35th Anniversary of Officially Becoming the Prime Minister

… Today is the 34th anniversary of the day that I became Prime Minister officially. On 14 January 1985, at this time, there was this elections in the National Assembly. Brother Chan Si, then Prime Minister, had to leave for Moscow for treatment of his blood cancers [...] I had to serve as Acting Prime Minister and there was drought on mainland and flood in area along the Mekong River […] I called on members of the National Assembly […] to do everything we could to save our people and leave no one to die without us knowing and providing assistance […]

Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Selected Off-the-Cuff Speech, Groundbreaking Ceremony to build
the Third Ring Road around Phnom Penh from NR 4 through to NR 1, 14 January 2019

“… I would take this opportunity to thank His Excellency Prayuth Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Thailand, the Royal Government of Thailand and the Thai authorities for their care for Cambodian workers. That is a good point in the neighborly relations that there is no discrimination against Cambodian workers ... this is also part of the joint solution to the Covid-19 cases and the employment of Cambodian workers. It is partly for the growth of the Thai economy and partly for the income of Cambodian workers ...”

“… Covid-19 is still infecting in the world. Previously ranked No. 1 in Asia, No. 3 in the world, Cambodia is now considered the number one in the world (in dealing with Covid-19). I looked at it. Second place goes to South Sudan and third place goes to Brunei. No matter what the ranking would be, let us not rejoice, because the problem of Covid-19 is not over yet. Just a little negligence, it would happen ...”

“… For 2021, we will add an initial 3,000 medical persons to increase the capacity and the deployment of our medical team. In case of more demand, I have already discussed with Deputy Prime Minister, HE Aun Pornmoniroth, and we are always prepared to respond to the increasing workload of our medical team ... However, those recruited must dare to fight Covid-19. This is a requirement …”

“ … I also wrote on the request of HE Hang Chuon Naron yesterday to take January 11 as the opening day of the 2020-21 school year, and the Ministry has taken measures to organize it according to the new normal practices, applied in education ...”

“… Today, we announce the first drop of oil in this miserable land. Coincidentally, I chose this day to mark the day that Cambodia ended the war, brought peace and national unity for the first time to Cambodia's long history ... If there were no end to the war, how could there be peace. If there is no peace, there will be no first oil drop event on December 29, 2020. As the founder and leading implementer of the win-win policy, I am very proud of all the compatriots who participated in the process to end the war in Cambodia …”

“… They raised this oil money 20 years ago. After I blamed the move, they went silent. I say do not determine which fish to grill, which fish to boil and fry while no fish caught. Now that we have caught the fish, they can ask the question - if you get the money, on what do you spend? I will tell you that I will give priority to education and health, let's us be clear …”

“… I would take this opportunity to thank you HM the King and the Queen Mother for the contributions they made for the (purchase) of the vaccines. Thank you to all the Buddhist monks, people and armed forces for their contributions … The principle here is for our people to have vaccination free and on voluntary basis. If you do not trust, do not get the injection and continue to use the mask (and) alcohol. Even if there is a vaccine, we must continue using mask, observing social gap …”

Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Special Messages on the Closing of the November-28 Community Event,
the Commemoration of the 22^nd Anniversary of Implementing the Win-win Policy,
and the Announcement of the First Oil Drop in Cambodia, 29 December 2020.

[…] We hope that our workers in Thailand trust the handling capacity of the Thai Government and the relevant Thai authorities there. (Our workers) should not run away from Thailand when Thailand is in trouble, as I have said before, love each other in times of need, and we will know good friends in times of difficulty […]

[…] This is my appeal to the workers in Thailand, to the parents, as well as to the families of the workers and those who are preparing to enter Thailand. I am asking those who planned to enter Thailand illegally and legally to suspend them in such circumstances […]

[…] I also released 50 million riels per province for the provinces bordering (with Thailand) in addition to the budget released before. We will supplement so that the provinces along the border can afford to do the jobs of sheltering for quarantines. Under normal circumstances, it is not possible to enter the country without inspecting the specimens and conducting quarantines for 14 days at the border […]

[…] According to the information from the Commander-in-Chief of the Army as well as the Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army, the trucks will leave tonight to the three reserved entry points - O Smach, Dong and Poipet. About 70 trucks have to go there to be ready for transport in case of overcrowding at the border. We will not allow people traveling from Thailand to enter the country by taxi or in an uncontrolled process as it may lead to risks of infecting communities that we do not know […]

[…] We have governed situation well around our country - with the Kingdom of Thailand, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. We do not export disease to these countries, and these countries do not bring disease into Cambodia. We did a good job with these three neighbors. We will continue to do this work with our three friends that are bordering with us […]

Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Audio-Message Concerning Covid-19 Community Outbreak in Thailand
and Preventive Measures against Community Transmission in Cambodia, 20 December 2020.

[…] We have just gone through the first case of the community pandemic outbreak subject. In terms of transmission in community, according to the scenarios set out in the master plan for action against Cambodia’s COVID-19 disease, the (November-28 community Covid-19) outbreak has been in form of clusters and individual locations, but not too large a scale […]

[…] I would take this opportunity to make it clear that the November 28 community event is under control but has not yet been over for five reasons […]. One of the reasons was we still do not know exactly where the COVID-19 patients could have gone that we did not know or find out [...]. There are still people who have been directly or indirectly affected, who do not dare to show up and do not dare to come for testing for fear of being detained for 14 days […]. Some of the affected people have not yet reached the dates of the second or third tests […]. There are people who have to be in subsequent order of quarantines starting from the November 29 to the day that we found the last Covid-19 positive on the November 14 […]. We have not yet found all the provinces where the patient arrived/went before s/he knew s/he had Covid-19 […]

[…] After HE Aun Pornmoniroth attended the ASEAN summits on my behalf, some media accolades him as a potential prime ministerial candidate. You are right. In the CPP, you have to understand how they are organized. They have three tiers or even four tiers of generations because of the first generation could go anytime … do not stick your minds only to transferring power to (Hun) Manet every day ... I am okay with your thought. He is one among other candidates […] […] I consider it a national movement that we need to keep it on and as foundation for the protection of the people’s health, because this disease is still ongoing. I would like to confirm to some of you who have commented on this/that platforms, including on my Facebook that s/he is willing to pay when the time has come for her/himself and her/his own families … However, the Royal Government would confirm that this vaccine is given for free. When the jabs arrive, we give them free of charge [...]

[…] I can confirm that we have prepared through the COVAX mechanism for 20% of vaccine and placed an additional purchasing order letter through COVAX for another 1 million doses. However, I cannot answer yet when it will arrive and for confirmation, Cambodia only buys vaccines that are recognized by the World Health Organization […]

[…] According to His Excellency Aun Pornmoniroth … even if (the situation improves and cash program of the said) three months ceases, we will not disrupt it completely [...]. There will be a three-month transition […] we may reduce the allowance to 80%, the second month to 60%, and the third month to 50%, and stop completely at the fourth month […] and the cash program for rural employment, we have added up to USD 150 million for cash for work [...]

[…] I am seeking understanding from the Buddhist monks, every religions, and all the people about the fact that we have not yet been able to end the November-28 community Covid-19 outbreak event. May all our students understand that they cannot sit for senior secondary school exam on January 11. I have to make a decision here because I have to be responsible. There are only a few days left until January 11, so His Excellency Hang Chuon Naron has to figure it out from now [...]

Samdech Techo HUN SEN ,
A Special Message Briefing the Cambodian Compatriots
on Covid-19 Latest Situation, 15 December 2020.