European Union funds cluster munition clearance along Cambodia border
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The European Union is providing a €1.6 million grant to clear cluster munitions and unexploded ordnance from border provinces in Cambodia.
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the organization APOPO signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh to manage the project. The initiative will run until March 2028 to remove explosive threats from land that Thai forces fired into Cambodian residential areas and farmland during a conflict in 2025.
CMAC and APOPO will combine their technical expertise to conduct surveys and clear explosives to help local communities restore social and economic activities. The partnership between the two organizations began in 2014 and has previously involved using mine-detection dogs and rats for humanitarian work. This new project aims to protect lives and improve human security by making contaminated land safe for residents.
