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CLOSING CEREMONY SPEECH
of
His Excellency SOK AN
Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers
and First Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action
and Victim Assistance Authority -CMAA
at Phnom Penh Regional Conference
on “Mine Action and Implication for Peace and Development”
14 March 2007, Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh
- General Maurice Baril, Co-chair of the Conference;
- His Royal Highness Prince Mired Al-Hussein, President-Designate of the 8th
Meeting of the States Parties to Mine Ban Treaty;
- H.E. Ms. Donica Pottie, Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen;
- Distinguished Delegate;s
On behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia in particular on behalf of
Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Royal Government, I have a great honor to
preside over the Closing Ceremony of this very important Phnom Penh Regional
Conference entitled “Mine Action and Implications for Peace and Development”.
First of all, I would like to thank General Maurice Baril and H.E. Sam Sotha, for
acting on my behalf, for leading this three-day Conference. My thanks also go to Her
Excellancy Donica Pottie, Ambassador of Canada and her team for assuring the
smooth running of the conference and facilitators who have assisted with facilitating
all the working groups and speakers who contributed useful ideas and comments to
the conference. Indeed, the success of the conference has clearly indicated that we are
building a strong cooperation and partnership for mine action and victim Assistance.
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The Royal Government of Cambodia and the CMAA are extremely grateful for active
participation of distinguished delegates from South-East Asia and other affected
countries, donors, UN agencies and major international organizations. We are very
honored and very grateful for Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Royal
Government of Cambodia, who committed his valuable time of his very busy
schedule to deliver his impor