Address at the International Conference on the Responsibility to protect: Progress, Challenges and Opportunity in Asia Pacific: “Cambodia Takes the Leading Role in the Prevention of Genocide in ASEAN” By CNV Team | 26/02/2015 - 7:39 pm | ASEAN, Children's Rights, Cold War, ECCC, Genocide, Genocide, Genocide Pol Pot, Human Rights, Paris Peace Agreement, Peace and War, R to P, Rights, S 21, Win-Win Policy, Women's Rights Comments Off Your Royal Highness Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished National and International Guests! It, today, is my great pleasure to attend the International Conference on “the responsibility to protect: Progress, Challenges and Opportunity in Asia Pacific” with participations from foreign expert, representatives from the United Nations, ASEAN and International Organizations, and other sectors across in the World. Taking this opportunity, on behalf of the Royal government of Cambodia and myself, I would like to appreciate the conference organizers, especially the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace under the chairmanship of HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh, and the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and its Director, Dr. Alex Bellamy, for hosting this important conference.
Address at the Closing of 2014 Stocktaking and 2015 Direction Setting Conference of the Ministry of Interior By CNV Team | 25/02/2015 - 10:54 am | Decentralization, Deconcentration, Interior Comments Off Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to attend the closing of 2014 Stocktaking and 2015 Direction Setting Conference of the Ministry of Interior. At the outset, I would like to express my commendation and appreciation to the leadership of the Ministry of Interior, sub-national administration, civil servants and police force for the physical and mental effort to deliver achievements to the nation and people to date.
Remarks at the Celebration of the National Day of Clean City Under the theme “Success for Clean City, Success for Tourism” and the 1st Clean City Award Giving Ceremony for (2015-2018) By CNV Team | 24/02/2015 - 7:56 am | ASEAN, Clean City, clean city, clean resort, Environment, good service, Investment, Speech, Tourism Comments Off Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished National and International Guests! Today it is my pleasure to attend the third celebration of the “National Day of Clean City” under the theme “Success for Clean City, Success for Tourism” and the 1st Clean City Award Giving Ceremony at this moment. Truly, the clean city movement contest has contributed to fruitful development of tourism sector and responded to the needs and progress of our society.
Remarks at the Opening of the World Conference on “Tourism and Culture: Building a New Partnership” Siem Reap Province By CNV Team | 04/02/2015 - 6:18 am | Culture, Economy, growth, MDGs, Siem Reap, Speech, Tourism, UN, UNESCO, UNWTO, win-win policy Comments Off His Excellency Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Her Excellency Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, Distinguished National and International Guests, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today I am delighted to attend the opening of the auspicious 1st World Conference on “Tourism and Culture” under the theme of “Building a New Partnership”.
Selected Extempore Comments at the Graduation and Diploma Presenting Ceremony for Graduates at the Svay Rieng University [Unofficial Translation] By CNV Team | 19/01/2015 - 6:29 am | Dialogue Culture, Education, Human Resource, Hun Sen, Impromptu Comments, Inormation, Kem Sokha, National Assembly, Opposition groups, Peace and War, Salary Increase, Sam Rainsy Comments Off January – The Month of Many Events I am so happy to come here once again to present diploma to 1,026 graduates of the Svay Rieng University. I am so glad that we are meeting in a good environment and in the month of January, the month that we liberated our land from the genocidal regime of Pol Pot. This month, for me, also noted with many events. Firstly, I got married in January; secondly, we liberated the country and thirdly, my premiership started in this month too. I also have my eldest grandson’s birthday in this month. We also have this graduation and diploma presenting ceremony in January. I was in Tbong Khom to preside over the provincial infrastructural development.
Selected Impromptu Comments during the Connection of the Bridge of Nak Loeung across the Mekong River, District of Loeuk Dek, Kandal Province [Unofficial Translation] By CNV Team | 14/01/2015 - 6:20 am | ASEAN, Bridge, Cambodia-Japan Relations, Connectivity, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Assistance, Hun Sen, Impromptu Comments, Infrastructural development, Japan, Kandal, Prey Veng, Strategic Partnership, Svay Rieng, Thirty-Years Premiership Comments Off The Tsubasa Bridge and New 500 Banknote I have a great pleasure today to join with HE Kazuyuki NAKANE, parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, on this auspicious occasion to cast concrete for final connection of the Bridge of Neak Loeung of 2,215 meters considered as the longest bridge in the country. Before going further, I would like to affirm two things.
