” - Thida Keus, executive director of rights group Silaka and secretary general of the Committee to Promote Women in Politics

THE Court of Appeal has upheld the defamation conviction of opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua, an outcome the Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian described as “politically motivated”.

In a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Seng Sivutha affirmed the ruling handed down by the Municipal Court in August, which found Mu Sochua guilty of defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen and ordered her to pay a total of 16.5 million riels (US$3,963) in fines and compensation.

During the hearing, Mu Sochua was defiant, appearing in court without a defence attorney and refusing to answer any questions because of her lack of counsel, she said.

“I don’t want other lawyers to become victims like Kong Sam Onn,” she said, referring to her former defence lawyer, who resigned and defected to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in July after he was also sued for defamation by the premier.

After the hearing, she rejected the court’s decision and pledged to take her appeal to the Supreme Court.

“I’m not going to pay the fine – I’ve said that before clearly,” she said. “I’m just giving the courts of Cambodia another chance to prove that they can do their job.”

In a statement released after the hearing, the SRP decried the outcome as a “mockery of justice” that merely mimicked the verdict handed down in August. “The Appeal Court, ignoring principles of fair trial, blindly affirmed the decision of the Municipal Court: The accused was denied her rights to be represented by a lawyer of her choice, and to be judged by an independent and impartial tribunal,” the party stated.

The prime minister sued Mu Sochua for defamation in April after she filed her own complaint, claiming he referred to her in a speech as a cheung klang – a Khmer term meaning “strong leg” but considered derogatory when used in relation to women. Her own lawsuit against Hun Sen was dismissed by the Appeal Court on October 14.

Hun Sen’s lawyer, Ky Tech, said during the hearing that Mu Sochua’s comments about her own lawyer were an attempt to politicise the issue, and that the wording of Mu Sochua’s lawsuit – in which she requested 500 riels in symbolic compensation – was clear evidence that she aimed to attack and insult the prime minister.

“She held a press conference to defame Samdech Hun Sen and said she would sue [him]. She demanded 500 riels, but this amount could not wash away the stain on her reputation if she had really been defamed by Hun Sen,” Ky Tech said.

“There was only one aim – to defame Samdech Hun Sen.”

Rights activists, however, said the verdict was a clear case of political manipulation.

“Poor people can’t make complaints against high-ranking people. This is the custom of Cambodia,” said Chan Soveth, a senior monitor at local rights group Adhoc.

The outcome of the appeal, he said, was a foregone conclusion from the moment the original verdict was delivered.

“The Phnom Penh court had made its decision already, [a] decision made not by the court but by high-ranking people. The Appeal Court could not make a new ruling,” he said.

Thida Keus, executive director of rights group Silaka and secretary general of the Committee to Promote Women in Politics, said she was disappointed the court did not conduct its own investigations into the case, adding that the verdict could discourage women from getting involved in politics.

“Since [Mu Sochua] is among the most proactive women activists and lawmakers in Cambodia, I am disappointed she wasn’t given more respect,” she said.

“I feel very sad that this has happened – not just for women, but also for the public and the international community who know the judicial system in Cambodia is not free.”

The ruling came a week after the Governing Council of the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern” at the sentencing of Mu Sochua for making statements that “clearly fall within the limits of her freedom of expression”.

The resolution, adopted in Geneva on October 21, also decried the removal of Mu Sochua’s parliamentary immunity in June to pave the way for the defamation case, and said she “did not enjoy her right to legal counsel of her choice” following Kong Sam Onn’s resignation in July.

Beware of ASEAN rights diplomacy

2009-10-29T12:51:00.001-07:00

Hong Kong, China — Last Friday, 10 civil society representatives learned the hard way what a new Asian regional human rights initiative is really all about.

The 10 had expected to meet leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, one representing each country in the grouping, for a chat prior to the launch of the Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.

But the night before, officials from the Foreign Ministry of Thailand – where the event was being held – said that only five would be allowed through the door. When the five arrived at the venue, officials told them that they could not open their mouths.

Welcome to human rights dialogue, ASEAN style.

In a statement, the spurned activists said that the move was “a rejection of both civil society and the democratic process” that “sabotages the credibility” of the new commission. Media reports cited other groups as “bashing” and “deriding” the body.

All this seems to be much ado about nothing.

It was obvious from the start that the purpose of the new ASEAN body is not to protect human rights. Its purpose is the exact opposite.

ASEAN has created the Intergovernmental Commission so that member governments and their own ineffectual rights institutions can push complaints of abuses outside their borders. There they can be professionally watered down and run through various “channels” and “mechanisms” until the original point is forgotten and frustrated complainants give up.

Although the commission is not intended to promote rights, it is aiming to promote members’ campaigns for seats on prestigious international bodies, like the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Thailand has already announced that it will bid for the peak U.N. rights body next year. Its current ambassador to the council was government spokesman when former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s administration was enabling the murder of thousands of alleged drug dealers in 2003.

In his new improved role as ASEAN human rights defender, the ambassador has been working on the intergovernmental body, perhaps with the expectancy of a better seat at the big hall in Geneva.

That these governments are working hard on their human rights diplomacy for reasons other than human rights is unsurprising. That civil society groups have been suckered into the diplomacy agenda is unfortunate.

Not only has it proven to be a complete waste of time and money, but also it is damaging to the defense of human rights in Asia.

Human rights diplomacy causes groups to lose touch with the real work of human rights advocacy. Diplomacy obliges negotiation and compromise. It is the stuff of closed doors and secret handshakes. By contrast, advocacy means standing firm on principles. It is necessarily public and open.

Rights diplomats fear to speak out because they might step on officials’ toes or risk their status with fellow diplomats. They sacrifice their ability to communicate on critically important issues on the streets in order to keep their cherished places at the table.

This is why, for instance, some groups have failed to speak out against the use of the lèse majesté law to silence and imprison people in Thailand, when in principle they ought to have not even hesitated.

Rights diplomats may flatter themselves into thinking that they can make progress through quiet negotiating, as if they were concluding a trade agreement or making an arms deal, but the fact is that this method is inimical to the real work of defending human rights.

This is because the single most important purpose of human rights advocacy is to break open silences and challenge taboos that allow abuses to continue. The work of human rights is to end the censorship of debate on problems that cause violations to persist.

Censorship can only be broken through advocacy. Human rights diplomacy, by contrast, not only reinforces censorship but also forces its participants to engage in self-censorship.

Persons who engage in self-censorship on the pretence of dialogue should expect little sympathy later when they find that they have been made victims of their own attempts at diplomacy, and then cry out that they have been unfairly treated.

But hopefully they will have learned an important lesson, that human rights diplomacy and human rights advocacy are incompatible. Anyone opting to engage in the former can only do so at the cost of giving up on the latter. And to give up on the latter ultimately means to give up on human rights.
--
(Awzar Thi is the pen name of a member of the Asian Human Rights Commission with over 15 years of experience as an advocate of human rights and the rule of law in Thailand and Burma. His Rule of Lords blog can be read at http://ratchasima.net)

Beware of ASEAN rights diplomacy October 29, 2009

2009-10-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

Hong Kong, China — Last Friday, 10 civil society representatives learned the hard way what a new Asian regional human rights initiative is really all about
.

The 10 had expected to meet leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, one representing each country in the grouping, for a chat prior to the launch of the Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.

But the night before, officials from the Foreign Ministry of Thailand – where the event was being held – said that only five would be allowed through the door. When the five arrived at the venue, officials told them that they could not open their mouths.

Welcome to human rights dialogue, ASEAN style.

In a statement, the spurned activists said that the move was “a rejection of both civil society and the democratic process” that “sabotages the credibility” of the new commission. Media reports cited other groups as “bashing” and “deriding” the body.

All this seems to be much ado about nothing.

It was obvious from the start that the purpose of the new ASEAN body is not to protect human rights. Its purpose is the exact opposite.

ASEAN has created the Intergovernmental Commission so that member governments and their own ineffectual rights institutions can push complaints of abuses outside their borders. There they can be professionally watered down and run through various “channels” and “mechanisms” until the original point is forgotten and frustrated complainants give up.

Although the commission is not intended to promote rights, it is aiming to promote members’ campaigns for seats on prestigious international bodies, like the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Thailand has already announced that it will bid for the peak U.N. rights body next year. Its current ambassador to the council was government spokesman when former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s administration was enabling the murder of thousands of alleged drug dealers in 2003.

In his new improved role as ASEAN human rights defender, the ambassador has been working on the intergovernmental body, perhaps with the expectancy of a better seat at the big hall in Geneva.

That these governments are working hard on their human rights diplomacy for reasons other than human rights is unsurprising. That civil society groups have been suckered into the diplomacy agenda is unfortunate.

Not only has it proven to be a complete waste of time and money, but also it is damaging to the defense of human rights in Asia.

Human rights diplomacy causes groups to lose touch with the real work of human rights advocacy. Diplomacy obliges negotiation and compromise. It is the stuff of closed doors and secret handshakes. By contrast, advocacy means standing firm on principles. It is necessarily public and open.

Rights diplomats fear to speak out because they might step on officials’ toes or risk their status with fellow diplomats. They sacrifice their ability to communicate on critically important issues on the streets in order to keep their cherished places at the table.

This is why, for instance, some groups have failed to speak out against the use of the lèse majesté law to silence and imprison people in Thailand, when in principle they ought to have not even hesitated.

Rights diplomats may flatter themselves into thinking that they can make progress through quiet negotiating, as if they were concluding a trade agreement or making an arms deal, but the fact is that this method is inimical to the real work of defending human rights.

This is because the single most important purpose of human rights advocacy is to break open silences and challenge taboos that allow abuses to continue. The work of human rights is to end the censorship of debate on problems that cause violations to persist.

Censorship can only be broken through advocacy. Human rights diplomacy, by contrast, not only reinforces censorship but also forces its participants to engage in self-censorship.

Persons who engage in self-censorship on the pretence of dialogue should expect little sympathy later when they find that they have been made victims of their own attempts at diplomacy, and then cry out that they have been unfairly treated.

But hopefully they will have learned an important lesson, that human rights diplomacy and human rights advocacy are incompatible. Anyone opting to engage in the former can only do so at the cost of giving up on the latter. And to give up on the latter ultimately means to give up on human rights.

--
(Awzar Thi is the pen name of a member of the Asian Human Rights Commission with over 15 years of experience as an advocate of human rights and the rule of law in Thailand and Burma. His Rule of Lords blog can be read at http://ratchasima.net)

Thai-Cambodia spat couds ASEAN Summit

2009-10-24T19:24:00.000-07:00

Bangkok, Oct 24 : A war of words between Southeast Asian neighbours Thailand and Cambodia over coup-ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, has marred the ASEAN Summit taking place at Hua Hin near here.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who is current chair of the 10-nation grouping, has questioned his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen's defence of Mr Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in September 2006.

''What is the purpose of Prime Minister Hun Sen coming to Thailand? And what has he said that was in line with the aim of the meeting?'' Mr Abhisit told a press conference.

Mr Abhisit was responding to Mr Hun Sen's reported remarks to the press on his arrival in Hua Hin that his country was ready to offer refuge to Mr Thaksin, who is living abroad in self-imposed exile to avoid prosecution in Thailand on corruption charges.

Mr Hun Sen added that the former Thai Prime Minister could become his economic advisor and insisted that Phnom Penh would not be legally obliged to extradite Mr Thaksin on Bangkok's request.

Mr Hun Sen said Mr Thaksin was a political victim of the 2006 military takeover in Bangkok and compared him to Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Thai Prime Minister said the ASEAN Summit was aimed at building a stronger Southeast Asian community and dismissed his Cambodian counterpart's remarks.

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's National Assembly on Friday approved a new law for foreign adoptions, setting up criteria for children to be adopted, the eligibility of potential adoptive parents and the procedures for legal adoptions by families living overseas, local newspaper the Phnom Penh Post reported on Saturday.

All 72 parliamentarians in attendance voted to pass the two final chapters of the law after about one hour of debate, it said. Debate on the lO-chapter draft law began on Wednesday.

The law is aimed at ensuring that Cambodian children adopted by foreign parents, "grow up in a family environment, a happy environment, with love and understanding in order to develop fully."

For a child to be adopted by foreigners, he or she must be younger than 8 years old, except in the cases of special needs. The children must be living in an orphanage, under the care of the Social Affairs Ministry, or have poor or disabled parents, the law said.

Moreover, under the law, adoptive parents must be between 30 and 45 years old, and should have, at the most, one other child, who must be younger than 22 years old.

According to statistics presented by Ith Sam Heng, minister of social affairs, more than 20,000 Cambodian children live in state-run orphanages, and about 130,000 live in private facilities. He added that adoptive parents in the U.S. alone took home 1,415 Cambodian children between 1998 and 2003, although the U.S. government officially suspended adoptions in 2001 over fraud concerns.

And Britain cut off Cambodian adoptions in 2004, while France implemented a temporary ban between 2003 and 2006. Australians are also forbidden from adopting, as the two countries have never signed an agreement on adoption.

Ith Sam Heng was quoted by the Post as saying that the law would be "seriously implemented," adding that he had not heard of any bad things happening to Cambodian children after being adopted abroad.

He said a delegation from the ministry had already visited adoptive families in Canada, France, Italy and the U.S. Some foreign parents had also written annual reports to the government describing the conditions of the children, including photos, about health and education, he added.

News in Pictures

2009-10-24T19:21:00.000-07:00

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen waves as he arrives for the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. The ASEAN smmit is bringing together the group's leaders to attend the meeting including a summit between ASEAN and the three East Asian powers of China, Japan and South Korea as well as a summit of ASEAN leaders with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (CAAI News Media)

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives for the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. The ASEAN smmit is bringing together the group's leaders to attend the meeting including a summit between ASEAN and the three East Asian powers of China, Japan and South Korea as well as a summit of ASEAN leaders with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra join their hands together in a gesture mocking ASEAN leaders in a rally by a hundred Thaksin supporters, 40 km (25 miles) north of the venue where the ASEAN summit is being hosted in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands to Thai representative Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree (R) a copy of the "Cha-Am Hua Hin Declaration on the Inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" as ASEAN leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L), Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C), and Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (R) applaud during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (6th L) leads other ASEAN leaders including Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (5th L), Philippine Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo (4th L), Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein (4th R) and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) in joining hands together with the representatives of the newly inaugurated ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 m iles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) leads other ASEAN leaders including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd L), Philippines' Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo (L), Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (R) and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in joining hands together with the representatives of the newly inaugurated ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

Thailand-Cambodia Dispute Overshadows Summit

2009-10-24T19:17:00.001-07:00

CHA-AM, Thailand — An uncharacteristically edgy summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) threatened to boil over yesterday as Thai-Cambodian relations took another turn for the worse.

A visibly exasperated Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjjiva hit back at his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen, calling him “seriously misinformed” over the latter’s remarks comparing fugitive former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Hun Sen had earlier offered Thaksin, who was deposed in a 2006 coup, a job as an economics advisor and said that if the exiled media mogul chose to come to Cambodia, he would not face extradition to Thailand to face corruption charges.

“Thaksin can stay in Cambodia as the guest of Cambodia and also be my guest as my adviser on our economy,” said Hun Sen.

His remarks comparing the former Thai prime minister with Aung San Suu Kyi raised many eyebrows among summit delegates, as he attempted to capitalize on the international media attention on Asean this weekend to highlight his view that Thaksin’s plight is politically driven.

“Hun Sen’s comments are being seen as an attempt to intervene in Thailand’s precarious domestic political situation,” said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, the director of the Institute of Security and International Studies (Thailand) at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.

Last week, Hun Sen gave a pointedly high-profile reception to former Thai prime minister and Thaksin ally Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyuth. Chavalit said “Mr Hun Sen is my old friend and I am visiting him at his invitation.”

Last month, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was in Bangkok, where he addressed the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand on press freedom in Cambodia. Rainsy slammed the Hun Sen administration, saying that it gives token assent to freedom of speech but uses state resources to hit critics with defamation suits, backed by a pro-government judiciary.

Thitinan said he thinks that Hun Sen has taken umbrage at Rainsy using his time in Thailand to attack the Cambodian government.

Speaking to The Irrawaddy on the sidelines of the Asean summit, Cambodian opposition MP San Cchay said that Hun Sen’s reaction shows that he does not understand how a liberal democracy works.

“Just because Sam Rainsy talks in critical terms while in Thailand does not mean it has anything to do with the Thai government. Hun Sen merely betrays his own anti-democratic leanings with such an assumption,” he said.

Yesterday, the anti-government and pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) called on Asean to withdraw support for Abhisit as the bloc’s chairman.

The UDD is seeking a royal pardon to enable Thaksin return to Thailand without having to face jail time on corruption charges. The UDD is also seeking a general election and deems the Abhisit government as illegitimate.

Thaksin is regarded as the most popular yet divisive head of government in recent Thai history, implementing pro-poor policies and developing the northeastern Isaan region, but periodically clamping down on media, launching a draconian war on drugs and seeking a military solution to the southern Thailand Muslim rebellion.

Interestingly, Hun Sen’s comparison of Thaksin’s situation to that of Suu Kyi comes as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate marks a total of 14 years in detention today. She was first arrested in July 1989, ahead of a landslide electoral victory by her party, the National League for Democracy, in May 1990.

The comparison was made even as five Asean member states, including Cambodia, refused to allow NGO representatives other than those handpicked by the governments to attend a scheduled “civil society” meeting with regional heads of government.

Nay Vanda of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association—selected by the Asean People’s Forum as his country’s representative at the meeting—said he was disappointed with the outcome.

“Cambodia is supposed to be a democracy that respects the rule of law. I was chosen via a democratic process, yet the government refused to meet me.

Even Communist, one-party state Vietnam was not afraid to meet the NGO representative selected by the Asean People’s Forum,” he said.

An hour after that meeting, Asean launched a new human rights body, known as the Asean Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission, which has no scope to punish or even draw attention to human rights abuses in Southeast Asia and includes the Burmese junta among its representatives.

Cambodia has usually backed the Burmese regime when it is faced with criticism from the international community.

Hun Sen’s comments came just a day before his Thai counterpart hosted a three-day gathering of sixteen Asian leaders, with the ten-member Asean grouping having a series of meetings on Friday before being joined by counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea on Saturday.

The summit aimed to make progress on Asean integration across a number of sectors. However, Abhisit took Hun Sen’s comments as an attempt to undermine this, saying “[Asean member states] have no time to pay attention to a person who wants to destroy unity.”

This weekend’s summit is a re-run of an April meeting in Pattaya, which was cancelled after Thaksin’s red-shirted backers clashed with troops and pro-government protesters.

That melee further blemished tourist-oriented Thailand’s international image, already sullied after yellow-shirted royalists blockaded Bangkok’s international airports in late 2008. This time around, 36,000 soldiers and police were deployed around Cha-am and Hua Hin, 90 minutes south of Bangkok, to prevent any attempted repeat by the red shirts.

However, Thaksin’s shadow was cast over this summit, albeit by proxy, with Hun Sen apparently seeking to needle his Thai counterpart, with whom relations are already touchy over a long-running border dispute centering on the Preah Vihear temple and surrounding land area.

One month ago, 30,000 Thaksin supporters gathered in Bangkok mark the 3rd anniversary of the military coup that deposed him. The same weekend, royalist protesters caused mayhem around the Preah Vihear site, tussling with locals and exhorting the Thai government to take a more assertive stance with Phnom Penh over the disputed site.

Thitinan told The Irrawaddy: “Thailand and Cambodia have had rocky relations for a number of years. The reasons are multifaceted, but underpinning the divide is the fact that Thailand has somewhat of a superiority complex, while Cambodia perhaps retains an element of colonial baggage, and now sits between two much bigger countries in Thailand and Vietnam.”

Giving an insight into the level of acrimony generated by this latest spat, a press conference given by members of the Asean Interparliamentary Myanmar (Burma) caucus on Saturday afternoon discussed how Burma was pushed down the priority list as a result.

ASEAN summit hits snag on new rights panel

2009-10-24T19:16:00.000-07:00

HUA HIN, THAILAND -- Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were supposed to celebrate the inauguration of the group's new human rights body as they met Friday, but rifts over human rights, trade and politics marred the first day of the region's annual summit.

Five member states -- Burma, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Singapore -- refused to meet the five individuals chosen by civil rights groups to represent their countries.

"I am very disappointed, and I see this as not only a rejection of me personally and the organization I represent, but as a rejection of the democratic process in the region," said Sister Crescencia Lucero, the Franciscan nun who was to have been the Philippines representative.

The association's Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, one of the central elements of the legally binding ASEAN Charter signed last year, disappointed many rights advocates when it was limited to the promotion rather than the protection of human rights.

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai prime minister and current ASEAN chairman, tried to put a positive gloss on the dispute.

"For members of civil society, you should be assured that you now have a partner with which to work," he said.

Nongovernmental groups have portrayed the disagreement as a struggle for the soul of ASEAN: Is it, as Vejjajiva described in his opening statement, a "people-centered" community or, as its critics allege, an uncritical club for regional governments, some of which, such as Burma and Cambodia, are regularly accused of human rights abuses?

ASEAN is caught between its drive for greater integration and international relevance, and the principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of other member states, but bilateral relations are a recurrent problem.

