COVID-19 is spreading through Cambodia’s prisons and warrants urgent measures to prevent an uncontrollable outbreak, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP).
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Minister of Environment Say Samal called for the effective use of natural resources, noting that they must be carefully managed and used for the benefit of the Cambodian people because of their limited availability and supply.
“We need to use Cambodia’s natural resources to improve the standard of living of our population, in the same manner as every other nation has done as its own economy developed. We also know that these resources are limited, and so we must find innovative ways to use them more efficiently and sustainably,” his statement read.
Samal – who also serves as the chairperson for the National Council for Sustainable Development – released this statement to coincide with the launching of the Asian Vision Institute’s sustainable development goals conference held via webinar on April 26.
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PHNOM PENH, April 8 (Xinhua) The United Nations in Cambodia, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), has launched two joint programs to expand financing options for the Cambodian government, said a joint press statement on Thursday.
Both programs have been designed to meet growing demands for development investments and to maintain financial lifelines for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), particularly women-owned enterprises, the statement said.
The programs would support the realization of the Cambodia Sustainable Development Goals (CSDGs), it said.
The first program, the Integrated National Financing Framework to Catalyze Blended Finance for Transformative CSDG Achievement, will be implemented by two UN agencies and the second program, Unlocking Cambodian Women s Potential Through Fiscal Space Creation (A Credit Guarantee Scheme for Women-owned Enterpri
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