Selected Impromptu Comments during the Inauguration of the Hydropower Station of Russei Jrum Kraom, Mondul Seima District, Koh Kong Province [Unofficial Translation] By CNV Team | 12/01/2015 - 11:06 am | China, Economy, energy, Environment, Fuels, green development, hydropower, Impromptu Comments, Industry, Koh Kong, Peace and War, Salary Increase Comments Off Biggest Hydropower Station So far Today, I am so pleased to be able to join with our people to put into official use the 338 MW hydropower station of Russei Jrum Kraom – the biggest hydropower station we ever built so far. We used to put into official use the power station of only dozens of MW power. Today, we have a 338 MW power generation station which, for us, is a big scale of power station. As for China, on their Yangtze River, they built one of tens of thousands of MW. In 2018, we hope to have another hydropower station ready and it will produce up to 400 MW.
Selected Impromptu Comments at the Groundbreaking Ceremony to Build the Newly Established Tbong Khmom Provincial Administrative Buildings [Unofficial Translation] By CNV Team | 05/01/2015 - 7:54 am | Geographical Locations, Impromptu Comments, Interior, Land Management, Peace and War, Public Service, Tbong Khmom Comments Off Imams of Islam, Excellencies and Lok Chumteavs, HE Governors of Tay Ninh and Binh Phuoc provinces of Vietnam, who have taken their precious time to attend today’s ceremony. My wife and I also convey our deep respect to elderly, uncles, aunts and compatriots. Today, we are so happy to be able to join with all of you – people and Buddhist monks and compatriots in the groundbreaking ceremony to build the administrative building and needed infrastructures of the provincial city of (the newly established province of) Tbong Khmom. As we are passing the year 2014 to 2015, and the forthcoming celebration of the 36th anniversary of the victory on 7 January 1979-2015, please allow me to wish you all the four Buddhist wishes.
Selected Impromptu Comments at the Graduation and Diploma Presentation Ceremony of the University of Agriculture at Chamka Daung [Unofficial Translation] By CNV Team | 18/12/2014 - 8:23 am | Agriculture, Al Qaeda, Battambang Province, Contageous Diseases, energy, Foreign Affairs, Fuels, Health, HIV/AIDS, Impromptu Comments, RUA-Chamka Daung, South Asian Affairs, Taliban, Trrorism Comments Off 50th Founding Anniversary and 30th Reopening Anniversary of RUA-Chamka Daung I am so happy to be able to join all of you, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen on the occasion of this graduation and diploma presenting ceremony for 1639 students of the Royal University of Agriculture at Chamka Daung (RUA – Chamka Daung). I am grateful for the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports and the University’s rector for organizing this ceremony here (at the National Institute of Education), which is not far from my house and convenient to other honored guests. Coincidentally, the graduation and diploma presenting ceremony happens right at the time when the RUA – Chamka Daung celebrates its 50th founding anniversary (December 1964/2014) as is reported in the report of Dr. Uk Rabun.
Remarks at the National Dissemination Conference on the Three Fundamental Laws related to the Judicial Branch By CNV Team | 16/12/2014 - 1:24 pm | ASEAN, Civil Code, Civil Code Procedures, Code for Criminal Procedure, Criminal Code, Justice, Rectangular Strategy, Rectangular Strategy III Comments Off Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, All participants! Today, I am honored and delighted to participate in the opening of the national dissemination conference on the three fundamental laws related to the judiciary branch, viz. Law on the Statute of Judges and Prosecutors, Law on the Organization of the Court Organs and Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of Magistracy, organized by the Ministry of Justice with support from the Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Overall, today’s conference reflects the Royal Government’s new achievement in the legal and judicial sector in addition to achievements during the previous Legislature such as Criminal Code, Code for Criminal Procedures, Civil Code, Code for Civil Procedures and other laws.
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