Regional politicians sometimes cite the European Union as their model, but their ambitions risk running aground on the vast political and social differences between the states, which range from the absolute monarchy of Brunei to the communist governments of Vietnam and Laos.

Korea offers Cambodia more development aid

2009-10-24T19:14:00.001-07:00

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, chats with President Lee Myung-bak, center, through a translator during a tour of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, 143 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, yesterday. [YONHAP]

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Korea will provide a further $9.25 million to Cambodia in new development assistance in 2010 and 2011 to fund a road construction project in Siem Reap, best known for its proximity to Angkor Wat, according to the Blue House.

Korea gave $5.9 million between 2005 and 2009 to build the road in an effort to help conserve the cultural heritage site.

The Korea Ring Road will help disperse traffic in the area, contributing to protecting the 800-year-old temples, the Blue House said in a press release.

Following a visit to Angkor Wat to discuss the road project and cultural preservation, Lee departed for Hua Hin, Thailand, yesterday to attend a series of regional summits.

Today and tomorrow, Lee will attend the Korea-Asean summit and the Asean Plus Three summit where leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, China and Japan will join him.

In the regional summits, Lee will seek the participating leaders’ support to resolve North Korea’s nuclear crisis, the Blue House said. Measures to fight climate change and promote green growth will also be addressed.

After the Asean Plus Three summit, the leaders are expected to adopt a statement on food security and bio energy development cooperation.

Tomorrow, the South Korean president will also attend the annual East Asia summit, in which the leaders of the Asean Plus Three and India, Australia and New Zealand will sit down to discuss regional and global issues.

According to the Blue House, the Lee administration will concentrate its efforts on cementing trust between Korea and Asean.

During a cabinet workshop last Sunday, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said Korea will use the Group of 20 summit that it will host in November next year as an opportunity to promote Lee’s New Asia Initiative, the Blue House has said.

Lee announced a new diplomatic initiative to engage Asia-Pacific nations in March, marking a shift in focus for Seoul’s foreign policy, from the four global powers to relations with its regional neighbors.

Lee said Seoul’s foreign policy concentration on Washington, Tokyo, Beijing and Moscow last year was successful and that the time had come to reach out to countries in the region.

Under his “New Asia Initiative,” Lee’s goal is to speak for Asian nations in the international community. According to the Blue House, Korea seeks to cooperate with Asia-Pacific neighbors while playing a leading role in resolving transnational tasks such as the financial crisis and climate change. Seoul will focus on diplomacy to encourage free trade and investment within the region.

According to the Blue House, Lee’s initiative gained momentum over the past seven months after he attended the Asean Plus Three summit in Thailand in April, visited Central Asia in May and hosted the Korea-Asean special summit in June.

For stronger ties with Asean, Lee has also promised to increase the Korea-Asean cooperative fund from the annual $3 million to $5 million after 2010.

Korea’s official development assistance toward Asean nations will be increased from $155 million of last year to $395 million by 2015.

“The New Asia Initiative is also in line with President Lee’s national vision of a greater, global Korea,” Lee Dong-kwan, Lee’s senior secretary for public affairs, has said.

“The president has an idea of highlighting Asia’s role and capability in the new international order to be formed in the post-global financial crisis era. And the New Asia Initiative is the product of President Lee’s vision.”

The Asean summits in Thailand later this week and the APEC summit in Singapore next month will be used as key opportunities to promote Lee’s vision, the Blue House said.

Family killed in bomb accident

2009-10-24T19:13:00.001-07:00

PHNOM PENH - A CAMBODIAN man accidentally killed himself, his pregnant wife and young daughter as he attempted to remove explosives from a bomb he had scavenged for metal, police said on Saturday.

They said that Mr Leng Hatha's 39-year-old wife, who was six months pregnant, and his five-year-old daughter were killed in the blast at their home in southern Kampot province on Thursday evening. Mr Leng Hatha died the next day from his injuries in hospital.

'It happened because the husband was trying to pound the bombshell to take out the explosives,' deputy provincial police chief In Chiva told AFP.

He said the man earned money from selling metal from unexploded bombs and more than one hundred bombs remained inside his house.

'He had a device to find mines and bombshells, so he could find many,' Mr In Chiva said, adding that Mr Leng Hatha had previously been jailed for the activity.

Cambodia, one of the world's most heavily mined countries, is littered with unexploded ordnance from nearly three decades of civil war and the secret US bombing of Cambodia in the Vietnam War. But many people in the impoverished kingdom continue to risk their lives by searching for the metal scraps to sell. -- AF

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ដោយមានបទពិសោធន៍ ១២ឆ្នាំ ផ្នែកសូហ្វវែ IBM លោក ឡន វី មានប្រសាសន៍ថា ដំណោះស្រាយរបស់ IBM មាន៤ចំណុចគឺ ១-ការបម្រើអតិថិជន និងការយល់ដឹងពីអតិថិជន (Customer Care and Insight) ២- ការបំប្លែងភាពការងារស្នូលធនាគារ (Core Banking Transformation) ៣- ប្រព័ន្ធទូទាត់ (Payments Framework) និងទី៤- ការគ្រប់គ្រងហានិភ័យចម្រុះ (Integrated Risk Management)។

ការបម្រើអតិថិជន និងការយល់ដឹងអំពីអតិថិជន គឺអាចជួយឲ្យធនាគារកសាងមូលដ្ឋានមួយសម្រាប់បង្កើតទស្សនៈ តែមួយអំពីអតិថិជន និងអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យមានការលក់និងសេវាកម្មកាន់តែមានប្រសិទ្ធភាព ហើយវាក៏ផ្ដល់នូវប្រព័ន្ធដំណោះស្រាយមួយ ដើម្បីកែលំអបទពិសោធន៍របស់អតិថិជនធនាគារតាមរយៈការរកទីផ្សារ ការលក់ សេវាកម្ម នីតិវិធីគោរពតាមលិខិតបទដ្ឋាន និងការគ្រប់គ្រងព័ត៌មាន។

ចំពោះការបំប្លែងភាពការងារស្នូលធនាគារ គឺអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យធនាគារធ្វើទំនើបកម្ម និងកែលំអកម្មវិធី Legacy ដែលគាំទ្រមុខងារស្នូលធនាគារស្របពេលមានការប្រែប្រួលនៃ ធុរកិច្ច។ ឯប្រព័ន្ធទូទាត់របស់ខ្លួនជាបណ្ដើរៗ ដើម្បីកាន់តែមានលក្ខណៈទន់ភ្លន់ និងប្រសិទ្ធភាព ក៏ដូចជាបង្ហាញថា តើធនាគារអាចលើកកម្ពស់ស្តង់ដារឧស្សាហកម្មដូចម្ដេច កម្មវិធីរបស់ដៃគូធុរកិច្ច និងមូលនិធិ IBM Smart SOA ជាមួយការពង្រីកការទូទាត់ឲ្យបានលឿនដើម្បីបង្កើតតម្លៃសម្រាប់ ធនាគារ។

សម្រាប់ការគ្រប់គ្រងហានិភ័យ គឺអាចជួយធ្វើធនាគារអាចយល់ដឹងកាន់តែប្រសើរឡើងអំពីហានិភ័យ និងកាលានុវត្តនភាពទាំងមូលរបស់ខ្លួន ដើម្បីធ្វើសេចក្ដីសម្រេចចិត្តដោយមានព័ត៌មានពេញលេញ ក៏ដូចជាអភិក្រមចំពោះការគ្រប់គ្រងហានិភ័យ ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ហានិភ័យប្រតិបត្តិការ និងហានិភ័យព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា និងការគោរពច្បាប់។

ទាក់ទងនឹងដំណោះស្រាយ របស់ IBM ចំពោះវិស័យទូរគមនាគមន៍លោក ឡន វី បានបន្ថែមថា ប្រព័ន្ធនេះដាក់ឲ្យអនុវត្តនូវយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ និងវិធីស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយទូរគមនាគមន៍ IBM ចំពោះធុរកិច្ចព័ត៌មានវិទ្យាជាដើម។

ពាក់ព័ន្ធវិស័យរដ្ឋាភិបាលលោក សាយ៉ាធិ ហ្សីនដេ ប្រធានផ្នែកលក់ដំណោះស្រាយរបស់ IBM បាននិយាយថា ប្រព័ន្ធឧស្សាហកម្ម យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រដំណោះស្រាយ និងផលប័ត្រ (Portfolio) រដ្ឋាភិបាលបានត្រូវរៀបចំដើម្បីប្រើប្រាស់ជំនាញឧស្សាហកម្មរបស់ IBM និងដើម្បីដោះស្រាយចំណុចលំបាកបច្ចុប្បន្នរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាល។ ប្រព័ន្ធនេះនឹងជួយរដ្ឋាភិបាលផ្នែកសេវាសង្គមរដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្នាក់ តំបន់ រដ្ឋមូលដ្ឋាន ការត្រួតពិនិត្យគយព្រំដែន និងការគ្រប់គ្រងប្រាក់ចំណូល។

ដោយមានបទពិសោធន៍១៨ឆ្នាំជាមួយ IBM លោក សាយ៉ាជិ បានបញ្ជាក់ថា ក្នុងសម័យទំនើបនេះរដ្ឋាភិបាលគួរតែបង្កើតប្រព័ន្ធធ្វើលិខិត ឆ្លងដែនតាមអ៊ីនធើណិត បើកប្រាក់តាមធនាគារដើម្បីបង្កលក្ខណៈងាយស្រួលដល់ប្រជាជន។

ដោយឆ្លើយនឹងសំណួរសួរថា តើ IBM សម្លឹងឃើញសក្ដានុពលអ្វីនៅកម្ពុជាក្នុងវិស័យទូរគមនាគមន៍ធនាគារ និងរដ្ឋាភិបាល លោកឡន វី បានញញឹមបន្តិចរួចនិយាយថា វិស័យធនាគារនិងទូរគមនាគមន៍អាចផ្ដល់ផលចំណេញដល់ IBM ព្រោះនៅកម្ពុជាវិស័យទាំង២កំពុងតែរីកចម្រើនខ្លាំង៕

ខ្លាញ់ត្រីអាចជួយទប់ស្កាត់ការងងឹតភ្នែកដោយសារអាយុច្រើន កំណែដែលងាយស្រួលបោះពុម្ព

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អ្នកវិទ្យាសាស្ត្របាននិយាយថា កំពូលអាហារទាំងឡាយដែលមានសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ និងខ្លាញ់ត្រី អាចជួយទប់ស្កាត់ជំងឺងងឹតភ្នែកដែលគេតែងជួបប្រទះចំពោះមនុស្សដែល
មានវ័យកាន់តែចាស់។

អត្ថប្រយោជន៍នៃការបរិភោគត្រីដែលសម្បូរខ្លាញ់ដូចជា ត្រីស្បៃកា និងសណ្ដែកដី ត្រូវបានគេទទួលស្គាល់រួចមកហើយថា អាចកាត់បន្ថយគ្រោះថ្នាក់នៃការកកើតជំងឺភ្លេចភ្លាំងស្មារតី និងរោគបេះដូង។ ប៉ុន្តែការស្រាវជ្រាវថ្មីរបស់អាមេរិកនេះផ្ដល់ជាយោបល់ថា អាស៊ីដខ្លាញ់អូមេហ្គា-៣ ក៏អាចជួយការពារប្រឆាំងនឹងការបាត់បង់ការមើលឃើញដែលកើតតាមមក ជាមួយអាយុនោះដែរ។

ជនជាតិអង់គ្លេសប្រមាណ ២០០.០០០នាក់ ក្នុងមួយឆ្នាំៗ រងគ្រោះដោយសារជំងឺនេះ ហើយមិនទាន់មានមធ្យោបាយទប់ស្កាត់នៅឡើយទេ បើទោះបីជាគេធ្វើការវះកាត់ដោយឡាស៊ែរ និងប្រើថ្នាំដើម្បីកំណត់ការខូចខាតដែលបង្កដោយជំងឺនេះក៏ដោយ។

ការងងឹតភ្នែកកើតឡើងច្រើនបំផុតចំពោះមនុស្សវ័យចំណាស់ដែលមាន អាយុលើសពី៥០ឆ្នាំហើយវាបានបំផ្លាញធាតុផ្សំមួយដ៏សំខាន់របស់ មនុស្សដែលតែងតែត្រូវការចាំបាច់ដើម្បីអានសៀវភៅបើកបរ និងចំណាំមុខមនុស្សដែលខ្លួនត្រូវធ្វើទំនាក់ទំនងជាដើម។

នៅក្នុងការពិសោធលើសត្វកណ្ដុរ គេបានរកឃើញថា ស្ថានភាពអាក្រក់នេះបានប្រសើរឡើងរហូតដល់ទៅ ៥៧ ភាគរយ លើខ្លួនសត្វកណ្ដុរទាំងឡាយដែលគេឲ្យស៊ីអាហារមានសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា -៣ ខ្ពស់បំផុតក្នុងរយៈពេល ១២សប្ដាហ៍។

គេមិនដឹងច្បាស់ពីមូលហេតុពិតប្រាកដនៅឡើយទេ ថាសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ នេះវាជួយដោយរបៀបណា ប៉ុន្តែវាទំនងដោយសារមានសារជាតិប្រឆាំងការរលាក ព្រោះគេសង្កេតឃើញថា កណ្ដុរដែលទទួលផលល្អបំផុតពីសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ គឺមានកម្រិតនៃជំងឺរលាកទាប។

នៅក្នុងរបាយការណ៍ដែលនឹងបោះពុម្ពផ្សាយនៅក្នុង American Journal of Pathology នៅខែក្រោយ អ្នកវិទ្យាសាស្ត្របាននិយាយថា "លទ្ធផលនៃការសិក្សានេះ បានផ្ដល់ជាមូលដ្ឋានបែបវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រនៃអាស៊ីដខ្លាញ់អូមេហ្គា-៣ ក្នុងការទប់ស្កាត់ និងព្យាបាលការងងឹតភ្នែកដែលបណ្ដាលមកពីអាយុច្រើន"។

បណ្ឌិត ឈី ចាវចាន (Chi Chao Chan) ដែលជាអ្នកដឹកនាំក្រុមស្រាវជ្រាវនេះ បាននិយាយថា លទ្ធផលនេះគួរតែទទួលបានដូចគ្នានៅក្នុងខ្លួនមនុស្ស បើទោះជាចំនួន និងរយៈពេលនៃការទទួលបានសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣នេះរាល់ថ្ងៃ"។

បណ្ឌិត ឈី ចាវចាន បាននិយាយថា "ពួកយើងគិតថា ការរកឃើញនេះក៏នឹងអាចប្រើប្រាស់បានចំពោះមនុស្សផងដែរ ហើយប្រហែលជាគេត្រូវបរិភោគអូមេហ្គា-៣ នេះរាល់ថ្ងៃ"។

ការរកឃើញនៃការស្រាវជ្រាវនេះផ្ដល់ជាគំនិតថា ការបរិភោគអាហារដែលមានសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ ខ្ពស់យ៉ាងទៀងទាត់ អាចកាត់បន្ថយគ្រោះថ្នាក់នៃការកើតរោគងងឹតភ្នែក ហើយវាថែមទាំងជួយឲ្យការមើលឃើញល្អជាងមុនផងដែរ។

បច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ ប្រជាជនអង់គ្លេសត្រូវបានគេណែនាំឲ្យបរិភោគត្រីពីរដង ក្នុងមួយសប្ដាហ៍ ដែលក្នុងនោះម្ដងត្រូវមានត្រីដែលសម្បូរខ្លាញ់។

ប្រភពអាហារល្អបំផុតដែលសម្បូរសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ ដែរ គឺខ្លាញ់ត្រី ព្រោះរាងកាយមនុស្សមិនអាចផលិតអាស៊ីដខ្លាញ់អូមេហ្គា-៣ ដោយឯកឯងបានទេ។

គេក៏បានរកឃើញអាហារប្រភេទខ្លះទៀត ដែលសម្បូរសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ ដែរ ដែលក្នុងនោះរួមមាន សាច់មាន់ ស៊ុត ទឹកដោះគោ និងនំបុ័ង ប៉ុន្តែអាហារទាំងនោះមានសារជាតិអូមេហ្គា-៣ ក្នុងចំនួនតិចតួចប៉ុណ្ណោះ៕

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បន្ទាយមានជ័យ៖ សុវត្ថិភាពពេលមុនកំពុងនឹងក្រោយពេលសម្រាលកូនរបស់ស្ត្រីក្រីក្រនៅ ជនបទ នៅតែជាបញ្ហាប្រឈមមុខខ្លាំង ហើយចាំបាច់ត្រូវបន្តរកគន្លឹះដោះស្រាយថែមទៀត។ មធ្យោបាយ សេវា និងឆ្មបបង្កើតកូននៅមានកង្វះខាតជាយថាហេតុនៅឡើយ។

