16:04, July 31, 2007
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) has contributed a further 1 million Australian dollars (AUD) to Cambodia for the mine action- related Clearing for Results (CFR) project, a press release said Tuesday.
This is part of Australia's 12 million AUD commitment to the project, made on International Mine Action Day, to be disbursed from 2007 to 2010, it added.
Since 1996, Australia has committed approximately 56 million AUD to mine action-related activities in Cambodia, including 3 million AUD to Clearing for Results in 2007, according to the press release.
CFR is funded by a group of donors, currently including Australia, Canada, Adopt-a-Minefield, Spain and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and provides resources for demining and for capacity building of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), it said.
Cambodia remains one of the three countries in the world most affected by landmines and unexploded ordinance, it added.
Source: Xinhua
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