Xinhua
Cambodian Mine Action Center ( CMAC) issued a statement Thursday saying it had verified and confirmed the use of Cluster Munitions by the Thai military to bombard Cambodia during the four-day cross fire that ended Monday.
"During the cross fire, there identified evidence of heavy artilleries such as 105MM, 130MM and 155MM used by Thai military, and CMAC experts have verified and confirmed that these artilleries contained Cluster Munitions including M35, M42 and M46 types," CMAC said in the statement.
As an emergency response, CMAC is deploying a number of teams of multi-skilled experts Mine Risk Education to Preah Vihear to alert the communities of the risk and equip them with the knowledge to keep them from harm's way, it said.
Cambodia said, about 10,000 villagers were affected by the fighting and many of them had fled their villages.
CMAC also said Thursday its teams are posting announcements and leaflets to provide information to help the communities identify mines, unexploded ordnances (UXO) and in particular Cluster munitions.
Cluster Munitions are air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapons that dispense smaller munitions, a cluster of bomblets, a type of explosive weapon which scatters sub-munitions ("bomblets") over an area. During the attack, because of their dispersing bomblets, they strike indiscriminately, especially over populated areas.
In the aftermath, unexploded cluster bomblets continue to cause harms on the populations long after the conflict has ended.
According to the statement, Cambodia and Thailand have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions which prohibits the use of cluster bombs.
However, it said, Cambodia had been addressing the issues of Cluster Munitions since the beginning of mine action in the country.
CMAC is a national institution in Cambodia who had been in a forefront in this issue, working with the supports from the Cambodian Government and cooperative partners such as Handicap International Belgium (HI-B), Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS), Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), and Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) to clear UXO and cluster munitions in the affected provinces.
Cambodian Mine Action Center ( CMAC) issued a statement Thursday saying it had verified and confirmed the use of Cluster Munitions by the Thai military to bombard Cambodia during the four-day cross fire that ended Monday.
"During the cross fire, there identified evidence of heavy artilleries such as 105MM, 130MM and 155MM used by Thai military, and CMAC experts have verified and confirmed that these artilleries contained Cluster Munitions including M35, M42 and M46 types," CMAC said in the statement.
As an emergency response, CMAC is deploying a number of teams of multi-skilled experts Mine Risk Education to Preah Vihear to alert the communities of the risk and equip them with the knowledge to keep them from harm's way, it said.
Cambodia said, about 10,000 villagers were affected by the fighting and many of them had fled their villages.
CMAC also said Thursday its teams are posting announcements and leaflets to provide information to help the communities identify mines, unexploded ordnances (UXO) and in particular Cluster munitions.
Cluster Munitions are air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapons that dispense smaller munitions, a cluster of bomblets, a type of explosive weapon which scatters sub-munitions ("bomblets") over an area. During the attack, because of their dispersing bomblets, they strike indiscriminately, especially over populated areas.
In the aftermath, unexploded cluster bomblets continue to cause harms on the populations long after the conflict has ended.
According to the statement, Cambodia and Thailand have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions which prohibits the use of cluster bombs.
However, it said, Cambodia had been addressing the issues of Cluster Munitions since the beginning of mine action in the country.
CMAC is a national institution in Cambodia who had been in a forefront in this issue, working with the supports from the Cambodian Government and cooperative partners such as Handicap International Belgium (HI-B), Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS), Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), and Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) to clear UXO and cluster munitions in the affected provinces.
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This is against the International's Law! Thailand used cluster bombs against its neighbors country, i hope UN find justice for CAMBODIA!
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