គ្រោះថ្នាក់ដែលចៀសពុំរួច

កញ្ញា ថុន ស្រីម៉ៅ អាយុ២២ឆ្នាំជាកូនស្រីនៃស្ត្រីឈ្មោះ ចេត អៀយ អាយុ៤២ឆ្នាំ នៅភូមិកណ្ដាល ឃុំគោករមៀត ស្រុកថ្មពួក ដែលបានស្លាប់ក្រោយឆ្លងទន្លេប្រាប់រស្មីកម្ពុជា នៅថ្ងៃទី១០ តុលា ២០០៩ថា ម្ដាយនាងស្គមស្លេកស្លាំង និងពិសាអាហារពុំសូវបាន នៅពេលមានផ្ទៃពោះ និងក្រោយពីឆ្លងទន្លេមានឈាម ធ្លាក់ច្រើនថែមទៀត។
ស្ត្រីនេះ ត្រូវបានស្ត្រីឆ្មបបុរាណ២នាក់ជួយសម្រាលកូននៅផ្ទះ។ ប៉ុន្តែបន្ទាប់បីសម្រាលមានបញ្ហារួច ត្រូវបញ្ជូនទៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យបង្អែកថ្មពួក ដោយដឹកតាមគោយន្តព្រោះឡានពេទ្យមកពុំទាន់។
សុខ ប៊ុន ស្ត្រីជាអ្នកភូមិរស់នៅជិតខាងនិយាយថា "អៀយធ្លាប់ទៅពិនិត្យផ្ទៃពោះមុនសម្រាលនៅពេទ្យ ប៉ុន្តែពេលសម្រាល គឺធ្លោយកើតនៅផ្ទះក៏គ្រោះថ្នាក់យ៉ាងនេះ។ គាត់ចាស់ និងមានសុខភាពទន់ខ្សោយស្រាប់ហើយផង។ ឥឡូវគេចូលចិត្តទៅកើតនៅពេទ្យទើបសុខសប្បាយ"។
លោកយាយ ស្រី អ៊ុត អាយុ៦៧ឆ្នាំ និងស្ត្រីឈ្មោះ ខេន ជាឆ្មបពីរនាក់បានជួយសម្រាលកូនឲ្យស្ត្រីនេះ។ ប៉ុន្តែបន្ទាប់សម្រាលកូនចេញក៏មានឈាមធ្លាក់យ៉ាងខ្លាំង និងត្រូវបញ្ជូនពីផ្ទះទៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យនៅម៉ោង៣រំលងអាធ្រាត្រ។ ដោយសារចម្ងាយផ្លូវឆ្ងាយ និងគោយន្តរលាក់ផង ទើបលទ្ធភាពនៃការសង្គ្រោះត្រូវបរាជ័យ។ ពោលគឺសុកស្ត្រីនោះពុំព្រមធ្លាក់បណ្ដាលឲ្យឈាមធ្លាក់យ៉ាងច្រើន។
ស្ត្រីរងគ្រោះ មានកូន៤នាក់រួចហើយ គ្រួសារនេះពឹងលើរបរធ្វើស្រែទំហំ៣ហិកតា និងការដើរស៊ីឈ្នួលគាស់គល់ឈើធ្វើចម្ការឲ្យគេ។
អ្នកភូមិកណ្ដាលបានបន្ទោសរឿងនេះ តែសម្ដែងការអាណិតដល់ស្ត្រីរងគ្រោះនេះដែលបានស្លាប់កាលពីថ្ងៃ ទី១៦ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩កន្លងមក។ គឺស្លាប់ក្រោយសម្រាលកូនបាន៨ម៉ោង
លោកស្រី អ៊ុត អាយុ ៧៦ឆ្នាំ ជាឆ្មបបូរាណប្រាប់រស្មីកម្ពុជាថា "ខ្ញុំនឹងខេន (ឆ្មបម្នាក់ទៀត) មិនចង់ធ្វើឆ្មបឲ្យក្អៀយទៀតទេ។ គឺចង់ឲ្យទៅពេទ្យព្រោះវាស្គមរីងរៃ ឈឺមិនហូបអីបាន។ លុះធ្វើរួចវាធ្លាក់ឈាមខ្លាំងណាស់។ កូនមកពុំស្អាតសោះ"។
គាត់និយាយថា "របៀបបង្កើតកូននៅឆ្មបឯផ្ទះ និងនៅពេទ្យពុំខុសគ្នាប៉ុន្មានទេ តែនៅពេទ្យគេមានក្បូនខ្នាត និងមានសម្ភារៈប្រើប្រាស់ធានាជាង"។
ឆ្មបចំណាស់នេះនិយាយថា "ខ្ញុំធ្លាប់សម្រាលកូនឲ្យគេរហូតមក ពុំធ្លាក់គ្រោះថ្នាក់ទេ តែដល់ចាស់ដូច្នេះពុំចង់ធ្វើទៀតទេ។ កម្លាំងដៃខ្សោយភ្នែកងងឹត និងខ្លាចឈាមផង តែដល់អាសន្ន (ឆ្លងទន្លេ) ខ្ញុំចេះជួយទៅទាំងទើសទ័ល"។
ឆ្មបបុរាណនេះទទួលបាន "គ្រឿងទ្រនិប" ដូចជាអង្ករ ស្រូវពន្លៃ ម្លូស្លា ទៀនធូប និងប្រាក់ ១០.០០០រៀល ទៅ១៥.០០០រៀល។ ចំនួននេះគ្រួសារស្ត្រីក្រីក្របានស៊ូប្រថុយដើម្បីសម្រាលកូននៅ ផ្ទះមិនទៅពេទ្យ។ ម្យ៉ាងផ្ទះនៅឆ្ងាយពេទ្យផង។
ក្នុងលទ្ធផលអង្កេតមរណភាពមាតាប្រចាំត្រីមាសទី២ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ របស់ផ្នែកគាំពាមាតានិងទារកខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យឲ្យដឹងថា ចេក អៀយ ធ្លាប់មានផ្ទៃពោះ៩លើក សម្រាល៦លើក ក្នុងនោះរលូត៣លើក។ ស្ត្រីមានសភាពស្លេកស្លាំង។ មូលហេតុស្លាប់គឺស្លេកស្លាំង ធ្លាក់ឈាម ជាប់សុក។ គេកត់សម្គាល់ថា ស្ត្រីនេះមានកូនច្រើន ហើយខ្លួនមានអាយុច្រើន ក្រីក្រ ស្លេកស្លាំង និងនៅមានផ្ទៃពោះទៀត។ ឯការសង្គ្រោះ គឺបញ្ជូនពីផ្ទះទៅពេទ្យបង្អែកថ្មពួកយឺតយ៉ាវ ហើយពេទ្យនោះពុំបានបញ្ជូនបន្តទៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យបង្អែកមង្គលបូរីឲ្យ ទាន់ពេល។
អនុសាសន៍ និងសំណូមពរ ពីរឿងនេះ គឺស្ត្រីត្រូវតែទទួលមធ្យោបាយពន្យារកំណើតជាចាំបាច់ ព្រោះកូនច្រើនណាស់។ គួរមានកម្មវិធីពន្យារកំណើតនៅសហគមន៍ជនបទ និងសេវាចុះមូលដ្ឋានឲ្យទៀងទាត់។ ពេលពិនិត្យផ្ទៃពោះឆ្មបត្រូវផ្ដល់ការព្យាបាលនូវភាពស្លេកស្លាំងមិន មែនគ្រាន់តែផ្ដល់ឲ្យហ្វែរ (Fer) តែ១ថ្ងៃ១គ្រាប់ និងត្រូវណែនាំទាំងក្រុមគ្រួសារឲ្យយល់ពីសញ្ញាគ្រោះថ្នាក់ស្ត្រី ពេលសម្រាល។ ត្រូវតែទៅសម្រាលកូននៅមណ្ឌលសុខភាព ឬមន្ទីរពេទ្យ។ ក្រុមអ្នកអង្កេតចម្រុះត្រូវសហការ នឹងក្រុមគ្រួសារយកព័ត៌មានឲ្យបានច្រើនជុំវិញកន្លែង មុនពេលស្លាប់ និងពេលស្លាប់។ សុំក្រសួងបង្រៀនពីរបៀបអង្កេតករណីស្លាប់របស់ម្ដាយដល់ក្រុម អង្កេត។ មន្ទីរពេទ្យនីមួយៗត្រូវមានឈាមត្រៀមទុក ពេលស្ត្រីត្រូវការបញ្ចូលឈាម។ល។
ចំណែកស្ត្រីឈ្មោះ មាស សុផាត អាយុ៥៦ឆ្នាំ ជាម្ដាយនៃស្ត្រី ឈ្មោះ អូន សោភ័ណ អាយុ៤២ឆ្នាំ នៅភូមិ-សង្កាត់កំពង់ស្វាយ ក្រុងសិរីសោភ័ណ ដែលស្លាប់ក្រោយសម្រាលកូនកាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៣កញ្ញា២០០៩ បានប្រាប់រស្មីកម្ពុជា កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១០ តុលា ២០០៩ ស្ត្រីជាកូនរបស់គាត់មានកូនដល់ទៅ១០នាក់ ប្ដីជាជនពិការគ្មានលទ្ធភាពធ្វើពលកម្ម។ ពួកគេរស់នៅក្នុងខ្ទមមួយនាដីចិញ្ចើមថ្នល់ ដោយកាលនៅរស់ស្ត្រីនោះ មានរបរទិញ-លក់ត្រីដែលគេរកបានពីស្រែ។
ស្ត្រីនោះធ្លាក់ឆ្លងទន្លេ១០ដង ក្នុងនោះកូន៤នាក់បានស្លាប់ក្នុងពេលសម្រាល ហើយលើកចុងក្រោយស្លាប់ម្ដាយ សល់តែកូនដែលត្រូវចិញ្ចឹមដោយបំបៅទឹកដោះគោ។
អ្នកស្រី យក់ សុវុឌ្ឍនី អនុប្រធានផ្នែកគាំពារមាតានិងទារក នៃមន្ទីរសុខាភិបាលខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ ប្រាប់រស្មីកម្ពុជាថា "អត្រាមរណភាពម្ដាយ ឬទារកក្នុងពេលសម្រាលកូនច្រើនលើសលុបគឺកើតលើពលរដ្ឋក្នុងគ្រួសារ ក្រីក្រ និងនៅទីឆ្ងាយពីមណ្ឌលសុខភាព ឬមន្ទីរពេទ្យ និងដោយសារកត្តាពុំទទួលបានសេវាសង្គ្រោះព្យាបាលទាន់ពេល"។
អ្នកស្រី យក់ សុវុឌ្ឍី និងពេទ្យឆ្មបនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យបង្អែកខេត្តមិត្តភាពកម្ពុជា-ជប៉ុនមង្គល បូរី និយាយថា មន្ត្រីមន្ទីរសុខាភិបាល និងពេទ្យឆ្មប តែងចុះទៅអប់រំផ្សព្វផ្សាយ និងជួបស្ត្រីដែលនឹងមានផ្ទៃពោះនឹងត្រូវសម្រាលកូនដល់លំនៅស្ថាន ពួកគេ។ ដើម្បីស្រាវជ្រាវរកមូលហេតុ និងសង្គ្រោះ។ ពោលគឺដើម្បីកាត់បន្ថយ និងបញ្ឈប់អត្រាមរណភាព និងទារក ក្នុងដំណាក់កាលសម្រាលកូន។
យោងការអង្កេតដោយមន្ទីរសុខាភិបាលខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ អត្រាម្ដាយស្លាប់ពេលសម្រាលកូនមាន១០នាក់កាលពីឆ្នាំ២០០៨។ នៅឆមាសទី១ ឆ្នាំ២០០៩មានចំនួន៨នាក់។ មូលហេតុនៃមរណភាពមានដូចជា ធ្លាក់ឈាមក្រឡាភ្លើង រំលូតកូន ជំងឺបេះដូង ជំងឺទាក់ទងដទៃទៀត...។ ក្នុងនោះទីកន្លែងគ្រោះថ្នាក់មាននៅតាមផ្ទះ តាមផ្លូវ និងនៅមូលដ្ឋានសុខាភិបាល។
លោកវេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត ឈុំ វណ្ណារិទ្ធិ ប្រធានមន្ទីរសុខាភិបាលខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ ប្រាប់រស្មីកម្ពុជាថា ពលរដ្ឋ(ស្ត្រី) នៅមានទម្លាប់សម្រាលកូននៅជិតផ្ទះដោយសេវាកម្មឆ្មបបុរាណ ព្រោះជិតការចំណាយថវិកាតិច បញ្ហាផ្លូវថ្នល់ និងមធ្យោបាយសេវាដឹកជញ្ជូន ជំនឿលើលទ្ធផលឆ្មបបុរាណសម្រាលកូន។ ឧទាហរណ៍ថា ក្នុងចំណោមភូមិ៦០០ភូមិក្នុងខេត្ត គឺក្នុង១ឆ្នាំៗមាននៅភូមិ៤១០ភូមិប៉ុណ្ណោះ ដែលមានមរណភាពមាតា និងទារកពេលសម្រាលកូន។ ហេតុនេះពលរដ្ឋមិនសូវមើលឃើញពីអត្រាគ្រោះថ្នាក់ និងមិនខ្លាចពីអត្រាស្លាប់នោះទេ។
លោកវេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត ឈុំ វណ្ណារិទ្ធិ និយាយបន្តថា ក្រសួងនិងខេត្តស្នើឲ្យបង្កើនចំនួនពេទ្យឆ្មបឲ្យច្រើននៅមណ្ឌល សុខភាព មន្ទីរពេទ្យបង្អែក និងអាចនៅតាមភូមិ ហើយពង្រាយ និងប្រើឲ្យចំគោលដៅ។ ត្រូវពង្រឹងការងារនេះ ព្រោះកន្លងមកទាំងកម្ពុជា និងដៃគូជំនួយបរទេសផ្ដោតខ្លាំងតែលើជំងឺឆ្លងមិនសូវផ្ដោតលើ អត្រាកំណើតទេ។ ការបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលបន្ថែមដល់ឆ្មបបុរាណ និងឲ្យពួកគេជាអ្នកជួយស្ត្រីសម្រាលកូនមកពេទ្យជាកត្តាចាំបាច់។
បើយោងតាមបទសម្ភាសន៍ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទាំងនៅប្រជុំជននិងជនបទ រស្មីកម្ពុជាទទួលបានថា ស្ត្រីត្រូវសម្រាលកូនមានជំនឿលើពេទ្យឆ្មបស្ទើរទាំងអស់ លើកលែងកត្តាចៀសពុំរួចខ្លះដែលត្រូវពឹងលើឆ្មបបុរាណតាមភូមិ។ ការពឹងពាក់គឺច្រើនតែមាននៅទីជនបទដាច់ស្រយាល ពិបាកមធ្យោបាយក្រីក្រ... និងការសម្រាលកូនមានឡើងពេលយប់ ឬកត្តាអាកាសធាតុមិនអំណោយផល។
គោលដៅទូទៅនិងចម្បងរបស់ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល និងរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា គឺធ្វើឲ្យប្រសើរឡើងនូវគុណភាពសេវាថែទាំសុខភាពមាតា និងកាត់បន្ថយអត្រាមរណភាពមាតានិងទារក ដែលមានកត្ដាជាច្រើន ។

ជីវិតអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍: នំកំពុងពង្រីកខ្លួនឲ្យធំជាងនាទ្បិ

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សុភាសិតខ្មែរ "នំមិនធំជាងនាឡិ" កំពុងឃ្លាតឆ្ងាយពីកម្ពុជាបន្តិចម្ដងៗហើយ។ សុភាសិតខ្មែរមួយនេះមានអាយុកាលតាំងពីរយូរយារណាស់មកហើយៗវា
បានបង្កប់នូវអត្ថន័យយ៉ាងច្បាស់ថា "ឪពុកម្ដាយគឺជាអ្នកមានសិទ្ធិសម្រេចលើការទុកដាក់កូនចៅទាំង ស្រុង"។ ប៉ុន្តែសម្រាប់ពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ន ជាពិសេសនៅទីក្រុងធំៗនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា មាតាបិតាមិនមានសិទ្ធិអំណាចពេញទំហឹងដូចកាលពីអតីតកាលទៀតឡើយ ក្នុងការជ្រើសរើសគូស្រករឲ្យបុត្រាបុត្រីរបស់ខ្លួន។
គ្រូស្រករវ័យក្មេងខ្មែរក្នុងសតវត្សរ៍ទី២១មួយចំនួនធំជាពិសេស នៅទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ បានសម្រេចរៀបការជាមួយគ្នាតាមការសម្រេចចិត្តរវាងគូស្នេហ៍ ទាំងពីរនាក់ ពោលគឺមិនមានកិច្ចអន្តរាគមន៍ច្រើនពីចាស់ទុំឡើយ។ និយាយបែបសាមញ្ញគូស្នេហ៍វ័យក្មេងទាំងពីរនាក់ស្រឡាញ់គ្នាមើល ចិត្តថ្លើមគ្នាអស់ចិត្តសិនទើបពួកគេណែនាំខ្លួនគេទាំងពីរនាក់ ទៅឲ្យឪពុកម្ដាយទាំងសងខាងជើង។
នេះគឺជាករណីអ្នកស្រី ណារី អាយុ២៦ឆ្នាំ ដែលរៀបការអស់រយៈពេល៣ឆ្នាំមកហើយ។ នាងណារី ជាបុគ្គលិករបស់ធនាគារឯកជនមួយនៅទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ ហើយស្វាមីរបស់អ្នកស្រីក៏ជាអ្នកធ្វើការនៅក្នុងធនាគារនោះដែរ។
គូភរិយាវ័យក្មេងទាំងពីរនាក់នេះចំណាយពេលពេញមួយឆ្នាំដើម្បី ស្គាល់ចិត្តគ្នា មុនពេលដែលពួកគេសម្រេចចិត្តចូលរោងការ។ ស្ត្រីកូនមួយរូបនេះបាននិយាយថា "ខ្ញុំចង់បានស្វាមីមួយដែលខ្ញុំជ្រើសរើសដោយខ្លួនឯង។ ខ្ញុំរើសដោយខ្លួនឯង ប្រសិនបើខុស ខ្ញុំជាអ្នកទទួលខុសត្រូវ។ ប៉ុន្តែបើឪពុកម្ដាយរើសឲ្យ ខ្ញុំប្រាកដជាមានអារម្មណ៍ទម្លាក់កំហុសទៅលើពួកគាត់។ អ្នកនាងណារីបាននិយាយបន្តទៀតថា នាងស្រឡាញ់ដោយខ្លួនឯងមែន ប៉ុន្តែនាងបានពិគ្រោះយោបល់យ៉ាងម៉ត់ចត់ជាមួយឪពុកម្ដាយ និងបងប្អូន មុននឹងឈានដល់ថ្ងៃរៀបការនោះ។ នាងបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ឪពុកម្ដាយរបស់នាងមិនជំទាស់និងសំណើរបស់នាងទេ។ អ្នកស្រីណារីបាននិយាយទាំងមោទនភាពថា "ខ្ញុំគិតថា បុរសដែលខ្ញុំរើសដោយខ្លួនឯងនេះ ពិតជាមិនខុសនោះទេ"។
កញ្ញាសុភាម្នាក់ទៀត មានអាយុ២៣ឆ្នាំក៏បានបង្ហាញទស្សនៈស្រដៀងគ្នាទៅនឹងអ្នកស្រី ណារីដែរ។ សុភានិយាយថា "ខ្ញុំត្រូវសម្រេចចិត្តរើសគូដោយខ្លួនឯង។ បើឪពុកម្ដាយរើសឲ្យហើយខ្ញុំមិនស្រឡាញ់នោះ ខ្ញុំមិនព្រមទេ"។ កញ្ញាមួយចំនួនទៀតដែលបានផ្ដល់បទសម្ភាសន៍បាននិយាយស្រដៀងៗគ្នាថា "ពួកគេត្រូវតែមើលងាយខ្លួនឯងជាមុនសិន មុននឹងណែនាំទៅដល់ឪពុកម្ដាយនោះ"។

