Cambodia has a rich bio-diversity, including an array of diverse organisms and forest resource on which many poor people in the countryside depend for livelihood. However, in recent years the forest resource has increasingly come under pressure from economic land utilization. Meanwhile, the country is known to be vulnerable to impacts of climate change due to its low adaptation capacity. Rural populations are most at risk to destructive climatic events such flood and drought.
Landmines and explosive remnants of war ERWs continue to pose obstacle to the advancement of development especially in the countryside despite progress made in clearing them during the last two decades. Cambodia has set target to clear some square kilometres of mine-affected areas by , a huge task which will require sustained external financial support to get the job done.
The government has set a vision for Cambodia to become an upper-middle income country in Reaching the lower-middle income country status represents a significant milestone for the country. Yet, it also represents a challenge to its future development prospect. Unlike his father, Sihamoni refrained from intervening in the country's politics, opting to reign as a spiritual and ceremonial figurehead.
In Feb. He received a royal pardon in Hun Sen has used defamation laws to crack down on political opponents and human rights groups, having at least seven activists and critics arrested in and Facing criticism from home and abroad, Hun Sen withdrew charges against four of the activists.
Prosecutors trying senior Khmer Rouge officials made their first indictment in July , charging Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, who ran the notorious Tuol Sleng prison where some 14, people were tortured and killed, with crimes against humanity. In September , Nuon Chea, who was second-in-command to Pol Pot, was arrested and charged with war crimes.
He was convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity in July and sentenced 35 years in prison. He will only spend 19 years in prison, having already served 16 years. The move stirred nationalist emotions on both sides and fueled the tension between the countries. Both countries moved troops to disputed land near the temple. Skirmishing broke out between Cambodian and Thai troops in October , and two Cambodian soldiers were killed.
Bloodshed at the border between Cambodia and Thailand near the site of the 11th-century Khmer temple complex continued in , prompting the prime minister to call the exchanges of artillery and machine gun fire "a real war. In September , the UN-backed tribunal indicted four senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge on charges of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and murder. The defendants are Ieng Sary, former foreign minister; Ieng Thirith, former social welfare minister and the wife of Ieng Sary; Khieu Samphan, former head of state; and Nuon Chea, who was arrested in While the conviction of Duch was considered a milestone for the tribunal, the indictment of these figures is considered more significant considering the rank of the defendants.
The trial began in November Ieng Sary died in March during his trial. The case against his wife, Ieng Thirith, had previously been suspended. Because of the glacial pace of the proceedings, the case against the remaining defendants, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, was divided into two trials. One covered the mass purge of Phnom Penh and other cities in an attempt to create an agrarian society; the other focuses on genocide. In August , Khieu Samphan, 83, and Nuon Chea, 88, were found guilty of crimes against humanity and received a life sentence.
The conviction and sentence seemed to be a disappointment for family members of victims given the age of the defendants and the uncertainty that the trial of genocide would be seen to completion. King Norodom Sihanouk, who abdicated in , died in October in Beijing at age The country observed a week of mourning following his death.
Observers questioned if his successor, Sihamoni, would begin to immerse himself in the country's politics or continue to keep a distance from such matters.
The July election for seats in the National Assembly was unexpectedly close. Preliminary results had the governing Cambodian People? The World Bank. Economic Situation. Council for the Development of Cambodia. Cambodia Economic Update: Restrained Recovery.
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