From CMAC Director HENG Ratana’s Facebook.
This describes the conclusion of landmine clearance training conducted in Cambodia using ALIS.
2025/8/27 Training for Laos Bomb Disposal Team Completed (Cambodia CMAC)
2025/8/16 From Cambodian Local News
CMAC has been continuously processing explosive ordnance such as anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines for 33 years. The article also includes images showing the use of ALIS.
2025/8/14 Khmer Times Article on Training Conducted Using ALIS
This Khmer Times article describes how, with Japan’s cooperation, Laos’ bomb disposal team received landmine clearance training using ALIS.
2025/8/11 CMAC, in cooperation with JICA and JICS, conducted a landmine clearance training session for Laos’ bomb disposal unit.
On August 11, 2025, a training session on the use of the ALIS liquid crystal mine detection equipment was held at the Siem Reap Province CMAC headquarters for 13 trainees from the Lao National Bomb Clearance Unit. The training session is supported by the Japanese government through the JICA project and implemented by JICS. It can be viewed on CMAC Director Heng RATANA’s Facebook page.
On August 11, 2025, a training course on the use of the ALIS detection system was provided for 13 bomb disposal experts at CMAC in Siem Reap. (Supported by the Japanese government through JICA and implemented by JICS as a project)
2025/7/21 Landmine Clearance Activities in Cambodia
From CMAC Director HengRatana’s Facebook page.
the Kingdom of Cambodia is a member of AP Landmines Ottawa conventions and this Kingdom is one of the most active members of implementing the convention since before and after full flag as the member of the state party since 2000. The Kingdom has reported that 4-6 million anti personnel landmines were used by all fighting factions. So far around 1.2 million landmines were found and destroyed. Most areas cleared were located in side the country to serve human security and social economic development activities. All kind of landmines and unexploded ordinances as the remnants of war found and destroyed were over 4.46 millions.
As my earlier statement about the responsibility of the state party under article 5 of the convention as follows:
- Each State Party undertakes to destroy or ensure the destruction of all anti-personnel mines in mined areas under its jurisdiction or control, as soon as possible but not later than ten years after the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party.
- Each State Party shall make every effort to identify all areas under its jurisdiction or control in which anti-personnel mines are known or suspected to be emplaced and shall ensure as soon as possible that all anti-personnel mines in mined areas under its jurisdiction or control are perimeter-marked, monitored and protected by fencingor other means, to ensure the effective exclusion of civilians, until all anti-personnel
mines contained therein have been destroyed..