នៅជនបទប្រពៃណីចាស់នៅដិតដាម ប៉ុន្តែនិន្នាការថ្មីកំពុងវាយលុក

បើផ្អែកលើនិន្នាការជាក់ស្ដែងគេសង្កេតឃើញជាទូទៅថា អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ដែលកើតឡើងដោយសារគូស្នេហ៍ផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនឯងបាននិង កំពុងរីកសាយភាយខ្លាំងនៅទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ និងទីប្រជុំជនធំៗនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្នុងមួយទសវត្សរ៍ចុងក្រោយ នេះ។ រីឯនៅជនបទវិញអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ភាគច្រើននៅតែរៀបចំដោយឪពុកម្ដាយដដែល។ ប៉ុន្តែនិន្នាការថ្មីនេះបានចាប់ផ្ដើមចាក់ឫសបន្តិចម្ដងៗនៅជនបទ ហើយ។
អ្នកស្រី អៀង អាយុ២៤ឆ្នាំ មានកូនពីរនាក់នៅក្នុងបន្ទុកបាននិយាយថា នាងរៀបការជាមួយបុរសនៅក្នុងភូមិតាមការណែនាំពីម្ដាយរបស់នាង។ នាងអៀងរស់នៅក្នុងខេត្តតាកែវ បាននិយាយរបៀបអៀនប្រៀនបន្តិចនៅចំពោះមុខម្ដាយរបស់នាងថា "ខ្ញុំសម្រេចចិត្តតែតាមម្ដាយរបស់ខ្ញុំប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ម្ដាយឲ្យខ្ញុំរៀបការជាមួយអ្នកណា ខ្ញុំរៀបការជាមួយអ្នកនោះ"។ រំពេចនោះម្ដាយរបស់នាងអៀងឆ្លើយបន្ទរមកថា "កូនចៅនៅជនបទវាធ្វើតែតាមឪពុកម្ដាយប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ខ្ញុំទុកដាក់ឲ្យនរណា វាធ្វើតាមខ្ញុំហើយ"។
ចំពោះយុវជនវិញ ពួកគេក៏ប្រតិបត្តិតាមចាស់ទុំភាគច្រើនដែរ ប៉ុន្តែពួកគេមានលក្ខខណ្ឌមួយចំពោះអាណាព្យាបាល។ លក្ខខណ្ឌនោះគឺឪពុកម្ដាយជាអ្នកណែនាំមែន ប៉ុន្តែត្រូវមានការយល់ព្រមពីសាមីខ្លួនដែរ។
លោកសម្បូរនៅក្នុងខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ បានបញ្ជាក់ថា "យើងធ្វើតាមឪពុកម្ដាយ ប៉ុន្តែយើងត្រូវពិនិត្យខ្លួនឯងដែរ"។
បុរសវ័យក្មេងម្នាក់ទៀតឈ្មោះ សុធា អាយុ២៦ឆ្នាំ ទើបមានកូនមួយនៅក្នុងបន្ទុក បាននិយាយថា អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍របស់គេត្រូវបានឪពុកម្ដាយជាអ្នករៀបចំទុកដាក់ និងចង្អុលបង្ហាញ។ មានដើមកំណើតនៅក្នុងខេត្តតាកែវ ប៉ុន្តែទើបមករស់នៅទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញបានជិតមួយឆ្នាំ លោកសុធា បាននិយាយថា គាត់សុខចិត្តឲ្យឪពុកម្ដាយជាអ្នកបង្ហាញផ្លូវជាការប្រសើរជាង ពីព្រោះឪពុកម្ដាយមានបទពិសោធន៍ជីវិតជ្រៅជ្រះល្អជាង។
លោក សុធា បាននិយាយរិះគន់ឥរិយាបថយុវជន និងយុវតីនៅទីក្រុងដែលស្រឡាញ់គ្នាមុនថា គឺជាការស្រឡាញ់លើតែសម្បកក្រៅតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ លោក ឃី កត់ សម្គាល់ថា "យុវជន និងយុវនារីមួយចំនួននៅទីក្រុងស្រឡាញ់គ្នាដោយពិនិត្យលើរូប សម្ផស្សច្រើនជាងអត្តចរិត"។
បើទោះបីជាអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ភាគច្រើនត្រូវបានផ្សំផ្គំដោយ ឪពុកម្ដាយក៏ដោយ ក៏និន្នាការជ្រើសរើសគូស្រករដោយខ្លួនបាននិងកំពុងរាលដាលដល់ជនបទ ដែរ។ ជាការពិត យុវជន យុវនារីនៅក្នុងស្រុកបាទី ខេត្តតាកែវ ភាគច្រើននៅតែគោរពការសម្រេចចិត្តរបស់ឪពុកម្ដាយក្នុងការរៀប អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍មែន ប៉ុន្តែសម្រាប់នារីមកធ្វើការនៅរោងចក្រ ភាគច្រើនពួកគេបានស្រឡាញ់គ្នាហើយ ទើបប្រាប់ឪពុកម្ដាយឲ្យរៀបការឲ្យ។
និន្នាការនំពង្រីកខ្លួនឲ្យធំជាងនាឡិ ត្រូវបានអ្នកអភិរក្សមួយចំនួនរិះគន់យ៉ាងខ្លាំង។ លោកមៀចប៉ុនទីប្រឹក្សានៃវិទ្យាស្ថានពុទ្ធសាសនបណ្ឌិត្យ បាននិយាយរំលឹកថា កាលពីដើមឡើយការរៀបចំទុកដាក់កូនចៅ ជាបន្ទុករបស់អាណាព្យាបាល ទាំងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ទាំងគូស្នេហ៍ ប៉ុន្តែបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ គូស្នេហ៍វ័យក្មេងដោយខ្លួនឯងទេជាអ្នកទទួលបន្ទុកបញ្ហានេះ ទាំងអស់។ លោកមៀច ប៉ុន អាយុ៧៨ឆ្នាំបាននិយាយថា កាលពីសង្គមចាស់ ឪពុកម្ដាយជាអ្នករៀបការឲ្យកូនចៅ។ ឥឡូវក្មេងៗស្រឡាញ់គ្នាជាមុន ទើបពួកគេណែនាំទៅឪពុកម្ដាយទាំងសងខាង។
លោកប៉ុននិយាយរបៀបចំអកថា "ឥឡូវនេះក្មេងៗខ្លះមិនទាំងសួរយោបល់ឪពុកម្ដាយរបស់ពួកគេផងពួក គេគ្រាន់តែជម្រាបប្រាប់ប៉ុណ្ណោះ"។ លោក ប៉ុន កត់សម្គាល់ថា ស្នេហារបស់យុវវ័យបច្ចុប្បន្នគឺជាស្នេហាដែលកើតចេញតាមរយៈសម្បក ក្រៅតែប៉ុណ្ណោះមានន័យថា ពួកគេមើលគ្នាតែសម្ផស្សក្រៅទេ រីឯស្នេហាកាលពីដើម គឺជាស្នេហាដែលកើតចេញពីការស៊ើបអង្កេតលើពូជពង្សវង្សត្រកូល យូរ។
តើស្នេហារបៀបជំនាន់ថ្មី និងស្នេហាជាន់ចាស់មួយណាល្អជាង?
លោក ប៉ុន និយាយភ្លាមថា ស្នេហារៀបចំដោយចាស់ទុំមានស្ថិរភាពយូរជាងស្នេហាកសាងដោយគូ ស្នេហ៍ខ្លួនឯង។ ហេតុផលទីមួយ គឺថាចាស់ទុំមានបទពិសោធន៍ច្រើនក្នុងរឿងស្នេហា ដែលអាចជួយជ្រើសរើសគូស្រករល្អសម្រាប់កូនចៅ និងម្យ៉ាងទៀតពួកគេយល់ដឹងពីបញ្ហាសង្គមច្រើន។
ចំពោះហេតុផលទីពីរវិញលោក ប៉ុន ពន្យល់ថា ស្នេហាបង្កើតដោយគូស្នេហ៍ត្រូវបានកសាងឡើងមុនពេលរៀបការជាច្រើន ឆ្នាំពេក ដូច្នេះស្នេហានេះអាចឆាប់នឿយណាយបន្ទាប់ពីរៀបការហើយ។ ចំណែកឯគូស្នេហារៀបចំដោយឪពុកម្ដាយ អាចមានស្ថិរភាពយូរ ពីព្រោះរយៈពេលស្នេហាទើបចាប់ផ្ដើមថ្ងៃរៀបការតែម្ដង។ លោកប៉ុន្តែបានអះអាងថា "គ្មានការសិក្សាពីអត្រានៃការលែងលះគ្នារវាងស្នេហាខុសគ្នា នេះទេ ប៉ុន្តែខ្ញុំជឿជាក់ថា ស្នេហាតាមរបៀបបុរាណលែងលះគ្នាតិចជាងស្នេហាសម័យទំនើប។
ប៉ុន្តែខាងយុវវ័យវិញយល់ថា វាជាការចាំបាច់ដែលពួកគេត្រូវយល់ចិត្តថ្លើមគ្នាជាមុនសិនមុន ពេលសម្រេចចូលរោងការ ពីព្រោះនេះគឺជាអនាគតវែងឆ្ងាយអស់មួយជីវិត។ យើងមិនអាចធ្វើការជ្រើសរើសគូស្រករតាមរយៈការចាប់ដាក់នោះឡើយ។
អ្នកស្រី ជា វណ្ណាត អតីត នាយិកា នៃមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សង្គម មិនជំទាស់ទៅនឹងនិន្នាការថ្មីនេះទេ ប៉ុន្តែអ្នកស្រីសំណូមពរឲ្យយុវជនជំនាន់ថ្មីត្រូវសម្រេចចិត្តជាមួយ នឹងការប្រកាន់ខ្ជាប់នូវសីលធម៌ សតិសម្បជញ្ញៈ និងការទទួលខុសត្រូវខ្ពស់។
កត្តាសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងវប្បធម៌បរទេសផ្លាស់ប្ដូរផ្នត់គំនិតយុវវ័យ ជំនាន់ថ្មី និន្នាការថ្មីនេះត្រូវបានយុវវ័យ និងគូស្រករវ័យក្មេងមួយចំនួនពន្យល់ថា គឺបណ្ដាលមកពីឥទ្ធិពលវប្បធម៌បរទេស។ យុវជន ម៉ង់ អាយុ២២ឆ្នាំបាននិយាយថា "ពួកយើងទទួលឥទ្ធិពលពីសង្គមខាងក្រៅតាមរយៈតួកុនបរទេសដែល សម្រេចចិត្តធ្វើអ្វីដោយខ្លួនឯងក្នុងនោះមានការជ្រើសរើសគូ ស្រករផងដែរ"។
អ្នកស្រី ជា វណ្ណាត អតីតិនាយិកា នៃមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សង្គម បានពន្យល់ថា និន្នាការថ្មីនេះ បណ្ដាលមកពីការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរនៃកត្តាសេដ្ឋកិច្ច សង្គមខ្មែរ និងការរីកចម្រើនផ្នែកបច្ចេកវិជ្ជា។ ទាក់ទងនឹងកត្តាសេដ្ឋកិច្ច អ្នកស្រី ជា វណ្ណាត ពន្យល់ថា ពីមុនកូនចៅទាំងអស់ ស្ថិតនៅក្រោមការគ្រប់គ្រងរបស់ឪពុកម្ដាយ ទាំងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ទាំងរបៀបរស់នៅ ប៉ុន្តែបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ កូនចៅកាន់តែច្រើនបានក្លាយជាអ្នកទទួលខុសត្រូវផ្នែកហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ដោយខ្លួនឯង ដូច្នេះពួកគេមានឥទ្ធិពលក្នុងការជ្រើសរើសគូដោយខ្លួនឯង។ តាមរយៈការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរនេះ អ្នកស្រីបានបញ្ជាក់ថា "តួនាទីឪពុកម្ដាយកាន់តែចុះខ្សោយជាងមុនក្នុងការសម្រេចចិត្តលើ បញ្ហាផ្សេងៗ ក្នុងការមានការជ្រើសរើសគូស្រករផងដែរ"។
ទាក់ទងទៅនឹងបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាវិញអ្នកស្រី វណ្ណាត បាននិយាយថា ដោយសារបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាជឿនលឿននេះ យុវជនអាចទំនាក់ទំនងគ្នាបានស្រួលជាងមុន។ ពីមុន យុវវ័យមិនងាយមានឱកាសកសាងស្នេហានោះទេ ពោលគឺពួកគេស្ថិតនៅក្រោមការឃ្លាំមើលរបស់អាណាព្យាបាល។
ស្នេហាគ្នាមុនអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ខុសសីលធម៌សង្គម
លោកយាយសុខ អាយុ៧៥ឆ្នាំនៅក្នុងខេត្តតាកែវ បាននិយាយរិះគន់ការស្រឡាញ់គ្នាមុនថា គឺជាទង្វើខុសនឹងសីលធម៌ ហើយអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍របៀបនេះមិនសូវមានសុភមង្គលយូរអង្វែងទេ។ លោកយាយសង្កេតថា "ស្នេហាមុនពេលរៀបអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ ហើយបើពួកគេផ្ដេសផ្ដាសជាមួយគ្នាទៀតនោះ អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍នោះច្រើនតែមិនបានសេចក្ដីសុខ និងច្រើនតែលែងលះគ្នា"។
បើយោងតាមអបិយជំនឿ ចាស់ទុំដែលចែកឋានទៅ ទាំងខាងឪពុក និងខាងម្ដាយមិនពេញចិត្តទេ នៅពេលដែលដឹងថា កូនចៅស្រឡាញ់គ្នា ហើយប្រព្រឹត្តអំពើផ្ដេសផ្ដាសជាមួយគ្នាមុនពេលរៀបអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍នោះ។
ប៉ុន្តែនិន្នាការពិភពលោកពិសេសនៅក្នុងប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍មនុស្ស ដែលពេញវ័យ មានចំណូលចិត្តជ្រើសរើសគូស្រករដោយខ្លួនឯង។ ភាគច្រើនស្រឡាញ់គ្នាមុនពេលឈានដល់អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ពិតប្រាកដ។ មនុស្សកាន់តែមានបំណងធ្វើការសម្រេចកំណត់អនាគតដោយខ្លួនឯង នៅពេលដែលពួកគេមានភាពរឹងមាំខាងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ។ អ្វីដែលយើងគួរយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ដែរនោះ នៅប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ទាំងនោះដូចជានៅជប៉ុន កូរ៉េខាងត្បូង អាមេរិក និងអាល្លឺម៉ង់ជាដើមអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍របស់ពួកគេដល់ទៅរង្វង់៥០ភាគរយ ឯណោះបានលែងលះគ្នាទៅវិញ។
ដូច្នេះនៅកម្ពុជា តើករណីលែងលះគ្នានឹងរឹតតែកើតឡើងដែរទេ នៅពេលដែលយុវជន និងយុវតីរបស់យើងកាន់តែច្រើនបានជ្រើសរើសយកវិធីថ្មីមួយនៅក្នុង ការយកប្ដី ឬប្រពន្ធដោយបញ្ចប់អ្វីដែលហៅថា "នំមិនធំជាងនាឡិ?"
ពេលវេលានឹងអាចប្រាប់យុវជន និងយុវតីរបស់យើងឲ្យធ្វើការជ្រើសរើសស្វាមី ឬភរិយាដែលពួកគេអាចរស់នៅជាមួយគ្នាដល់ចាស់កោងខ្នង។ វានឹងគ្មានអ្វី ជាកំហុសឆ្គងឡើយនៅក្នុងការដើរតាមទ្រឹស្ដីនំមិនធំជាងនាឡិ ឬនំធំជាងនាឡិ។ អ្វីសំខាន់បំផុតនោះ គឺពួកគេត្រូវឆ្លាតវៃនៅក្នុងការសម្រេចចិត្តដើម្បីរកមិត្តមួយ រយឆ្នាំដែលអាចកសាងគ្រួសារតូចមួយជាមួយគ្នា ដោយអាចរស់នៅក្នុងភាពថ្លៃថ្នូរនៅក្នុងសង្គម។
អ្វីដែលគេត្រូវប្រយ័ត្ននោះ គឺមិនត្រូវធ្វើឲ្យប្រវត្តិនៃអត្រាលែងលះគ្នាដ៏គួរឲ្យខ្លាច នៅប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ចូលមកសណ្ឋិតនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដោយធ្វើឲ្យកុមារជាច្រើនកំព្រាឪពុក ឬម្ដាយ ឬក៏រស់នៅដោយមានឪពុក ឬម្ដាយដែលមិនមែនជាឪពុកម្ដាយបង្កើតរបស់ខ្លួន។ ការស្រាវជ្រាវបង្ហាញកុមារដែលរស់នៅជាមួយទាំងឪពុកនិងម្ដាយបង្កើត របស់ខ្លួន ឆ្លាតជាងកុមារដែលមិនបានរស់នៅជាមួយទាំងឪពុកនិងម្ដាយបង្កើត៕

ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាលត្រៀមចែកខិត្តប័ណ្ណ៥សែនសន្លឹក ផ្សព្វផ្សាយជំងឺ A/H1N1

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លោក ម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង លើកបង្ហាញលិខិត្តប័ណ្ណផ្សព្វផ្សាយពីវិធីការពារជំងឺគ្រុនផ្ដាសាយថ្មីភ្នំពេញ៖ លោក ម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល បានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា ក្រសួងនឹងចែកខិត្តប័ណ្ណចំនួន៥ សែនសន្លឹកជូនដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលមកចូលរួមទស្សនាក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យ អុំទូក បណ្ដែតប្រទីប និងសំពះខែ នៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនាថ្ងៃទី០១-០៣ខែវិច្ឆិកាឆ្នាំ២០០៩
ដើម្បីបន្ត និងជំរុញផ្សព្វផ្សាយនៃការការពារ ឆ្លងជំងឺគ្រុនផ្ដាសាយថ្មីប្រភេទ A/H1N1។

លោករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង បានបន្តទៀតថា "ការចែកខិត្តប័ណ្ណផ្សព្វផ្សាយដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់នៃការឆ្លងវីរុស A/H1N1នៅក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូក ក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ខាងមុខនេះ បន្ទាប់ពីវីរុសនេះបានចម្លងដល់ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា និងជនបរទេសមួយចំនួនដែលមកកម្ពុជា រហូតទៅដល់១៣៣ករណី ហើយធ្វើឲ្យពលរដ្ឋកម្ពុជាស្លាប់បាត់បង់ជីវិតចំនួន៣នាក់"។
លោកម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង បានបញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា "នៅក្នុងខិត្តប័ណ្ណផ្សព្វផ្សាយទាំងនេះ គឺបានបង្ហាញនូវសារមួយចំនួន ដើម្បីឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលចូលរួមក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូកដឹងពីការ ឆ្លងនៃជំងឺគ្រុនផ្ដាសាយ A/H1N1 និងដឹងពីវិធីការពារនៃជំងឺនេះ រួមទាំងការព្យាបាលនៅផ្ទះហើយចំពោះជនណាដែលសង្ស័យ ត្រូវតែសម្រាកនៅផ្ទះ លេបថ្នាំ និងហូបទឹកឲ្យបានច្រើនសម្រាប់ការព្យាបាល"។
លោករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង បានបន្ថែមថា កម្ពុជាមានការព្រួយបារម្ភនៃការឆ្លងពីវីរុស A/H1N1 នៅក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូកខាងមុខនេះ ប៉ុន្តែយើងត្រូវតែអប់រំប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅពេលនេះ ដើម្បីការពារពួកគេពីជំងឺនេះ។
បច្ចុប្បន្ននេះវីរុស A/H1N1 បានកំពុងរីករាលដាលនៅតាមសហគមន៍ជាច្រើន ប៉ុន្តែដំណើរនៃការឆ្លងនៃវីរុសនេះ គឺមានកម្រិតយឺតនៅឡើយ ដោយសារតែរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល ក៏ដូចជាស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធទាំងអស់ មានវិធីការពារទាន់ពេលវេលា។
នៅក្នុងសន្និសីទសារព័ត៌មាន នៅក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល កាលពីរសៀលថ្ងៃច័ន្ទម្សិលមិញ លោករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង បានបញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា "ឥឡូវនេះកម្ពុជាមានថ្នាំប្រភេទ Famiflu ចំនួន៣៣០.០០០គ្រាប់ នៅក្នុងស្ដុកដើម្បីព្យាបាលនូវករណី៣ដែលធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ"។
បើតាមការបញ្ជាក់របស់រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល ម៉ម ប៊ុនហេង បានឲ្យដឹងទៀតថា កម្ពុជាមានការព្រួយបារម្ភអំពីករណីឆ្លងនៃវីរុស A/H1N1 នៅចុងឆ្នាំ២០០៩នេះ ដោយសារតែពលរដ្ឋភាគច្រើនងាយទទួលរងគ្រោះជំងឺគ្រុនផ្ដាសាយ ប៉ុន្តែវេជ្ជបណ្ឌិតនឹងធ្វើដំណើរជាទៀងទាត់ទៅកាន់តាមតំបន់ដើម្បី ទៅយកគំរូពីជនដែលសង្ស័យទូទាំងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាការពិនិត្យស្វែងរក នូវវីរុសនេះ។
ជំងឺគ្រុនផ្ដាសាយថ្មី A/H1N1 បានចាប់ផ្ដើមជាលើកដំបូង កាលពីពាក់កណ្ដាលខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ ដែលផ្ទុះឡើងនៅក្នុងប្រទេសមិចស៊ីកូ ហើយជំងឺនេះបានរីករាលដាលឆ្លងនៅក្នុងល្បឿនមួយយ៉ាងលឿងដល់ប្រទេស ជាច្រើនទៀតនៅក្នុងពិភពលោក រួមទាំងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាផងដែរ ដែលបានបញ្ជាក់ពីករណីនេះជាលើកដំបូង នៅថ្ងៃទី២៤ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ ដែលបានកើតទៅលើ" និស្សិតស្រីអាមេរិកាំង អាយុ១៦ឆ្នាំម្នាក់ ខណៈដែលនិស្សិតនេះចុះកម្មសិក្សាមកប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ក្នុងចំណោមពួកគេនោះ។
ការស្លាប់ដោយសារវីរុស A/H1N1 នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជាជាលើកដំបូង ក្នុងចំណោម៣ករណី បានកើតឡើងកាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៧ ខែកញ្ញា កើតទៅលើស្ត្រីឈ្មោះ អេង ហេង អាយុ៤១ឆ្នាំ រស់នៅខណ្ឌចំការមន រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ។ បន្ទាប់ពីករណីទី១បានស្លាប់ដោយសារជំងឺនេះ រំលងរយៈពេលតែមួយសប្ដាហ៍ប៉ុណ្ណោះ ករណីទី២ និងទី៣ បានកើនឡើងជាបន្តបន្ទាប់គ្នា កាលពីថ្ងៃទី០៥-០៦ ខែតុលា ដែលករណីទី៣ បានកើតទៅលើស្ត្រីអាយុ២៥ឆ្នាំ ឈ្មោះ ឌុប សុគន្ធា បន្ទាប់ពីជនរងគ្រោះរូបនេះ ត្រូវបានវះកាត់យកទារកចេញពីក្នុងផ្ទៃ ហើយដោយសារស្ថានភាពជំងឺធ្ងន់ធ្ងរពេក ទើបធ្វើឲ្យក្រុមវេជ្ជបណ្ឌិតនៃមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែតជួយសង្គ្រោះ បន្ទាន់។
បន្ទាប់ពីជំងឺនោះបានផ្ទុះឡើងនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ប្រមុខដឹកនាំ និងមន្ត្រីក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល រួមស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធទាំងអស់បានប្រកាស និងចាត់វិធានការភ្លាមៗដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់នូវការរីករាលដាលឆ្លង ដូចជា ការបំពាក់ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រួតពិនិត្យកំដៅដោយស្វ័យប្រវត្តិ ដែលឧបត្ថម្ភដោយរដ្ឋាភិបាលសិង្ហបុរីនៅតាមច្រកចេញ-ចូល និងព្រលានយន្តហោះក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។
ប្រភពពីទីភ្នាក់ងារស៊ិនហួរបានឲ្យដឹងថា កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ អង្គការសុខភាពពិភពលោក WHO បានប្រកាសថា យ៉ាងហោចណាស់មានមនុស្ស ៤៥២៥នាក់ បានស្លាប់ដោយសារជំងឺប្រភេទថ្មី A/H1N1 នេះហើយយ៉ាងហោចណាស់មានមនុស្ស ៣៧៨.២២៣នាក់ បានផ្ទុកនូវជំងឺនេះ។
ទីភ្នាក់ងារស៊ីនហួរបានឲ្យដឹងទៀតថា ក្នុងចំណោមអ្នកស្លាប់ជាង ៤.០០០នាក់នេះគឺ ៣.២៩២នាក់ បានស្លាប់នៅក្នុងទ្វីបអាមេរិក ៤៨០នាក់ បានស្លាប់នៅអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ និង៤១០នាក់ នៅក្នុងប្រទេសប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក ភាគខាងលិច៕

គ.ជ.ប បង្ហាញលទ្ធផលបណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៃការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត

2009-10-14T12:23:00.000-07:00

លោក ស្រីស៊ិន ជុំបូ អនុប្រធានគ.ជ.បនិងលោកទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការគ.ជ.ប បានជួបប្រជុំជាមួយតំណាងគណបក្សនយោបាយអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាល ទាក់ទងទៅនឹងការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីភ្នំពេញ៖ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បានបង្ហាញកាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១៣ ខែតុលានេះ
ក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំមួយជាមួយតំណាងគណបក្សនយោបាយ និងអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលជាតិ-អន្តរជាតិ អំពីលទ្ធផលបណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៃការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត ដោយគិតចាប់តាំងពីថ្ងៃទី១ ដល់ថ្ងៃទី១០ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ នេះថា បានចំនួន៩៥.៤៤៦នាក់ ដែលលទ្ធផលនេះបានទទួលពីឃុំសង្កាត់ចំនួន ១.៥២៦ក្នុងចំណោមឃុំសង្កាត់ទាំង ១.៦២១ទូទាំងប្រទេស។

ខណៈនេះដែរ គ.ជ.ប ក៏បង្ហាញថា ការកែតម្រូវឈ្មោះបានចំនួន ១៦.៣៩៨នាក់ និងលុបឈ្មោះចេញពីបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោត ដោយសារអ្នកបោះឆ្នោតបានស្លាប់ ត្រូវដកសិទ្ធិ និងផ្លាស់ទីលំនៅចេញ សរុបចំនួន ៣៣.១៤៤នាក់។
តាមតារាងស្ថិតិប្រជាពលរដ្ឋប៉ាន់ស្មានបានបង្ហាញឲ្យដឹងថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋអាយុ១៨ឆ្នាំឡើង មានចំនួន ៨.៤០០.៤៤៨នាក់ ក្នុងនោះស្រីចំនួន ៤.៣៩៤.៦៦៧នាក់ ហើយចំនួនប៉ាន់ស្មានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលត្រូវចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតមាន ចំនួន៣៥១.៨៦២នាក់។
លោក ទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការ គ.ជ.ប បានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា ការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំនេះ នៅថ្ងៃដំបូងនៃការចាប់ផ្ដើមចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត មានឃុំសង្កាត់មួយចំនួន បានរងនូវខ្យល់ព្យុះ និងជន់លិចដោយទឹកជំនន់ មិនអាចដំណើរការចុះឈ្មោះបានតាមប្រតិទិន។ ហើយចូលដល់សប្ដាហ៍ទី២ គ្រោះធម្មជាតិនេះបានរាលដាលដល់ឃុំសង្កាត់នៃខេត្តមួយចំនួនទៀត។ ទោះយ៉ាងនេះក្ដី គ.ជ.ប អាជ្ញាធរដែនដី ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា និងស្មៀនឃុំសង្កាត់ បានជំរុញការងារចុះឈ្មោះនេះនៅតាមទីតាំងដែលមានសុវត្ថិភាព។
ទន្ទឹមនឹងការយកចិត្តទុកដាក់បង្កើនការផ្សព្វផ្សាយអញ្ជើញ ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋឲ្យទៅពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតឲ្យបានទាន់ពេលវេលានោះ លោក ទេព នីថា បានបញ្ជាក់ថា គ.ជ.ប ក៏កំពុងពិនិត្យមើលទៅលើឃុំសង្កាត់ដែលរងគ្រោះ ដើម្បីបន្ថែមរយៈពេលចុះឈ្មោះតាមសភាពជាក់ស្ដែង។
នៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំនេះដែរ លោកស្រី ស៊ិន ជុំបូ អនុប្រធាន គ.ជ.ប បានមានប្រសាសន៍ទាក់ទងទៅនឹងការងារសង្កេតការណ៍ថា ការងាររបស់ គ.ជ.ប គឺធ្វើយ៉ាងណាឲ្យមានការបោះឆ្នោតដោយសេរី និងត្រឹមត្រូវយុត្តិធម៌។ ដូច្នេះនៅក្នុងនោះដែរ ការសង្កេតការណ៍ក៏ត្រូវតែធ្វើដោយសេរី និងយុត្តិធម៌ដើម្បីឲ្យការងារបោះឆ្នោតមានលក្ខណៈគ្រប់គ្រាន់។ ហើយរៀងរាល់ពេលបោះឆ្នោត យើងតែងមានអ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិចូលរួម។ ចំពោះការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ២០០៩នេះ គឺគ.ជ.ប បានផ្ដល់ការអនុញ្ញាតដល់អង្គការចំនួន៤ និងគណបក្សនយោបាយចំនួន៥ ដែលបានដាក់តំណាង និងអ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ដើម្បីចូលរួមសង្កេតការណ៍មើលដំណើរការពិនិត្យ បញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត គឺអង្គការគ្រួសារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កសិកម្ម អង្គការខុមហ្វ្រែលអង្គការលើកស្ទួយសុខុមាលភាពជនក្រីក្រ សមាគមស្ត្រីសម្រាប់អភិវឌ្ឍន៍សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ឧស្សាហកម្ម កសិកម្ម។ រីឯ គណបក្សនយោបាយទាំង៥នោះ មានគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា គណបក្សសមរង្ស៊ី គណបក្សជាតិនិយម គណបក្សហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច និងគណបក្សសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស។
ជាមួយគ្នានេះ លោកស្រី ស៊ិន ជុំបូ បាននិយាយលើកសរសើរថា ទោះបីជាអង្គការខុមហ្វ្រែល បានមកចុះឈ្មោះសុំសង្កេតការណ៍យឺតយ៉ាវក៏ដោយ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែអង្គការនេះបានចុះទៅពិនិត្យតាមរបៀបសម្ភាសន៍ ហើយបានធ្វើអនុសាសន៍មកដល់ គ.ជ.ប កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៧ខែតុលានេះ។ លោកស្រីបានបញ្ចេញមតិផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនថា ការចុះទៅសង្កេតការណ៍របៀបនេះ គឺហាក់ដូចជាពុំមានទម្ងន់ ព្រោះថា វាពុំមានលក្ខណៈយុត្តិធម៌។ លោកស្រីបានលើកឡើងថា ការសម្ភាសន៍ គឺអ្នកឆ្លើយទៅតាមមនោសញ្ចេតនារបស់ខ្លួន។ តែអ្វីដែលយើងឃើញផ្ទាល់នៅនឹងកន្លែង វាមានសភាពសុក្រឹត្យជាង។ លោកស្រីបញ្ជាក់ដែរថា អនុសាសន៍របស់អង្គការខុមហ្វ្រែលនោះ ហាក់ដូចជាដើរក្រោយការងាររបស់ គ.ជ.ប មួយជំហាន។
ក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំនេះ គ.ជ.ប ក៏បានបញ្ជាក់ដែរថា ការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ២០០៩នេះ ដែលប្រព្រឹត្តទៅនៅតាមសាលាឃុំសង្កាត់ទូទាំងប្រទេស ចាប់ផ្ដើមពីថ្ងៃទី១ តុលាមកនោះ នឹងត្រូវបញ្ចប់នៅថ្ងៃទី២០ តុលាមកនោះ នឹងត្រូវបញ្ចប់នៅថ្ងៃទី២០ខែតុលាខាងមុខនេះ។ ដូច្នេះកិច្ចប្រជុំក៏បានផ្សព្វផ្សាយអំពីការត្រៀមលក្ខណៈក្នុង ការប្ដឹងតវ៉ាការដោះស្រាយបណ្ដឹងនៅក្នុងអំឡុងពេលពិនិត្យបញ្ជី ឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតជាបន្តទៀតមុនពេល ដែលលទ្ធផលផ្លូវការនៃការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតប្រចាំឆ្នាំ២០០៩ នេះត្រូវបានប្រកាសសុពលភាពនោះ៕

កម្ពុជានឹងមានរោងចក្រអគ្គិសនីប្រើថាមពលនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ

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ភ្នំពេញ៖ លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ទៀ បាញ់ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការងារជាតិ បានប្រកាសកាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃអង្គារទី១៣ តុលា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ថា
នាពេលខាងមុខបន្តិចទៀតនេះ កម្ពុជានឹងមានរោងចក្រអគ្គិសនីប្រើដោយថាមពលនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ។
ការលើកឡើងបែបនេះ ត្រូវបានលោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ទៀ បាញ់ ថ្លែងនៅក្នុងអង្គប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភា ក្នុងពេលដែលលោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីមកការពារសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ ស្ដីពីការហាមឃាត់អាវុធគីមី អាវុធនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ អាវុធជីវសាស្ត្រ និងអាវុធវិទ្យុសកម្ម។
ដោយទទួលស្គាល់ពីវិនាសសកម្មនៃការផ្ទុះរោងចក្រអគ្គិសនីប្រើ ថាមពលនុយក្លេអ៊ែរនៅប្រទេសរុស្ស៊ី កាលពីពេលកន្លងមក លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ទៀ បាញ់ បានពន្យល់អង្គប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភាថា ថាមពលបរមាណូ (នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ) មានផលប្រយោជន៍សំខាន់ណាស់ សម្រាប់បម្រើឲ្យគោលដៅសន្តិភាព ដោយវាបង្កើតថាមពលអគ្គិសនី ដើម្បីឲ្យប្រទេសអភិវឌ្ឍន៍បានយ៉ាងខ្លាំងក្លា។ កន្លងមករោងចក្រអគ្គិសនីប្រើថាមពលនុយក្លេអ៊ែរនៅសហភាពសូវៀតត្រូវ បានផ្ទុះ ហើយរីកសាយភាយវិទ្យុសកម្ម បានបំផ្លិចបំផ្លាញអាយុជីវិតមនុស្ស។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែឆ្លងកាត់បទពិសោធន៍នោះ គេបានអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ខ្លាំងក្លាក្នុងការប្រើប្រាស់ថាមពលបរមាណូ។ បច្ចុប្បន្ន (ថាមពលបរមាណូ) គេប្រៀបដូចជាធុងអាគុយមួយ ដែលអាចយកមកដំឡើងទៅចាំរោងចក្រអគ្គិសនីដោយមានការគ្រប់គ្រងល្អ សម្រាប់គោលដៅសន្តិភាព និងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ប្រទេស។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែលោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីទៀ បាញ់ មិនបានផ្ដល់ព័ត៌មានលម្អិតអំពីគម្រោងបង្កើតរោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី ប្រើប្រាស់សារធាតុនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ នៅកម្ពុជានាពេលខាងមុខនោះឡើយ។
ទោះជាយ៉ាងណា ក្នុងអង្គប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភា កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃអង្គារម្សិលមិញបានចាប់ផ្ដើមពិនិត្យ និងអនុម័តលើសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ ស្ដីពីការហាមឃាត់អាវុធគីមី អាវុធនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ អាវុធជីវសាស្ត្រ និងអាវុធវិទ្យុសកម្ម។
ជាសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ ដែលលោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីអះអាងថា មានគោលដៅហាមឃាត់ជាដាច់ខាតនូវ ការផលិតការកែច្នៃ ការទទួល ការផ្ទេរ ការរក្សាទុក ការដឹកជញ្ជូន និងការប្រើប្រាស់អាវុធគីមី អាវុធនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ អាវុធជីវសាស្ត្រ អាវុធវិទ្យុសកម្ម និងសារធាតុគីមី ដែលទាក់ទងនឹងការផលិតអាវុធទាំងនេះនៅក្នុងព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា។
លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ទៀ បាញ់ បានបន្ថែមថា ច្បាប់នេះក៏មានបំណងធានាសន្តិសុខ សណ្ដាប់ធ្នាប់ សាធារណៈ ការពារបរិស្ថាន សុខុមាលភាពរបស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ព្រមទាំងរួមចំណែកការពារសន្តិសុខ និងសន្តិភាពក្នុងតំបន់និងពិភពលោក។
ក្នុងសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ដែលមាន១៣ជំពូក និង៣២មាត្រានោះ បានកំណត់ពីការបង្កើតអាជ្ញាធរជាតិទប់ស្កាត់អាវុធគីមី ដែលមានរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារជាតិប្រធាន និងមានការចូលរួមពីអន្តរក្រសួង រួមមានក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ ការពារជាតិ មហាផ្ទៃ សុខាភិបាល ឧស្សាហកម្ម និងក្រសួងកសិកម្មជាដើម។
សេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ហាមឃាត់អាវុធគីមី ក៏បានកំណត់ពីទោសប្បញ្ញត្តិដោយត្រូវផ្ដន្ទាទោសជនល្មើសដាក់ ពន្ធនាគារពី២០ឆ្នាំទៅ៣០ឆ្នាំ ឬអស់មួយជីវិត ចំពោះបុគ្គលណា ដែលផលិតកែច្នៃទទួលផ្ទេររក្សាទុក ដឹកជញ្ជូនឆ្លងកាត់ ឬប្រើប្រាស់ដោយចេតនានូវអាវុធគីមី អាវុធនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ អាវុធជីវសាស្ត្រ និងអាវុធវិទ្យុសកម្ម។
ក្រៅពីនេះ បុគ្គលដែលផលិតទិញ លក់ កាន់កាប់ កែច្នៃ ទទួល ផ្ទេររក្សាទុកដឹកជញ្ជូនឆ្លងកាត់ ឬប្រើប្រាស់សារធាតុគីមី ដែលយកទៅប្រើក្នុងវិស័យសុខាភិបាល ឧស្សាហកម្ម រ៉ៃ ថាមពល កសិកម្ម និងការស្រាវជ្រាវក្នុងគោលដៅសន្តិភាពផ្សេងទៀតដោយគ្មានលិខិត អនុញ្ញាតពីក្រសួង ឬស្ថាប័នមានសមត្ថកិច្ចត្រូវពិន័យអន្តរកាលជាប្រាក់ពី២០លានរៀល ទៅ៥០លានរៀល។
សេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ហាមឃាត់អាវុធគីមីថ្មីនេះ បានអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យមានការប្រើប្រាស់សារធាតុគីមី នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ ជីវសាស្ត្រ និងសារធាតុវិទ្យុសកម្ម ដែលត្រូវយកទៅប្រើប្រាស់ក្នុងវិស័យសុខាភិបាល ឧស្សាហកម្មរ៉ែ ថាមពល កសិកម្ម ការស្រាវជ្រាវ និងគោលដៅសន្តិភាពផ្សេងទៀត ដែលមានការអនុញ្ញាតពីក្រសួងស្ថាប័នមានសមត្ថកិច្ច។
អង្គប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភា កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃអង្គារម្សិលមិញបានពិនិត្យ និងអនុម័តអង្គារម្សិលមិញបានពិនិត្យ និងអនុម័តលើសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ហាមឃាត់អាវុធប្រល័យលោកបាន១៧ មាត្រា។ រដ្ឋសភានឹងពិនិត្យ និងអនុម័តលើខ្លឹមសាររួមនៃសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់នេះ នៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃពុធទី១៤ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩៕

UNIFEM នឹងរៀបចំកិច្ចប្រជុំផ្សព្វផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍ស្ដីពីវឌ្ឍនភាពរបស់ស្ត្រីពិភពលោក

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UNIFEM នឹងរៀបចំកិច្ចប្រជុំផ្សព្វផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍ស្ដីពីវឌ្ឍនភាពរបស់ស្ត្រីពិភពលោក
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ភ្នំពេញ ឆ្នាំ ២០០៩ កិច្ចប្រជុំផ្សព្វផ្សាយឯកសារ វឌ្ឍនភាពរបស់ស្ត្រីពិភពលោក ឆ្នាំ ២០០៨/២០០៩ នរណាផ្ដល់ចម្លើយដល់ស្ត្រី? យេនឌ័រ និងគណនេយ្យភាព របស់មូលនិធិសហប្រជាជាតិដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ (UNIFEM) ធ្វើឡើងក្រោមអធិបតីភាពរបស់លោកជំទាវបណ្ឌិត ម៉ែន សំអន ឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីប្រចាំការី នៅសណ្ឋាគារភ្នំពេញ ថ្ងៃទី ១៥ ខែ តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០០៩។

ឯកសាររបាយការណ៍នេះនឹងបង្ហាញពីទិន្នន័យថ្មីៗ ដែលជាភស្តុតាងបង្ហាញថាការផ្ដល់ភាពអង់អាចដល់ស្ត្រី និងសមភាពយេនឌ័រ គឺជាកំលាំងចលករក្នុងការកាត់បន្ថយភាពក្រីក្រ បង្កើនសន្តិសុខស្បៀង កាត់បន្ថយអត្រាស្លាប់របស់មាតា ពង្រឹងប្រព័ន្ធយុត្តិធម៌ និងការលើកកម្ពស់ប្រសិទ្ធិភាពនៃជំនួយ។ គណនេយ្យភាពចំពោះស្ត្រីចាប់ផ្ដើមឡើងពីការបង្កើនចំនួនស្ត្រីជា តំណាងនៅក្នុងតួនាទីធ្វើសេចក្ដីសម្រេច រហូតដល់ការទទួលបានព័ត៌មាន និងការពន្យល់បកស្រាយពីអ្នកធ្វើសេចក្ដីសម្រេច។ លើសពីនេះ ត្រូវមានការចូលរួមរបស់ស្ត្រីក្នុងដំណើរការត្រួតពិនិត្យលើការងារ ផ្សេងៗ ហើយការលើកកម្ពស់សិទ្ធិស្ត្រី គឺជានិយមដ៏សំខាន់មួយសម្រាប់ប៉ាន់ប្រមាណការអនុវត្តការងាររបស់ មន្ត្រីសាធារណៈ។

រួមជាមួយរបាយការណ៍នេះ UNIFEM នឹងធ្វើការផ្សព្វផ្សាយឯកសារមួយផ្សេងទៀតផងដែរគឺ "ការ ធ្វើអោយគោលដៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហស្សវត្សរ៍សម្រេចបានសម្រាប់ទាំងអស់គ្នា យុទ្ធវិធីផ្អែកលើសិទ្ធិដែលឆ្លើយតបយេនឌ័រ ដើម្បីឈានទៅសម្រេចគោលដៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហស្សវត្សរ៍"។ របាយការណ៍នេះនឹងចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាខ្មែរ និងអង់គ្លេសសម្រាប់អ្នកធ្វើគោលនយោបាយប្រើប្រាស់ក្នុងការ ត្រួតពិនិត្យ និងការសរសេររបាយការណ៍។ ឯកសារទាំងពីរនេះ គឺជាធនធានដ៏មានសារប្រយោជន៍សម្រាប់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ជួយដល់ការធ្វើអោយប្រសើរឡើងនូវដំណើរការណ៍ដើម្បីសម្រេចបាននូវ ចំណុចដៅយេនឌ័រ ដែលដាក់នៅក្នុងគោលដៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហស្សវត្សរ៍។

កិច្ចប្រជុំផ្សព្វផ្សាយនេះ មានការចូលរួមយោបល់ពីវាគ្មិនសំខាន់ៗមកពីវិស័យអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ផ្សេងៗ និងឆ្លើយសំណួរលើវិធានការណ៍ទាំងឡាយដែលធ្វើឡើងដោយអង្គការរបស់ ខ្លួន ក្នុងការធានាអោយមានគណនេយ្យភាពចំពោះស្ត្រី។ វាគ្មិនទាំងនេះ មាន:

-លោកជំទាវ វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត អ៊ឹង កន្ថាផាវី រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារី នឹងបង្ហាញពីតួនាទីរបស់ក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារីដែលជាយន្តការជាតិមួយ សម្រាប់អនុវត្តគោលនយោបាយសមភាពយេនឌ័ររបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាល និងយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រនានារបស់ក្រសួង សម្រាប់ធ្វើការបញ្ជ្រាបយេនឌ័រទៅក្នុងគោលនយោបាយជាតិ/កម្មវិធីតាម វិស័យ និងកម្មវិធី កំណែទម្រង់ជាតិនានាដើម្បីធានាថាសិទ្ធិ និងបញ្ហារបស់ស្ត្រី ត្រូវបានគេគោរព និងដោះស្រាយ។ លោកជំទាវនឹងបញ្ជាក់ពីសេចក្ដីត្រូវការចាំបាច់ឱ្យមានការ ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរឥរិយាបថ ដើម្បីផ្ដល់ភាពអង់អាចដល់ស្ត្រី និងភាពរីកចម្រើនទៅមុខរបស់សង្គម។

-លោកស្រី Soccoro Reyes ប្រធានផ្នែក សម្រាប់តំបន់អាស៊ីប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក និងរដ្ឋអារ៉ាប់ នៃ UNIFEM នឹងមានប្រសាសន៍ពីសមិទ្ធិផលថ្មីៗរបស់គោលដៅ អភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហស្សវត្សរ៍ ទាំងនៅក្នុងបរិបទសកល និងកម្ពុជា។

-លោក Douglas Broderick អ្នកសម្របសម្រួលប្រព័ន្ធអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិប្រចាំកម្ពុជា នឹងថ្លែងពីវិធានការថ្មីៗដែលប្រព័ន្ធសហប្រជាជាតិបានអនុម័ត ដើម្បីធានាអោយមានគណនេយ្យភាពចំពោះបញ្ហាសមភាពយេនឌ័រ។

-លោក Lachlan Pontifex ប្រធានភារៈធារីភ្នាក់ងារអូស្ត្រាលីដើម្បីការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អន្តរជាតិ (AusAID) នឹងធ្វើការពន្យល់បកស្រាយពីគណនេយ្យភាពរបស់ដៃគូអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ចំពោះ សមភាពយេនឌ័រ ដោយលើកយកការងារដែលកំពុងអនុវត្តរបស់ AusAID ធ្វើជាឧទាហរណ៍។

-លោកស្រី ប៉ុក ណណ្ណដា នាយិកា អង្គការចម្រើនស្ត្រី នឹងធ្វើការពិភាក្សាទៅលើការចូលរួមរបស់ស្ត្រីក្នុងឆាកនយោបាយ និង តួនាទីរបស់សង្គមស៊ីវិលក្នុងការទាមទារអោយមានគណនេយ្យភាព និងការត្រួតពិនិត្យលើការអនុវត្ត និងផែនការសកម្មភាពរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាល។

-លោកស្រី Elaine McKay ទីប្រឹក្សាជាន់ខ្ពស់របស់អង្គការ UNIFEM នឹងធ្វើជាអ្នកសម្របសម្រួលកិច្ចពិភាក្សា។ លោកស្រី នឹងចូលរួមផ្ដល់យោបល់បន្ថែមលើគោលបំណងនៃការផ្សព្វផ្សាយឯកសារ ទាំងពីរនេះ និងចំណុចទាក់ទងទៅនឹងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កម្មវិធី និងគោលនយោបាយទៅអនាគត។

UNIFEM គឺជាមូលនិធិរបស់ស្ត្រីនៅអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ។ អង្គការនេះ ផ្ដល់នូវការគាំទ្រជាហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ និងបច្ចេកទេសដល់កម្មវិធី និងយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រល្អៗ ដែលជួយដល់ការលើកកម្ពស់សិទ្ធិ ការចូលរួមក្នុងឆាកនយោបាយ និងសុវត្ថិភាពសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់ស្ត្រី។ UNIFEM ធ្វើការជាដៃគូរជាមួយអង្គការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍នានារបស់សហប្រជាជាតិ រដ្ឋាភិបាល និងអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាល និងជាមួយបណ្ដាញដទៃទៀត ក្នុងគោលបំណងលើកកម្ពស់សមភាពយេនឌ័រ។ UNIFEM ដាក់បញ្ចូលបញ្ហា និងកង្វល់របស់ស្ត្រីទៅក្នុងកម្មវិធីថ្នាក់ជាតិ តំបន់ និងសកល ដោយជួយគាំទ្រដល់កិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការ និងផ្ដល់ជំនួយបច្ចេកទេស លើយុទ្ធសាស្ត្របញ្ជ្រាបយេនឌ័រ និងការផ្ដល់ភាពអង់អាចដល់ស្ត្រី៕

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ត្រូវកំចាត់បិសាចកាមគុណ

2009-10-14T08:13:00.000-07:00

នៅក្នុងលេខចេញផ្សាយរបស់ខ្លួនសម្រាប់ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍-អាទិត្យ ទី ១០-១១ ខែតុលាកន្លងទៅនេះ កាសែតកោះសន្តិភាពបានរាយការណ៍ថា ភាគច្រើននៃជនរងគ្រោះដោយសារការចាប់រំលោភក្នុងរយៈពេល ៣ ត្រីមាសនាឆ្នាំ ២០០៩ នេះគឺជាអនីតិជន។
កាសែតបានដកស្រង់ការកត់ត្រាទុករបស់អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលមួយ ពីសេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍របស់សារព័ត៌មានក្នុងស្រុកមួយចំនួន ដែលបានបង្ហាញឲ្យឃើញថា ករណីរំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈនៅក្នុងរយៈពេលនេះគឺមានចំនួន ២១៦ ករណី មានជនរងគ្រោះសរុបទាំងអស់ ២២៥ នាក់ ដែលក្នុងនោះមានអនីតិជនចំនួន ១៣៧ នាក់ ដែលស្មើនឹង ៦១% ហើយថា ករណីរំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈនេះបានកើនឡើង ៥ ករណី បើប្រៀបធៀបនឹងរយៈពេលដូចគ្នានាឆ្នាំ ២០០៨។
បើតាមតួលេខបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ខេត្តបាត់ដំបងមានការចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈរហូតដល់ទៅ ៤៣ ករណី ដែលជាចំនួនខ្ពស់ជាងគេ ខណៈដែលរាជធានីភ្នំពេញស្ថិតនៅក្នុងលំដាប់ទី ២ គឺមាន ២២ ករណី ហើយថា ការចាប់រំលោភដោយអ្នកជិតខាងរស់នៅក្នុងភូមិជាមួយគ្នាមានចំនួន ច្រើនជាងគេគឺរហូតដល់ ១០៣ ករណី ខណៈដែល ៤០ ករណីដោយសាច់ញាតិ ៣៥ ករណីដោយអ្នកស្គាល់គ្នា ៩ ករណីដោយសង្សារ និង ២៤ ករណីមិនត្រូវបានរាយការណ៍ឲ្យដឹង។
នេះជាតួលេខមួយដែលសារព័ត៌មានបានចុះផ្សាយនៅលើទំព័ររបស់ខ្លួន។ តើមានប៉ុន្មានករណីទៀត ដែលសារព័ត៌មានមិនបានទទួល ដោយសារតែការលាក់លៀម ការគំរាមមិនឲ្យបញ្ចេញព័ត៌មាន និងការដោះស្រាយនៅក្រៅប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការនោះ?
បើនិយាយពីការចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈ គឺវាកម្រមានស្ត្រី ឬក៏កុមារប្រព្រឹត្តិមកលើបុរស និងមនុស្សពេញវ័យណាស់ តែបញ្ច្រាសមកវិញ ស្ត្រី និងកុមារ ពិសេសកុមារីជាជនរងគ្រោះនៃ អំពើនេះ។ វាពិតជាមិនត្រូវអត់ឱនទាល់តែសោះចំពោះការចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈមក លើស្ត្រី និងកុមារដែលមានកម្លាំងទន់ខ្សោយ ខណៈដែលពួកគេជាចលករមួយមិនអាចខ្វះបាន ក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍសេដ្ឋកិច្ចគ្រួសារ និងសង្គមដូចគ្នានឹងបុរស និងមនុស្សពេញវ័យមួយចំនួនដែរនោះ។ ជាងនេះទៅទៀត អ្វីដែលរឹតតែមិនត្រូវលើកលែងទោសទៅទៀតនោះគឺពួកបិសាចកាមគុណល្មោភ តណ្ហា ដែលសូម្បីតែកុមារក៏មិនលើកលែងឲ្យដែរ។
រឿងចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈនេះ វាកើតមានគ្រប់សណ្ឋាន និងមានចរិតថោកទាប និងព្រៃផ្សៃផ្សេងៗគ្នា ដូចជាថា មនុស្សក្បាលកញ្ចាស់វ័យរកធម៌អារហើយនោះក៏បានចាប់រំលោភក្មេងស្រីអាយុ ក្រោម ១០ ឆ្នាំក៏មាន។ ម្យ៉ាងទៀត រឿងដែលមិនគួរឲ្យកើតមាននោះគឺបុរសជាឪពុកមួយចំនួនមានរូប សម្បត្តិជាមនុស្ស តែចិត្តជាសត្វតិរច្ឆានចាប់រំលោភកូនស្រីបង្កើតរបស់ខ្លួន ដើម្បីបំពេញកាមទេព និងការនឹកគិតឃើញបែបឆ្កួតលីលា។
ជាងនេះទៅទៀត វាពិតជាសាហាវយង់ឃ្នងបំផុត ដែលពួកអន្តរធានខ្លះមិនត្រឹមតែចាប់រំលោភកុមារនោះទេ តែពួកលោកមហាអប្រីយ៍ទាំងនោះបានសម្លាប់ក្មេងស្រីដែលជាជនរងគ្រោះ នោះចោលទៅទៀត ដូចជាករណីការរំលោភសម្លាប់យកសពកុមារីពីរនាក់ចងព្យួរនឹងដើមឈើពី សំណាក់ពពួកទមិឡចិត្តអន្យតិរ្ថិយកាលពីថ្ងៃទី ៥ ខែ កុម្ភៈ នាឆ្នាំនេះនៅឯខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់។ ឯករណីមួយទៀតគួរឲ្យតក់ស្លុតនោះគឺបានកើតមានកាលពីថ្ងៃទី ១៩ ខែកញ្ញាកន្លងទៅនេះនៅក្នុងខេត្តកំពុងចាម ដែលពួកអន្ធពាលចំនួន ៧ នាក់បានរំលោភក្មេងស្រីអាយុ ១១ ឆ្នាំ ហើយមានមេខ្លោងម្នាក់ជាអ្នកដៃដល់បានចាក់ជាច្រើនកាំបិតលើរាង កាយ និងអារកសម្លាប់នាងយ៉ាងសាហាវពន់ពេក (កាសែត ឌឹ ឃែមបូឌាដេលី ថ្ងៃ ព្រហស្បតិ៍ ទី ២៤ កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ ២០០៩) ។
តើករណីចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈកន្លងមកបណ្ដាលមកពីមូលហេតុអ្វី?
ជាការពិតមានកត្តាមួយចំនួនដែលបានបង្កឲ្យមានបញ្ហានេះកើតឡើង ដូចជាការយល់ដឹងរបស់ពលរដ្ឋនៅមានកម្រិត ការសាបព្រួសវប្បធម៌ និងសិល្បៈស្រើបស្រាលហួសហេតុ រូបភាព និងវីដេអូអាសអាភាសអាចរកបានដោយងាយជាដើម ខណៈដែលការអនុវត្តច្បាប់នៅធូររលុងខ្លះ ដែលប្រកានេះចាំបាច់ត្រូវដោះស្រាយជាបន្ទាន់ បើមិនដូច្នោះទេ ស្ត្រី និងកុមាររបស់យើងពិតជារងគ្រោះកាន់តែច្រើន និងធ្ងន់ធ្ងរជាងនេះ។
យើងគួរពិនិត្យមើលលើទិដ្ឋភាពជាក់ស្ដែងនៅក្នុងសង្គមកម្ពុជារបស់ យើងនាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ គឺថា អត្រាកុមារីពិសេសនៅតាមតំបន់ជនបទ ដែលបោះបង់ចោលសាលាចាប់ពីបឋមសិក្សាឡើងទៅនៅមានចំនួនច្រើន ខណៈដែលកុមារីមួយចំនួនទៀតត្រូវបានរងគ្រោះ ដោយសារតែពួកបិសាចស្រេកឃ្លានកាមគុណល្មោភតណ្ហា។ បើតែយ៉ាងនេះ តើស្ថានភាពស្ត្រីនិងកុមារកម្ពុជារបស់យើងនឹងក្លាយទៅជាយ៉ាងណា នាពេលអនាគតនោះ?
ជាការពិត មានការងារខ្លះដែលត្រូវចាត់វិធានការពង្រឹងបន្ថែម បើទោះជាមានហើយខ្លះក៏ដោយ។ ចំណុចទីមួយគឺការអប់រំនៅតាមសហគមន៍។ ចំណុចនេះពិតជាមានសារសំខាន់បំផុត ដើម្បីបញ្ជ្រាបការយល់ដឹងពីច្បាប់ដល់ពលរដ្ឋនៅតាមមូលដ្ឋាន។
កន្លងមកក៏មានការអប់រំ និងបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលពីបញ្ហាទប់ស្កាត់ការចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈលើស្ត្រី និងកុមារ នេះដែរ តែស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋាភិបាល ពិសេសក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារី និងក្រសួងអប់រំ ព្រមទាំងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធត្រូវបន្តកិច្ចសហការ ជាមួយសហគមន៍ភូមិ តាមរយៈក្រុមប្រឹក្សាឃុំសង្កាត់ និងសាលារៀនបន្ថែមទៀត ដើម្បីផ្សព្វផ្សាយពីចំណេះដឹងទូទៅ និងច្បាប់ដោយឡែកដែលទាក់ទិននឹងការចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈ និងក្រមព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ។ ការបោះពុម្ព និងចែកចាយប័ណ្ណព័ត៌មានដែលមានសារសំខាន់ៗភ្ជាប់ដោយរូបភាពដែល ទាក់ទាញស្ដីពីបញ្ហានេះជូនដល់ប្រជាសហគមន៍នៅមូលដ្ឋានក៏ជា មធ្យោបាយមួយពញ្ញាក់ស្មារតីដល់អ្នកភូមិផងដែរ ដើម្បីឲ្យពួកគេបានយល់កាន់តែច្បាស់ពីទោសទណ្ឌនៃការប្រព្រឹត្តបទ ឧក្រិដ្ឋនេះ និងមានការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរឥរិយាបថរបស់ខ្លួន ពិសេសពួកបុរសៗដែលមិនទាន់បានយល់ ឬក៏យល់មិនទាន់បានច្បាស់លាស់ពីបញ្ហាបទល្មើសដែលបណ្ដាលមកពីការ ចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈនេះ។
ចំណុចទីពីរក៏ជាកត្តាដ៏ចម្បងដែរគឺការពង្រឹងការអនុវត្ត ច្បាប់។ ស្ថាប័នតុលាការ ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ និងក្រសួងការពារជាតិត្រូវបង្កើនការតាមចាប់ និងដាក់ពិន័យពួកអ្នកប្រព្រឹត្តបទល្មើសទៅតាមមាត្រាដែលមានចែងនៅ ក្នុងច្បាប់ជាធរមាន។ ការដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាក្រៅប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការគួរតែត្រូវលុបបំបាត់។ ពិតមែនហើយ ការសម្របសម្រួល ការអនុគ្រោះ និងការបំភ្លេចស្លាកស្នាមអាស្រូវពីអតីតកាល គឺជាវប្បធម៌របស់ខ្មែរដែលមានតាំងតែពីសម័យកាលមុនៗមកម្លេះ ដែលទង្វើនេះជាការយោគយល់ ជាការអត់ឱន និងជាការប្រោសប្រណី ដើម្បីលើកលែងទោសកំហុសឲ្យអ្នកប្រព្រឹត្ត។
ប៉ុន្តែករណីបទឧក្រិដ្ឋអនាចារលើស្ត្រី និង កុមារបែបនេះគឺមិនត្រូវយកការសម្របសម្រួលមកធ្វើជាអាទិភាពនោះទេ បើមិនដូច្នោះទេ អំពើនេះកើតមានមិនឈប់ឈរ និងកាន់តែកើនឡើងនៅក្នុងសង្គមកម្ពុជា។ អាជ្ញាធរមានសមត្ថកិច្ចមិនត្រូវបន្ធូរបន្ថយទម្ងន់ទោសដល់អ្នក ប្រព្រឹត្តឡើយ ហើយមិនត្រូវព្យាយាមឲ្យមានការដោះស្រាយក្រៅប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការ ដោយឲ្យអ្នកប្រព្រឹត្តគ្រាន់តែបង់ប្រាក់សងជំងឺចិត្តដល់ជន រងគ្រោះជាការស្រេចនោះទេ។ ក្នុងករណីនេះ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ពិសេសក្រសួងសាមីត្រូវហ៊ានដាក់ពិន័យដល់មន្ត្រីដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធក្នុង ការជួយធ្វើអន្តរាគមន៍ណាមួយ ដើម្បីបន្ធូរបន្ថយទោស ឬក៏ឲ្យជនល្មើសបានរួចខ្លួន ពីអំពើចាប់រំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈមកលើស្ត្រី និងកុមារនេះ។ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលត្រូវហ៊ានកាត់សាច់ស្អុយរបស់ខ្លួនចេញ បើមិនដូច្នោះទេ សាច់ស្អុយនេះនឹងកាន់តែស្អុយ និងរីកកាន់តែធំឡើង ដែលអាចធ្វើឲ្យមានការប៉ះពាល់ដល់កិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងរបស់ខ្លួន ក្នុងការលើកស្ទួយសិទ្ធិស្ត្រី និងកុមារ ដើម្បីសម្រេចគោលដៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហស្សវត្សរបស់ខ្លួន ក៏ដូចជាគោលដៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហស្សវត្សសហប្រជាជាតិដែរនាឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ ដែលក្នុងនោះក៏មានចំណុចមួយស្ដីពីការលើកស្ទួយសមភាពយេនឌ័រ និងការផ្ដល់សិទ្ធិអំណាចរបស់ស្ត្រី និងកុមារដែល។
ការចាត់វិធានការខាងលើគឺត្រូវធ្វើឲ្យដូចជាភ្លៀងរលឹម គឺមិនមែនដូចចំហេះនៃភ្លើងចំបើងនោះទេ។ ដូចនេះ យើងទាំងអស់គ្នាត្រូវរួមគ្នាជួយសង្គ្រោះស្ត្រី និងកុមារ ពិសេសកុមារីរបស់យើង ដោយត្រូវកំចាត់ពួកបិសាចកាមគុណ ព្រោះថា ស្រ្តី និងកុមារគឺជាតម្លៃនៃការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គមជាតិយើងទាំងមូលដែរ៕

ស្ថាប័នផ្ដល់ព័ត៌មាន

2009-09-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

ពត៌មានដែលផ្សព្វផ្សាយនៅលើវិបផតថលស្ត្រី បានមកពីការចូលរួមចែករំលែកពត៌មាន ពីប្រភពផ្សេងៗជាច្រើន។ អង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ សូមថ្លែងអំណរគុណជាពន្លឹក ចំពោះ ស្ថាប័នផ្តល់ព័ត៌មានទាំងអស់ ដែលមានដូចជា៖ អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងនិងក្រៅប្រទេស ស្ថាប័នរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ទីភ្នាក់ងារអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ កាសែតនិងទស្សនាវដ្ដី ដែលចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាខ្មែរនិងជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស។ ការចូលរួមរបស់លោកអ្នក ជាវិភាគទានមួយដ៏ថ្លៃថ្លា ក្នុងការជំរុញអោយ ការចូលមកកាន់ការចែករំលែក និងការប្រើប្រាស់ព័ត៌មាន កាន់តែមានលក្ខណៈទូលំទូលាយនិងមានភាពងាយស្រួល។ មិនត្រឹមតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ព័ត៌មានទាំងនោះ ក៏នឹងជាផ្នែកមួយដ៏សំខាន់ ក្នុងការពិភាក្សា បញ្ចេញមតិយោបល់ និងជាមូលដ្ឋានក្នុងការធ្វើសេចក្តីសំរេចចិត្ត។
អង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ សូមថ្លែងអំណរគុណយ៉ាងជ្រាលជ្រៅ ចំពោះស្ថាប័នផ្តល់ព័ត៌មាន និងរូបភាព ដូចមានរាយនាមខាងក្រោម៖

អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងស្រុក

១. អង្គការយេនឌ័រនិងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ដើម្បីកម្ពុជា
២. អង្គការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា
៣. អង្គការប្រឆាំងអំពើហិង្សាក្នុងគ្រួសារ
៤. អង្គការកម្ពុជាដើម្បីជួយស្ត្រីមានវិបត្តិ
៥. គណៈកម្មាធិការស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា
៦. វិទ្យាស្ថានបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាល និងស្រាវជ្រាវដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កម្ពុជា
៧. គណៈកម្មាធិការបំបាត់រាល់ទំរង់នៃការរើសអើងប្រឆាំងនឹងនារីភេទ
៨. គណៈកម្មាធិការបំបាត់ពេស្យាចារ ការរំលោភ និងជួញដូរនៅកម្ពុជា
៩. សមាគនអាដហុក
១០. អង្គការសម្ព័ន្ធខ្មែរជំរឿន និងការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស
១១. អង្គការស្រាវជា្រវជាតិកម្ពុជា
១២. សមាគមយុវជនខ្មែរ
១៣. អង្គការក្រុមអ្នកច្បាប់ការពារសិទ្ធិកម្ពុជា

អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលអន្តរជាតិ

១. German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
២. The Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
៣. International Labour Organization (ILO)

ទីភ្នាក់ងារអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ

១. មូលនិធិសហប្រជាជាតិសំរាប់ប្រជាជន (UNFPA)
២. ការិយាល័យឧត្ដមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិទទួលបន្ទុកសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស (OHCHR)
៣. មូលនិធិអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហប្រជាជាតិសំរាប់ស្ត្រី (UNIFEM)

កាសែតចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាខ្មែរ

១. កោះសន្តិភាព
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ១៦៥Eo វិថី ១៦៩ ខាងកើតបូរីកីឡា
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៨៧ ១១៩ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៨៧ ១១៧
២. រស្មីកម្ពុជា
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ៤៧៤ មហាវិថីព្រះមុនីវង្ស
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ២២៤ ៦០៥ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៣៣២ ៤៧២
៣. កម្ពុជាថ្មី
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ៨០៥ ផ្លូវកម្ពុជាក្រោម
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៨៨២ ៩៩០ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៨៨២ ៦៥៦
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច kampucheathmey3@yahoo.com
៤. រស្មីអង្គរ
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ២៥Z ផ្លូវ ៣៧២
សង្កាត់បឹងសាឡាង ខណ្ឌទួលគោក
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-១១ ៦៣៧ ៦០៩
៥. អរិយធម៌
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ៥២ Eo វិថី លី-យតឡាយ(172)
សង្កាត់ជ័យជំនះ ខណ្ឌ ដូនពេញ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-១១ ៩៧៧ ៩១៩ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៩៣ ២៦៩
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច areyathorl_news@yahoo.com
៦. សម្លេងយុវជនខ្មែរ
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ៨E1BA ផ្លូវ ២៦១ បឹងសាឡាង
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-១២ ៨៥៩ ១៤២ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៩៧ ៤៧០
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច khmeryouthnews@yahoo.com
៧. មនសិការខ្មែរ
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ១៥A ផ្លូវ ២៩៣ បឹងកក់ ២
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-១២ ៨៥០ ៦៩០
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច mknsithik@yahoo.com
៨. ស្រឡាញ់ខ្មែរ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៩៧ ៧៦៥ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៩៧ ៧៦៥
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច ksknews@yahoo.com
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ slknews.blogspot.com
៩. ខ្មែរមេគង្គ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ២១៥ ៨០៨ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ២១៥ ៨០៨
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច khmermekong@mail.com
១០. ដើមអំពិល
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ១ Ceo ផ្លូវលេខ២៤០
សង្កាត់ជ័យជំនះ ខណ្ឌដូនពេញ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៧២២ ១០៦ និងទូរសារ លេខ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៧២២ ១០៧
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច deumampil@mail.com
១១. The MEKONG TIMES

អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ៦ ផ្លូវ២៨៨ សង្កាត់បឹងកេងកង១ ភ្នំពេញ

លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ០២៣ ៩៩៤ ៨០៦

សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច newsroom@themekongtimes.com

តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.themekongtimes.com

កាសែតចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស

១. Cambodia World&News Report
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ១៣៥ DEo ផ្លូវលេខ ៣៦០
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-១១ ៥០០ ៥៥០ និងទូរសារ លេខ ១(៥៦២) ២៦២ ២៨២១
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច info@cambodianewsonline.com
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.cambodianewsonline.com
២. The Cambodia Daily
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ១២៩ ផ្លូវលេខ ២២៨
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៤២៦ ៦០២
៣. The Cambodia Weekly
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនងអគាលេខ ១៤៣ ជាន់ទី៣ មហាវិថីព្រះនរោត្តម
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៩៣ ២៧៥
៤. Phnom Penh Post
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនងផ្ទះលេខ ១០A ផ្លូវលេខ ២៦៤
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៤២៦ ៥៦៨
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច PhnomPenhPost@online.com.kh
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.phnompenhpost.com

ទស្សនាវដ្តីចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាខ្មែរ

១. ប្រជាប្រិយ
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ៧៧ វិថី ទីតូ (អតីតផ្លូវលេខ ២១៤)
សង្កាត់ បឹង ត្របែក ខណ្ឌ ៧មករា
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៤១៥ ៧៤១
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច kwok_popularmag@online.com.kh
២. ជីវិតកំសាន្ត និងខ្មែរអប្សរា
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនងផ្ទះលេខ ២៤B ផ្លូវ ១៩៥៨
សង្កាត់ភ្នំពេញថ្មី ខណ្ឌឫស្សីកែវ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-១១ ៣៧៦ ០០២
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច khmer_apsara01@yahoo.com
chivit_kamsann01@yahoo.com
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.khmerapsara.com
៣. ពេញនិយម
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនងផ្ទះលេខ ២៦៤ ផ្លូវម៉ៅស៊ីនទុង
សង្កាត់បឹងសាឡាង ខណ្ឌ ទួលគោក
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៨៨៥ ៤៨៩
៤. ឡេឌីស៍
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនងផ្ទះលេខ ៨៤ BEo ផ្លូវលេខ២០៥ កែង ៣៨៨
សង្កាត់ទួល ស្វាយព្រៃ២ ខណ្ឌចំការមន
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៤២៤ ៥៦៩
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច info@ladies.com.kh
៥. អង្គរធំ និងតារា
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ១០៥ ផ្លូវ ៣២៤
សង្កាត់ បឹងសាឡាង ខណ្ឌ ទួលគោក
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៩៦ ៤២១
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.angkorthommagazine.com
៦. សុខភាពយើង
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះលេខ ៦២Eo ផ្លូវប៉ាស្ទ័រ
សង្កាត់ផ្សារថ្មី៣ ខណ្ឌដូនពេញ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ២២២ ៦៦៤
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច healthmagazineinfo@yahoo.com
៧. សេដ្ឋកិច្ចថ្ងៃនេះ
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនងបន្ទប់លេខ ២២៥ វិថី ២៧៤ & ៣ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលភ្នំពេញ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ៩៨៧ ៩៤៣
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច etm@etmcambodia.com
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.etmcambodia.com

ទស្សនាវដ្តីចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស

១. The Cambodian Scene
អាសយដ្ឋានទំនាក់ទំនង ផ្ទះ៤១ ផ្លូវ ២២២
សង្កាត់ បឹងរាំង ខណ្ឌ ដូនពេញ
លេខទូរស័ព្ទ ៨៥៥-២៣ ២២៤ ៤៨៨
សារអេឡិចត្រូនិច cambodians_mag@yahoo.com
cambodian@scene.com
តំបន់បណ្ដាញ www.cambodianscene.

បទសម្ភាសន៍រវាងសារព័ត៌មានកោះសន្តិភាព ជាមួយលោកស្រី ជឹម ម៉ាណាវី នាយិកាអង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ ក្នុងឱកាសទិវាសិទ្ធិនារី

2009-09-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

អន្តរជាតិ ៨ មិនា

រូបថត៖ អង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ

លោកស្រី ជឹម ម៉ាណាវី ផ្ដល់កិច្ចសម្ភាសន៍

១. តើថ្ងៃ ៨ មិនា មានន័យយ៉ាងដូចម្ដេច?
ទិវានារីអន្តរជាតិ(៨មិនា) គឺជាទិវាមួយដែលនារីជុំវិញពិភពលោកប្រារព្ធពិធីដើម្បីរំលឹក អបអរសាទរនូវសមិទ្ធផល ទទួលបានក្រោយការតស៊ូដើម្បីសមភាពរវាងបុរសនិងស្រី។ ការតស៊ូនេះកើតឡើងក្នុងអំឡុងសតវត្សទី១៩ នៅបណ្ដាប្រទេសអឺរ៉ុប នៅពេលដែលនារីនៅបណ្ដាប្រទេសទាំងនេះត្រូវគេជិះជាន់ កេងប្រវ័ញ្ចនិងត្រូវធ្វើជាទាសករផ្លូវភេទ។ អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ក៏ប្រារព្ធពិធីអបអរសាទរទិវានេះ និងប្រទេសជាច្រើនបានកំណត់ទិវានេះ ថាជាថ្ងៃបុណ្យជាតិរបស់ខ្លួនផងដែរ។ នៅពេលនារីក្នុងទ្វីបទាំងអស់ ដែលជាញឹកញាប់តែងត្រូវបែងចែក ដោយព្រំដែនជាតិ និងដោយជាតិសាសន៍ខុសគ្នា ដោយភាពខុសគ្នាខាងភាសា វប្បធម៌ សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងនយោបាយ មកជួបជុំគ្នាដើម្បីធ្វើពិធីបុណ្យរំលឹកខួបទិវារបស់ខ្លួន នោះគេក៏អាចរំលឹកឡើងវិញអំពីប្រពៃណីដែលតំណាងឲ្យយ៉ាងតិច ប្រាំបួនទសវត្ស នៃការតស៊ូដើម្បី សមភាព យុត្តិធម៌ សន្តិភាព និង អភិវឌ្ឍន៍។
២. សម្រាប់ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា តើទិវា ៨ មិនា មានសារសំខាន់យ៉ាងណាដែរ?
ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក៏បានកំណត់ ថ្ងៃ ៨មិនាទិវានារីអន្តរជាតិជាថ្ងៃបុណ្យជាតិដែរ។ សម្រាប់ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា ទិវា ៨ មិនា មានសារសំខាន់ណាស់សម្រាប់ពួកគេ។ ៨ មិនា គឺជាថ្ងៃដែលនារីទូទៅជួបជុំគ្នាដើម្បីសម្ដែងមតិ លើកឡើងនូវកង្វល់ និងបញ្ហារបស់ខ្លួនដើម្បីស្វែងរកនូវដំណោះស្រាយសមស្របនានា សម្រាប់បញ្ហា។ស្នាដៃរបស់ស្ត្រី និងសមិទ្ធផលការងារនានា ក៏ត្រូវបានរំលេច។
មិនមែនមានតែថ្ងៃ ៨មិនាតែប៉ុណ្ណោះទេ ដែលជាថ្ងៃសិទ្ធិរបស់ស្ត្រី ដែលមតិមួយចំនួនបានលើកឡើងថាជាថ្ងៃដែលស្ត្រីអាចប្រើប្រាស់ សិទ្ធិរបស់ខ្លួនបាន។ មតិនេះមិនត្រឹមត្រូវឡើយ។ សិទ្ធិស្ត្រី គឺជាសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ។ សេចក្ដីប្រកាសជាសកលស្ដីពីសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស(Universal Declaration of Human Rights)1 មាត្រា ១ចែងថា "មនុស្សទាំងអស់កើតមកមានសេរីភាព និងភាពស្មើៗគ្នាក្នុងសិទ្ធិ និងសេចក្ដីថ្លៃថ្នូរ..."។ ដូច្នេះសិទ្ធិស្ត្រី ឬសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ត្រូវបានអនុវត្ត ជារៀងរាល់ពេលក្នុងជីវិតរស់នៅរបស់មនុស្ស។ ក៏ដូចជាស្ត្រីទូទាំងពិភពលោកដែរ ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជាបានប្រើប្រាស់ថ្ងៃ ៨មិនា ជាថ្ងៃដែលស្ត្រីធ្វើការតស៊ូមតិជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាល ដើម្បីកំណត់នូវរបៀបវារៈការងារនិងលើកឡើងនូវគោលនយោបាយនានា ដែលគាំទ្រដល់សមភាពរវាងបុរសនិងនារី។
៣. រយៈពេលកន្លងមក តើអង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយរបស់លោកស្រីនាយិកាបានធ្វើអ្វីខ្លះ ទាក់ទិននឹងទិវាថ្ងៃ ៨ មិនានេះ? ហើយនៅឆ្នាំនេះអង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយនឹងរៀបចំកម្មវិធីអ្វី ដែរសម្រាប់ទិវានេះ?
ឆ្នាំ២០០៨ យើងបានរៀបចំ ឲ្យមានការពិភាក្សាតាមកំណត់ហេតុបណ្ដាញ សារអេឡិចត្រូនិក បញ្ជីសំបុត្ររួម gender@lists.open.org.kh ដែលជាវេទិកាពិភាក្សាតាមរយៈសារអេឡិចត្រូនិក អំពីបញ្ហាស្ត្រី និងយេនឌ័រ។បានផ្សព្វផ្សាយអត្ថបទនិងសរសេរបទវិចារណកថាទាក់ទងទិវា នារីអន្តរជាតិ។បានធ្វើ "របាយការណ៍អង្កេតតាមដានការចេញផ្សាយព័ត៌មានអំពីស្ត្រី " ដែលលោកអ្នកអាចចូលអាននៅ
http://women.open.org.kh/km/monitoring_and_evaluation_women_news_published              និងបានចូលរួមសហការជាមួយគណៈកម្មាធិការ CEDAW) និងជាមួយស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋាភិបាល និងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងស្រុក ក្នុងពិធីអបអរសាទរ ទិវានារីអន្តរជាតិ។
ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ អង្គការបានកំណត់យកប្រធានបទ«ស្ត្រីចូលរួមក្នុងកិច្ចអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងការងារសង្គមជាតិ» និងរៀបចំសកម្មភាពមួយចំនួន៖
១.ផ្សព្វផ្សាយអត្ថបទទាក់ទងទិវានារីអន្តរជាតិ៖ កម្មវិធីស្ត្រីនឹងដកស្រង់ផ្សព្វផ្សាយព័ត៌មានសកម្មភាពរបស់ស្ថាប័ន និងអង្គការដែលធ្វើការងារអំពីស្ត្រី។
២.បទវិចារណកថា៖ នឹងធ្វើការផ្សព្វផ្សាយនូវបទវិចារណកថាដែលផ្ដោតទៅលើប្រធានបទ ខាងលើ។
៣.ចូលរួមសហការជាមួយគណៈកម្មាធិការ CEDAW) និងជាមួយស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋាភិបាល និងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងស្រុក ក្នុងពិធីអបអរសាទរ ទិវានារីអន្តរជាតិ។
៤.ការពិភាក្សាតាមរយៈមធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនងលើវិបផតថលស្ដីអំពីស្ត្រី ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែកុម្ភៈ រហូតដល់ថ្ងៃទី ១៣ ខែមិនា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ ជុំវិញប្រធានបទ «ស្ត្រីចូលរួមក្នុងកិច្ចអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងការងារសង្គមជាតិ» តាមរយៈ កំណត់ហេតុបណ្ដាញ វេទិកាលើបណ្ដាញ និងបញ្ជីសំបុត្ររួម ព្រមទាំងនឹងមាន ចេញជាប័ណ្ណសរសើរជូន ។ សម្រាប់ព័ត៌មានលម្អិត សូមចូលអាន៖
http://women.open.org.kh/files/8%20March/Announcement_8%20March.pdf
៥.បោះឆ្នោតលើវិបផតថលស្ដីអំពីស្ត្រី "តើស្ត្រីពិតជាបានចូលរួមនៅក្នុងកិច្ចអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងការងារសង្គមឬ?
៦.ផ្ញើសារជារូបភាពតាមទូរស័ព្វ "លើកកម្ពស់សិទ្ធិស្ត្រី ដោយប្រើ វិបផតថលស្ដីអំពីស្ត្រី"
http://women.open.org.kh
៤. ក្រៅពីទិវាថ្ងៃ ៨ មិនានេះ តើអង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយមានកម្មវិធីអ្វី ដែលជួយជំរុញការលើកស្ទួយសិទ្ធិស្ត្រីនៅក្នុងសង្គមកម្ពុជា?
យើងមានរៀបចំ៖
កិច្ចប្រជុំវេទិកាស្ត្រី៖ ធ្វើឡើងក្នុងគោលបំណងសម្របសម្រួលការពិភាក្សា អំពីបញ្ហាប្រឈមនានារបស់ស្ត្រី និងជុំវិញបញ្ហាយេនឌ័រ។ កិច្ចប្រជុំបានបង្កើតឱកាសសម្រាប់ជួបជុំគ្នា និងបង្កើនកិច្ចសហការរវាងស្ថាប័នស្ត្រី រដ្ឋាភិបាល និងស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធ ដើម្បីស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយសម្រាប់បញ្ហាស្ត្រី ក្នុងគោលបំណងធ្វើឲ្យស្ថានភាពស្ត្រីមានភាពប្រសើរឡើង។
សិក្ខាសាលា៖ តាមរយៈសិក្ខាសាលានេះ ការរកឃើញ និងអនុសាសន៍ ដែលបានមកពីកិច្ចប្រជុំវេទិកាស្ត្រីត្រូវបានផ្សព្វផ្សាយដល់ ស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋាភិបាល បណ្តាញ/អង្គការស្ត្រី ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយ និងសាធារណជន ក្នុងគោលបំណងស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយរួមដែលផ្ដល់ការគាំទ្រ និងជំរុញឲ្យមានសមភាពយេនឌ័រក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។
កិច្ចពិភាក្សាលើមធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនងដែលមានលើវិបផតថលស្ដីអំពីស្ត្រី៖ ដើម្បី ជំរុញឲ្យមានការពិភាក្សាអំពីបញ្ហាយេនឌ័រនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា តាមរយៈ៖
                    ១.បញ្ជីសំបុត្ររួម៖ gender@lists.open.org.kh
                ២.កំណត់ហេតុបណ្ដាញ http://women.open.org.kh/km/blog
                ៣.វេទិកាលើបណ្ដាញ http://women.open.org.kh/km/forum
កិច្ចពិភាក្សាផ្តល់ជាឱកាសសម្រាប់ សកម្មជនផ្នែកយេនឌ័រ និងអ្នកជំនាញផ្នែកច្បាប់ សិទ្ធិ ការស្រាវជ្រាវ ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយ និងបុគ្គល ជួបជុំគ្នាតាមលក្ខណៈអេឡិចត្រូនិក និងបង្កើនកិច្ចសហការ និងពង្រីកនូវវប្បធម៌នៃការចែករំលែកព័ត៌មានរវាងស្ថាប័ន និងស្ថាប័ន និងរវាងស្ថាប័ន និងបុគ្គល។
៥. មានចំណុចមួយក្នុងកម្មវិធីស្ត្រីរបស់អង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ បានផ្ដោតលើការពង្រឹងសមត្ថភាពបច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ និងព័ត៌មានវិទ្យាដល់ស្ត្រី តើចំណុចនេះមានសារសំខាន់យ៉ាងណា?
បច្ចុប្បន្នបច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា មានការរីកចម្រើនខ្លាំងនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងពិតជាមានសារៈសំខាន់ណាស់ ក្នុងការពង្រឹងសមត្ថភាពដល់ស្ត្រី។ គឺគេអាចប្រើប្រាស់បច្ចុប្បន្នបច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យាសម្រាប់ ការស្រាវជ្រាវ ការទទួលយក និងផ្សព្វផ្សាយព័ត៌មានជាដើម។ ស្ត្រីនៅបណ្ដាប្រទេសអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ រួមទាំងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាផងដែរ ភាគច្រើនពុំត្រូវបានលើកទឹកចិត្តឲ្យប្រើប្រាស់បច្ចុប្បន្ន បច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា នោះទេដែលជាហេតុធ្វើឲ្យពួកគាត់នៅឆ្ងាយពីកន្លែងប្រមូលផ្ដុំ ព័ត៌មាននិងចំណេះដឹង។ បច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យាត្រូវបានប្រើប្រាស់ក្នុងការផ្ដល់អំណាចដល់ស្ត្រី ដូចជា ការផ្ដល់ជាវគ្គបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាល លើកកម្ពស់សមត្ថភាព ស្ត្រី ដើម្បីមានលក្ខណៈប្រកួតប្រជែងក្នុងទីផ្សាការងារ។ តាមរយៈ បច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា គេអាចចងជាបណ្ដាញរវាងស្ត្រី និងបុរស ពីសហគមន៍មួយទៅសហគមន៍មួយ និងពីមនុស្សម្នាក់ទៅមនុស្សម្នាក់ទៀត ដែលជាការតភ្ជាប់ការប្រាស្រ័យទាក់ទងទៅវិញទៅមកដោយមិនកំណត់ ព្រំដែន និងជាតិសាសន៍។ ស្ត្រីអាចធ្វើការចែករំលែកចំណេះដឹង បទពិសោធការងារ និងជោគជ័យ និងបញ្ហារបស់ខ្លួនដល់បុរស ដើម្បីបង្ហាញថា ស្ត្រីក៏មានចំណែកក្នុងការងារកសាងនិងអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គមដែរ និងដើម្បីឲ្យបុរសមានការយល់ដឹងថែមទៀតអំពីស្នាដៃ ការប្រឹងប្រែងរបស់ស្ត្រី អំពីតម្រូវការខុសគ្នារវាងបុរស និងស្ត្រី ដោយសារភេទខុសគ្នាដែលជាលក្ខណៈធម្មជាតិ និងអំពីការប្រឈមរបស់ស្ត្រី។ ការចែករំលែក ទាំងនេះនឹងនាំមកនូវការកាត់បន្ថយជាបណ្ដើរៗនូវផ្នត់គំនិត លំអៀងផ្នែកយេនឌ័រ (Gender Stereotype) និងការរើសអើងចំពោះស្ត្រីដើម្បីឈានទៅរកសមភាពយេនឌ័រលើគ្រប់ វិស័យ ។
៦. ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការងារស្ត្រី តើអង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយបានសហការជាមួយក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារី និងសង្គមស៊ីវិលយ៉ាងដូចម្ដេចដែរ?
បញ្ហាស្ត្រីនិងបញ្ហាយេនឌ័រគឺជាបញ្ហាសកល។ ដូច្នេះវាទាមទារឲ្យមានដំណោះស្រាយជាសកលដោយមានការចូលរួមពី គ្រប់ស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធ និងជាតិសាសន៍ទាំងអស់។ ដូចគ្នានេះដែរ អង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយក៏ត្រូវសហការជាមួយអង្គការ និងស្ថាប័នដទៃឯទៀតក្នុងការងារនេះ។ អង្គការបានចូលរួមជាលក្ខណៈប្រព័ន្ធ ក្នុងការកសាងសមត្ថភាពស្ត្រី ជំរុញសមភាពយេនឌ័រ ចូលរួមធ្វើការវិភាគ និងស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយសម្រាប់បញ្ហាស្ត្រី ដោយសហការជាមួយក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារីបានចូលរួមជាសមាជិកក្រុម ការងារបច្ចេកទេសយេនឌ័ររៀបចំដោយក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារីដោយមានការចូល រួមពីតំណាងគ្រប់មន្ទីរក្រសួងនិងអង្គការក្នុងស្រុកនិង អន្តរជាតិ និងអង្គការUNIFEM ជាដើម។ ក្នុងនាមជាសមាជិកអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍គណៈកម្មាធិការ CEDAW កម្ពុជា ដែលជាបណ្ដាញមួយមានអង្គការសមាជិកជិត៧០អង្គការ អង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ បានបំពេញ តួនាទី និងកាតព្វកិច្ចសំខាន់ៗរួមមាន ការផ្សព្វផ្សាយទូទាំងប្រទេស នូវព័ត៌មានស្ដីពីអនុសញ្ញានៃការលុបបំបាត់រាល់ទម្រង់នៃការរើសអើង ប្រឆាំងនារីភេទដែលហៅកាត់ថា ស៊ី ដ (CEDAW)។ បន្ថែមពីលើនេះទៀត យើងបានរួមចំណែកផងដែរ ក្នុងការបំពេញបន្ថែមនូវចំណុចខ្លះៗនៃសេចក្ដីផ្ដល់មតិចុងក្រោយ របស់គណៈកម្មាធិការបំបាត់រាល់ទម្រង់នៃការរើសអើងប្រឆាំងនឹងនារី ភេទ សម្រាប់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា (Concluding comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women:Cambodia)។
៧. នៅក្នុងផែនការយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ និងផែនការប្រតិបត្តិរបស់ខ្លួន តើអង្គការវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយបានកំណត់អ្វីដែលចលនាឲ្យស្ត្រី កម្ពុជាចូលរួមក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គមជាតិ?
ការជំរុញឲ្យមានស្ត្រីចូលរួមឲ្យបានច្រើនក្នុងការងារ អភិវឌ្ឍន៍សង្គមជាតិ គឺជាផែនការជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្ររបស់អង្គការដែលមានចែងច្បាស់ក្នុងគោល បំណងរបស់អង្គការគឺ "ជំរុញសមភាពយេនឌ័រ ដោយធ្វើយ៉ាងណាអោយស្ត្រីនិងបុរស អាចទទួលបានផលប្រយោជន៍ស្មើគ្នាក្នុងរាល់កម្មវិធី"។ ដូច្នេះហើយទើបយើងមានកម្មវិធី "ការផ្ដល់អំណាចដល់ស្ត្រីដើម្បីបន្លាស់ប្ដូរក្នុងសង្គម" ដែលក្នុងនោះ យើងបានបង្កើតឲ្យមានកិច្ចសហការប្រកបដោយជោគជ័យរវាងអង្គការ ធ្វើការងារអំពីស្ត្រីនិងសិទ្ធិ តាមរយៈ ផ្ដល់ព័ត៌មានអំពីសិទ្ធិ អំពីច្បាប់ និងការងារអភិវឌ្ឍ ផ្ដល់មធ្យោបាយនិងលើកទឹកចិត្តឲ្យមានការពិភាក្សាស្វែងយល់អំពី យេនឌ័រនិងអំពីស្ត្រី និងការផ្ដល់វគ្គបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលអំពី បច្ចេកវិទ្យា គមនាគមន៍ ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា។ ទាំងអស់នេះគឺដើម្បីជួយកសាងសមត្ថភាពនិងជំនាញដល់ស្ត្រី ជួយឲ្យការងារស្ត្រីមានប្រសិទ្ធភាពប្រសើរជាង និងមានលក្ខណៈប្រកួតប្រជែងក្នុងទីផ្សាការងារ។
ទន្ទឹមនឹងនោះយើងក៏មានរៀបចំប្រជុំវេទិកាស្ត្រីដែលធ្វើឡើង រៀងរាល់២ខែម្ដង ដើម្បីឲ្យស្ត្រីមកពីស្ថាប័ននិងជំនាញខុសៗគ្នាមកជួបជុំ ពិភាក្សាអំពីបញ្ហានិងស្វែងរកដំណោះស្រាយរួមសម្រាប់បញ្ហា។ យើងក៏រៀបចំឲ្យមានសិក្ខាសាលាដើម្បីផ្សព្វផ្សាយជាសាធារណៈ និងដល់ស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធ នូវលទ្ធផលនៃការពិភាក្សាក្នុងវេទិកា រួមមានការរកឃើញ និងអនុសាសន៍នានាដែលផ្ដល់ដោយអង្គពិភាក្សាដើម្បីស្វែងរក គោលនយោបាយនានា ដែលគាំទ្រដល់សមភាពរវាងបុរស និងស្ត្រី។ ពេលស្ត្រីមានការគាំទ្រ មានសមត្ថភាពគ្រប់គ្រាន់ ស្ត្រីនឹងមានភាពជឿជាក់ និងចូលរួមបានច្រើនជាងក្នុងការងារអភិវឌ្ឍសេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងសង្គមជាតិ។
៨. បើតាមទស្សនៈរបស់លោកស្រីនាយិកា តើអ្វីជាការប្រឈម ឫជាឧបសគ្គដ៏ចម្បងក្នុងការលើកស្ទួយសិទ្ធិស្ត្រីនៅក្នុងសង្គម កម្ពុជា?
ឧបសគ្គដ៏ចម្បងក្នុងការលើកស្ទួយសិទ្ធិស្ត្រី គឺអំពីគំនិតយល់ឃើញរបស់សង្គមចំពោះស្ត្រី និង អំពីបរិបទនៃរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធសង្គមមួយ(ខ្មែរ)ដែលមានបុរសជាអ្នកកាន់ កាប់ និងឲ្យតម្លៃស្ត្រីមិនស្មើបុរស ទោះជាបីយើងមានរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ មានច្បាប់ផ្សេងៗ ដើម្បីការពារសិទ្ធិស្ត្រី និងយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រចតុកោណរបស់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលក៏បានដាក់ចេញនូវគោលដៅ យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រក្នុងការជំរុញឲ្យមានសមភាពយេនឌ័រក៏ដោយ ក៏នៅមានឧបសគ្គជាច្រើនទៀត ដូចជាការអនុវត្តច្បាប់មិនបានហ្មឺងហ្មាត់ជាដើម។ ជាពិសេស សម្ដេច អគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុនសែន ក៏បានអំពាវនាវឲ្យគ្រប់ស្ថាប័នក្រសួង បញ្ជ្រាបគោលនយោបាយបញ្ជ្រាបយេនឌ័រក្នុងរាល់គោលនយោបាយនិងកម្មវិធី នានា។ អញ្ចឹងយើងឃើញថា តាមផ្លូវច្បាប់ ស្ត្រីខ្មែរត្រូវបានការពារនិងឲ្យតម្លៃ។ តែក្នុងការអនុវត្តជាក់ស្ដែងគឺមិនមែនដូចច្បាប់ដែងនោះទេ។
នៅក្នុងរចនាសង្គមកម្ពុជា បុរសគឺជាអ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងនៅសឹងគ្រប់វិស័យនិងគ្រួសារ។ បុរសភាគច្រើនជាអ្នករកប្រាក់ផ្គត់ផ្គង់គ្រួសារ ហើយត្រូវគេចាត់ទុកថាជាមេគ្រួសារ ដូច្នេះរាល់ការសម្រេចចិត្ត ភាគច្រើនបុរសជាអ្នកសម្រេច។ ដោយសារវប្បធម៌សង្គម ស្ត្រីពុំត្រូវបានលើកទឹកចិត្តឲ្យទៅរៀន ឬឲ្យបន្តការសិក្សាឲ្យបានខ្ពស់ និងពុំសូវត្រូវបានផ្ដល់ឱកាសបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលដូចបុរសឡើយ។ នេះជាហេតុផលធ្វើឲ្យស្ត្រីភាគច្រើនមានការអប់រំទាបជាងបុរស នាំឲ្យស្ត្រីមិនអាចកាន់តំណែងខ្ពស់បាន។
ដូច្នេះហើយ ទើបនៅកន្លែងធ្វើការ គេឃើញការងារគ្រប់គ្រងនិងធ្វើសេចក្ដីសម្រេចចិត្ត ភាគច្រើនបុរសជាអ្នកកាន់កាប់ ចំណែកឯស្ត្រីវិញធ្វើការនៅលំដាប់ថ្នាក់ទាប បើទោះបីចំនួនស្ត្រីចូលរួមក្នុងកម្លាំងពលកម្មមានរហូតដល់ទៅជាង ៧០ភាគរយនៃចំនួនពលកម្មសរុបក៍ដោយ។ ទោះបីស្ត្រីខ្មែរមានសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោតនិងមានសិទ្ធិឈរឈ្មោះបោះ ឆ្នោតតាំងបីឆ្នាំ១៩៥៥ ក៍ដោយ ក៍ចំនួនស្ត្រីចូលរួមក្នុងការងារនយោបាយនិងដឹកនាំនៅមានកម្រិត។ គេឃើញស្ត្រីមានកៅអីក្នុងសភាមានតែជាង ១៤ភាគរយ និងជាអ្នកដឹកនាស្ថាប័នក្រសួង មានតែជាង៧ភាគរយប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ នេះបានឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងនូវ អតុល្យភាពអំណាចរវាងបុរសនិងស្ត្រី។ ម្យ៉ាងទៀត ដើម្បីសង្គមទទួលស្គាល់ស្នាដៃរបស់ស្ត្រីៗ ត្រូវធ្វើការពីរដងបើប្រៀបធៀបនិងបុរស ពីព្រោះនៅកន្លែងធ្វើការក្ដី នៅក្នុងសង្គមក្ដី គេមិនឲ្យតម្លៃស្ត្រីនិងការងាររបស់ស្ត្រីទេ ព្រមទាំងមិនមានជំនឿលើការងារដឹកនាំរបស់ស្ត្រីនោះដែរ។ ប្រការនេះបានធ្វើឲ្យស្ត្រីមានការរួញរា និងមិនសូវមានការជឿជាក់លើខ្លួនឯង។
៩. តើអាចមានដំណោះស្រាយដែរឫទេចំពោះ ការប្រឈម ឫក៏ឧបសគ្គទាំងនោះ?
យើងត្រូវមាន ដំណោះស្រាយជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ ជាប្រព័ន្ធមួយ ដើម្បីស្ត្រីអាចទទួលបានផលប្រយោជន៍ពេញលេញពីច្បាប់និងគោលនយោបាយ របស់រដ្ឋាភិបាល ធ្វើឲ្យមានការប្រែប្រួលអំពីស្ថានភាពស្ត្រីនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ដើម្បីលើកស្ទួយសិទ្ធិស្ត្រី ជំរុញសមភាពយេនឌ័រ និងជំរុញការចូលរួមរបស់ស្ត្រីឲ្យបានច្រើនជាងក្នុងវិស័យ សេដ្ឋកិច្ច នយោបាយនិងសង្គម នោះ រដ្ឋាភិបាល ដោយសហការជាមួយអង្កការដៃគូរនិងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលនានា ត្រូវមាននិងត្រូវអនុវត្តឲ្យបានហ្មឺងហ្មាត់នូវគោលនយោបាយ៖
បញ្ជ្រាបគោលនយោបាយយេនឌ័រទៅក្នុងរាល់គោលនយោបាយថ្នាក់ជាតិនិងថ្នាក់ក្រោមជាតិ
អនុវត្ត ឲ្យបានហ្មឺងហ្មាត់នូវកតិកានិងអនុសញ្ញាអន្តរជាតិនានាជាមូលដ្ឋាន ការពារសិទ្ធិស្ត្រីដែលកម្ពុជាជាប្រទេសហត្ថលេខីមួយដែរ។
ផ្ដល់ឱកាសដល់ស្ត្រីចូលរួមឲ្យបានច្រើនក្នុងការពិភាក្សាអំពី ការតាក់តែងគោលនយោបាយនានា អំពីការបែងចែក និងគ្រប់គ្រងធនធាន អំពីគម្រោងថវិកាជាតិ និងក្នុងដំណើរការនៃការធ្វើសេចក្ដីសម្រេចចិត្តនានា។
បង្កើតការងារមានលក្ខណៈប្រព័ន្ធ មានវិធានការជាក់ស្ដែងដើម្បីជំរុញឱកាសស្មើគ្នារវាងបុរសនិងនារី និងជំរុញការផ្ដល់ជំនាញអំពីការងារសហគ្រិនដល់ស្ត្រីដោយ ផ្សារភ្ជាប់ជាមួយទីផ្សា។
ជំរុញគោលនយោបាយធានារ៉ាប់រងសុវត្ថិភាពការងារ ការធានានូវប្រព័ន្ធច្បាប់មួយដែលនឹងនាំមកនូវប្រាក់បៀវត្ត ប្រសើរជាងចំពោះស្ត្រី ។
ជំរុញគោលនយោបាយផ្ដល់អំណាចពេញលេញដល់ស្ត្រី
ជំរុញឲ្យក្មេងស្ត្រីបានទៅរៀនឲ្យបានច្រើននិងបានខ្ពស់ជាង ដូចកូនប្រុសដែរ។ ការធ្វើដូច្នេះក៏ជួយកាត់បន្ថយបានការធ្វើចំណាកស្រុក ការកេងប្រវ័ញ្ចនិងការធ្វើទាសករផ្លូវភេទ៕

