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Cambodia: Head of Army lights Flame of Peace
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General MEAS Sophea (head of the army) and David de Beer (EU ASAC) light the
Flame of Peace.
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On 24 November 2005 a further 4153 military surplus weapons were destroyed in a Flame of Peace ceremony in Kampong Speu in Cambodia. This brings the total of weapons destroyed in Cambodia since 1999 to almost 180 000 (see table below).
The ceremony, which was attended by 4 000 people was presided over by H.E. SAR Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the National Commission for the Reform and Management of Weapons & Explosives in Cambodia.
Also attending were General HOK Lundy, Commissioner-General of the Cambodian National Police, and General MEAS Sophea, Head of the of the Royal Cambodian Army. EU ASAC, the disarmament programme of the European Union in Cambodia, http://www.eu-asac.org provided financial and technical assistance for the ceremony.
Click here link to PDF please to read the speech delivered by David de Beer, Project Manager of EU ASAC and Special Adviser to the European Commission.
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| CEREMONY |
DATE |
LOCATION |
WEAPONS |
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DESTROYED |
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WEAPONS DESTROYED BY THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT |
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BY CRUSHING |
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| 1 |
05.05.1999 |
PHNOM PENH |
3,855 |
| 2 |
02.06.1999 |
KG. CHAM |
3,878 |
| 3 |
29.07.1999 |
KANDAL |
4,146 |
| 4 |
07.08.1999 |
BATTAMBANG |
4,212 |
| 5 |
06.09.1999 |
KAMPONG SOM |
7,118 |
| 6 |
06.09.1999 |
SIEM REAP |
4,035 |
| 7 |
27.03.2000 |
PREY VENG |
9,261 |
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GOVERNMENT TOTAL TO MARCH 2000 |
36,505 |
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WEAPONS DESTROYED IN FLAMES OF PEACE |
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WITH ASSISTANCE FROM EU ASAC |
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| 1 |
28.01.2001 |
PURSAT |
504 |
| 2 |
26.04.2001 |
KG. THOM |
8,471 |
| 3 |
03.07.2001 |
KRATIE |
5,124 |
| 4 |
09.07.2001 |
KG. CHHNANG |
6,889 |
| 5 |
24.07.2001 |
KG. CHAM |
5,892 |
| 6 |
03.10.2001 |
BATTAMBANG |
4,190 |
| 7 |
10.10.2001 |
KRATIE |
35 |
| 8 |
19.10.2001 |
BANTEAY MEANCHEY |
929 |
| 9 |
24.10.2001 |
PAILIN |
5,019 |
| 10 |
12.11.2001 |
PURSAT |
200 |
| 11 |
04.12.2001 |
TAKEO |
4,120 |
| 12 |
24.12.2001 |
KRATIE |
369 |
| 13 |
18.01.2002 |
PURSAT |
200 |
| 14 |
28.02.2002 |
PURSAT |
210 |
| 15 |
02.05.2002 |
BANTEAY MEANCHEY |
6,243 |
| 16 |
24.06.2002 |
KG. SPUE |
4,959 |
| 17 |
09.07.2002 |
RATTANAKIRI |
3,274 |
| 18 |
16.09.2002 |
SIEM REAP |
5,247 |
| 19 |
28.10.2002 |
BATTAMBANG |
3,458 |
| 20 |
15.12.2002 |
KRATIE |
66 |
| 21 |
23.01.2003 |
KG. THOM |
3,205 |
| 22 |
30.05.2003 |
STUNG TRENG |
2,535 |
| 23 |
05.06.2003 |
KAMPOT |
474 |
| 24 |
24.06.2003 |
SIEM REAP |
3,043 |
| 25 |
11.12.2003 |
PREAH VIHEAR |
3,098 |
| 26 |
27.02.2004 |
KG. CHAM |
3,707 |
| 27 |
30.03.2004 |
SIEM REAP |
5,000 |
| 28 |
13.07.2004 |
KG. THOM |
4,426 |
| 29 |
28.09.2004 |
SVAY RIENG |
4,000 |
| 30 |
04.11.2004 |
STUNG TRENG |
3,068 |
| 31 |
17.11.2004 |
KOH KONG |
3,993 |
| 32 |
30.03.2005 |
OTDAR MEANCHEY |
3,519 |
| 33 |
27.04.2004 |
PURSAT |
4,302 |
| 34 |
06.07.2005 |
KAMPOT |
4,927 |
| 35 |
31.08.2005 |
KG. CHHNANG |
4,110 |
| 36 |
27.09.2005 |
KG. SOM |
4,817 |
| 37 |
24.11.2005 |
KG. SPEU |
4,153 |
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EU ASAC ASSISTED TOTAL |
127,776 |
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WEAPONS DESTROYED IN FLAMES OF PEACE |
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WITH ASSISTANCE FROM JSAC |
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| 1 |
21.09.2003 |
SIEM REAP |
1,009 |
| 2 |
29.02.2004 |
BANTEAY MEANCHEY |
2,605 |
| 3 |
23.09.2004 |
SIEM REAP |
3,148 |
| 4 |
14.12.2004 |
OTDAR MEANCHEY |
2,624 |
| 5 |
03.02.2005 |
BANTEAY MEANCHEY |
1,422 |
| 6 |
13.03.2005 |
SIEM REAP |
1,408 |
| 7 |
26.09.2005 |
SIEM REAP |
3,430 |
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JSAC ASSISTED TOTAL |
15,646 |
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GOVERNMENT TOTAL SINCE MAY 1999 |
179,927 |
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