Why the Government Plans to Pass a Law on NGOs

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

The Government wants the Ministry of Interior to exercise greater oversight of the country’s Non-Government Organizations and Associations, H.E. Sak Sitha, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior told the NGO Fair in Phnom Penh on June 9, 2006. Pivotal to this will be the passage of an NGO Law. The Ministry of Interior [...]

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Creative Initiative of Cheang Tung Commune Council, Traim Kok District, Takeo Province

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

In Cheang Tung commune, located in Traim Kok district, Takeo province, the commune council has initiated a project to conserve palm trees within the commune boundaries and to protect them from being cut down and sold. The commune council issued an order in 2003 to prohibit the logging of the commune’s palm trees, which identified [...]

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