Landmines and Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) in Affected Communities
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NGO
Statement to the 2002 CG Meeting |
Final
Draft of the NPRS |
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Priority clearance of mine affected areas with greatest impact on
poverty alleviation. |
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Fund clearance of mines, |
Included in the text, but not yet in the Action Plan
matrix. |
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Prioritize mine clearance according to the maximum impact
for poverty alleviation |
Included in the text. The Cambodian Mine Action and
victim assistance Authority (CMAA) will institute a specific unit
dedicated to poverty reduction. However, no budget is provided for these
activities in the Action Plan matrix. |
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2.
Access to safe land with right of ownership |
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Continue to monitor use of
demined land. |
Included. |
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Implement good land legislation that alleviates poverty in
mine-affected Cambodia. |
Social concession legislation to distribute land to
the poor is included. |
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3.
Communities and individuals disabled by mines have a right to
development assistance. |
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Fund assistance for rehabilitation and socio-economic
reintegration of disabled, |
Assistance to the disabled is included in the
Landmines section of the text. Rehabilitation
and vocational training is included in the Social Protection section of
the Action Plan matrix. |
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Fund development activities in mine affected communities. |
Interventions in affected communities included in the
text but not in the Action Plan matrix. |