Maddox Jolie-Pitt [aka Rath Vibol], Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's oldest son, turns 8

2009-08-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

Maddox with mom Angelina (AP photo)

August 5 is Maddox Jolie-Pitt's 8th birthday, if you can believe it. Almost since the minute he was adopted by Angelina, Maddox has been in the tabloids and has certainly been leading a pretty cool life. Let's see what he's been up to for the past seven years, shall we?

Born in Cambodia, Angelina spotted him in an orphanage while as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She had previously been in Cambodia while filming Tomb Raider and was taken with the country. Upon meeting Maddox, who was known as Rath Vibol, she applied to adopt him and it was made official on March 10, 2002.

At the time, Angelina was married to Billy Bob Thornton, but the two divorced and Angelina was granted sole custody. Angelina famously went on to meet Brad Pitt in 2005 and the two actors forged a relationship. It wasn't long before Brad adopted Maddox, along with Zahara, Angelina's adopted daughter from Ethiopia. They Jolie-Pitt clan has grown steadily since then, and now Maddox has even more siblings: Shiloh, Pax, Knox, and Vivienne.

Maddox has toured the world in his short life. Some of the exotic locales include India, Jordan, Namibia, France, Spain, Italy, Cambodia, the UK, and even recently went to Iraq. He spends part of his time in the Jolie-Pitt homes in New Orleans, France, Los Angeles, and New York. As such, he speaks French and Angelina has stated before that she wants him to learn about his Cambodian culture and plans to take him there frequently as he grows older.

អនុសាសន៍សម្ដេច ហ៊ុន សែន ជំរុញធ្វើច្បាប់ឲ្យជនបរទេសមានកម្មសិទ្ធិ

2009-06-22T17:35:00.000-07:00

អនុសាសន៍សម្ដេច ហ៊ុន សែន ជំរុញធ្វើច្បាប់ឲ្យជនបរទេសមានកម្មសិទ្ធិលំនៅឋានមិនផ្ទាល់ដី
សេចក្ដីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានមានស្ដីពីលទ្ធផលនៃសម័យប្រជុំពេញអង្គគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីបានឲ្យដឹងថា ថ្ងៃទី១៩មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ វេលាម៉ោង៨និង៣០នាទី នៅទីស្ដីការបណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៃគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៅក្រសួងការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ មានបើកសម័យប្រជុំពេញអង្គគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ក្រោមអធិបតីភាពដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់បំផុតរបស់សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ក្នុងអាណត្តិទី៤ដើម្បីឆ្លង ១-សេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ស្ដីពីក្រមព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ និង២- បញ្ហាផ្សេងៗ។

ក្រោយពីបានស្ដាប់របាយការណ៍ និងមតិពិភាក្សាផ្លាស់ប្ដូរយោបល់រួចមក កិច្ចប្រជុំពេញអង្គគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីបានឯកភាព និងអនុម័តលើសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ ស្ដីពីក្រមព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ ដែលរៀបចំឡើងដោយក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ដើម្បីឆ្លើយតបទៅនឹងសេចក្ដីត្រូវការចាំបាច់ចំពោះមុខក្នុងការប្រយុទ្ធប្រឆាំងនឹងទម្រង់ថ្មីនៃបទល្មើស ព្រមទាំងឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មសម័យទំនើបផ្សេងៗប្រកបដោយប្រសិទ្ធភាព និងមានលក្ខណៈគ្រប់ជ្រុងជ្រោយក្នុងគោលដៅធានាការពារឲ្យបាននូវសិទ្ធិសេរីភាព សេចក្ដីថ្លៃថ្នូរ សន្តិសុខសង្គម និងសណ្ដាប់ធ្នាប់សាធារណៈជូនប្រជាជន។

សេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់នេះ ត្រូវបានតាក់តែងឡើងដោយគិតគូរ ពិចារណាទៅលើមូលដ្ឋាន៣ធំៗគឺប្រពៃណី ច្បាប់ព្រហ្មទណ្ឌកម្ពុជា បទប្បញ្ញត្តិព្រហ្មទណ្ឌដែលមានស្រាប់ និងបរិបទថ្មីៗដែលកំពុងប្រឈម។ ដើម្បីធានាសង្គតិភាព ភាពរលូន និងនិរន្តរភាពរវាងច្បាប់ព្រហ្មទណ្ឌចាស់ និងច្បាប់ព្រហ្មទណ្ឌថ្មី ក្រមនេះក៏ត្រូវបានតាក់តែងដោយគោរពគោលគំនិតសំខាន់ៗដែលមានចែងក្នុងក្រមព្រហ្មទណ្ឌចាស់ និងក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធ ច្បាប់រ៉ូម៉ាំង-អាល្លឺម៉ង់ ដែលជាប្រពៃណីនៃច្បាប់ព្រហ្មទណ្ឌកម្ពុជា។

សេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ស្ដីពីក្រមព្រហ្មទណ្ឌនេះ រួមមាន៦៧២មាត្រា ៦គន្ថី ១២មាតិកា និង១៥ជំពូក។

ចំពោះបញ្ហាផ្សេងៗ សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី នៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា បានផ្ដល់អនុសាសន៍ដល់ក្រសួងដែនដីនគរោបនីយកម្ម និងសំណង់ឲ្យសហការជាមួយនឹងក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ ជំរុញការធ្វើសេចក្ដីព្រាងច្បាប់ស្ដីពីការលក់ដូរអចលនទ្រព្យឲ្យជនបរទេសមានសិទ្ធិទិញលំនៅដែលមិនផ្ទាល់ដីនៅកម្ពុជា ដោយរដ្ឋនឹងផ្ដល់សិទ្ធិកាន់កាប់ដល់ពួកគេ ដើម្បីធ្វើឲ្យពួកគេមានលំនឹងក្នុងការយកទុនមកវិនិយោគលើគ្រប់វិស័យនៅព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា៕

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Cambodia: A beautiful, haunting and heart-breaking country

Royal honour for croc doc who saved ‘extinct’ species

CAMBODIAN PREMIER URGES FOR PROMOTING THE CAPACITY OF RCAF’S HUMAN RESOURCES

Girl school girl claims that her ass really sweet

Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen ties for ... Yuon's benefits solely!

The IRI did it again: Results of the “infamous” IRI survey revealed by Cambodia's Strongman ... not by the IRI

POVERTY IS NOT FATE: It is man-made

Thailand preparing coup?

China to execute five more for Xinjiang unrest

Cigarettes kill, but don't tell him...

‘Brother No 2’, Khmer Rouge ideologue

Puea Thai asks Kasit, Kamrob to resign

Khmer Rouge survivors feel justice denied

Convicted Thai spy in Thaksin case pardoned by Cambodian king

Thaksin, a Thai criminal, is a Cambodian citizen

Court verdict in spy case due 4.30pm

Sivarak gets 7-year jail term

Puea Thai controls prisoner's pardon in Cambodia?

Gen Chavalit confident Thai jailed in Cambodia to be freed next week [-Collusion between Hun Xen's regime and Puea Thai?]

More agreements imposed by Big Brother Yuon Hanoi?

Cambodia, Thailand veer closer to collision course

[Thailand's] Opposition party expects 'big news' about alleged spy

Mother of Thai jailed in Cambodia cancels bail request bid

Landmine clearing plan is another opportunity for Phnom Penh to beg for more donation Cambodia needs 10 more years to clear all land mines

Court rejects probe of judges

SRP and HRP reject rumor of party members defecting to the CPP

Deputy PM Suthep: Thai-Cambodian border will not be closed

Deputy PM Suthep: Thai-Cambodian border will not be closed

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US officials meet Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

Thailand want 2/3 right of oil and gas in "overlapping" sea territory with Cambodia? 'Use Thai-VN model with Cambodia' on oil

VN slams Sam Rainsy for border post stunt

Man Sam An, CVFA and the Imbalance of Power inside CPP

H1N1 Claims Fourth Cambodian

Kathen Worshippers Barred from Remote Pagoda [... due to land concession for a rubber company]

Thais To Explain Thaksin Charges to Hun Sen

Vietnam, Cambodia discuss security, extradition pacts

Court upholds Mu Sochua conviction

Beware of ASEAN rights diplomacy

Beware of ASEAN rights diplomacy October 29, 2009

Thai-Cambodia spat couds ASEAN Summit

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Thailand-Cambodia Dispute Overshadows Summit

ASEAN summit hits snag on new rights panel

Korea offers Cambodia more development aid

Family killed in bomb accident

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UNIFEM នឹង​រៀបចំ​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​របាយការណ៍​ស្ដី​ពី​វឌ្ឍនភាព​របស់​ស្ត្រី​ពិភពលោក

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Maddox Jolie-Pitt [aka Rath Vibol], Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's oldest son, turns 8

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IBM ណែនាំដំណោះស្រាយដ៏វ័យឆ្លាតដល់កម្ពុជា សម្រាប់វិស័យធនាគារទូរគមនាគមន៍ និងរដ្ឋាភិបាល

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ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាលត្រៀមចែកខិត្តប័ណ្ណ៥សែនសន្លឹក ផ្សព្វផ្សាយជំងឺ A/H1N1

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UNIFEM នឹងរៀបចំកិច្ចប្រជុំផ្សព្វផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍ស្ដីពីវឌ្ឍនភាពរបស់ស្ត្រីពិភពលោក

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