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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)

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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..
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2025/3/24 ALIS training in Cambodia

Representative Sato went to Cambodia again this month. He used the new ALIS software to test and train.

In addition, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, “On March 20, 2025, in the capital Phnom Penh, the Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia signed an exchange of notes regarding the revision of the donation limit for the “Economic and Social Development Program (Mine Action Equipment)” and the “Cambodia Mine Action Center Training Facility and Outreach Facility Construction Program.” We hope that ALIS will continue to be useful in mine removal.

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The 5th Review Conference of the Convention on the Ban of Anti-Personnel Landmines was held in Siem Reap,Cambodia

On November 24, the Parliamentary Secretary delivered a speech at an event co-hosted with CMAC at the Mine Action Peace Museum.

  1. Japanese government support to Cambodia in the field of mine action
  2. “Triangular cooperation” such as capacity building assistance that both countries are providing to Ukraine, Colombia, African countries, etc. in the international community based on their experience and knowledge
  3. Technology of Japanese companies such as ALISys and activities by JMAS.

On the 26th, Japanese companies (NEC, ALISys, IOS) and CMAC co-hosted a side event to introduce Japanese technologies in mine countermeasures, such as a mine burial location prediction system using artificial intelligence (AI), mine detectors, and demining robots.

Click here to read the article in Japanese from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan