Cambodia

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 20 December 2023

In 2022, Cambodia received US$37.7 million in international assistance for mine action from eight donors; representing a small increase (1%) from the support received in 2021.[1]

The largest contribution was from Japan ($20.1 million), with $18.6 million of this for the construction of a training complex and outreach facility for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC).

International contributions: 2022[2]

Donor	Sector	Amount (national currency)	Amount (US$)
Japan	Clearance, capacity-building, victim assistance	¥2,647,309,928	20,137,928
United States	Clearance, capacity-building, risk education	US$9,515,000	9,515,000
United Kingdom	Clearance, capacity-building, risk education	£1,796,397	2,222,323
Australia	Clearance	A$2,500,000	1,737,750
Norway	Clearance, risk education	NOK12,983,475	1,350,504
Germany	Clearance	€1,000,000	1,053,400
Switzerland	Clearance, risk education	CHF1,000,000	1,047,120
Ireland	Clearance, risk education	€600,000	632,040
Total	-	N/A	37,696,065

Note: N/A=not applicable.

Cambodia reported a national contribution of $10 million in 2022, of which $75,000 was a contribution to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Clearing for Results project.[3] During 2022, Cambodia raised funds through the Mine-Free Village program, and via a funding appeal to the private sector backed by then-prime minister Hun Sen.

Cambodia stated that it would contribute $30 million towards its mine clearance efforts in 2023, and similar amounts annually in 2024 and 2025.[4]

Five-year support for mine action

In the five-year period from 2018–2022, international contributions to mine action in Cambodia totaled approximately $138.8 million. Cambodia estimated in its 2019 Mine Ban Treaty Article 5 extension request that more than $165 million would be needed for clearance activities in 2020–2025.[5]

Summary of international contributions: 2018–2022[6]

Year	International contribution (US$)	% change from previous year
2022	37,696,065	+1
2021	37,300,000	+56
2020	23,885,099	-6
2019	25,454,317	+76
2018	14,430,109	+11
Total	138,765,590	N/A

Note: N/A=not applicable.

[1] Australia: Australia Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J; Germany: Germany Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J; Ireland: Ireland Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J. Japan: response to Monitor questionnaire by Akifumi Fukuoka, Deputy Director, Conventional Arms Division, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 7 September 2023. Norway: Norway Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J. Switzerland: Switzerland Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form I. United Kingdom: UK Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for calendar year 2022), Form J. United States: US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA), “To Walk the Earth in Safety: 1 October 2021–30 September 2022,” 4 April 2023. For Article 7 reports, see Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Database and Convention on Cluster Munitions Article 7 Database.

[2] Average exchange rate for 2022: A$1=US$0.6951; €1=US$1.534; ¥131.4589=US$1; NOK9.6138=US$1; CHF0.9550=US$1; £1=US$1.2371. United States (US) Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 9 January 2023.

[3] Email from H.E. Ly Panha Rith, Secretary General, Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), 8 September 2023.

[4] Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), “Revised Workplan Cambodia,” 10 May 2023; and statement of Cambodia, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meetings, Geneva, 19–21 June 2023.

[5] Cambodia Mine Ban Treaty Second Article 5 deadline Extension Request, 27 March 2019, p. 12.

[6] See previous Support for Mine Action country profiles. ICBL-CMC, “Country Profiles: Cambodia,” undated; and ICBL, Landmine Monitor 2022 (ICBL-CMC: Geneva, November 2022).