Extensive Excerpts on the Handover Ceremony of Donation of AstraZeneca Vaccine from the Government and People of Japan to the Royal Government and People of Cambodia [Unofficial Translation]
Focus
June 20 is the 44th anniversary (June 20, 1977 - June 20, 2021) of the day I decided to painfully invest my life to liberate the Cambodian people from the genocidal regime of Pol Pot. Although I and the Cambodian people are now enjoying happiness, I will never forget the tens of thousands of tears as I stepped out of the homeland, leaving the afflicted Cambodians, especially my pregnant wife, behind. I do not have a better choice because we cannot ask for mercy from Pol Pot. It was dangerous choices and tears that bring happiness and prosperity to this day.
I have mentioned this painful story many times, but I have not yet raised the question in my mind, that if I did not decide to lead the struggle starting from June 20, 1977, then where did Pol Pot kill me? And by what means? Next question, was there any other patriot who formed the National Unity Armed Forces in my place? How did the journey to liberate the country from the Pol Pot regime come about? Was there a solution through negotiations and the Paris Agreement? And finally, was there a win-win policy to end the war, bring peace and development as it is today?
These brief questions are always embedded in my brain, and I cannot answer this question myself, I will leave it to my compatriots to help find the answer.
I have mentioned this painful story many times, but I have not yet raised the question in my mind, that if I did not decide to lead the struggle starting from June 20, 1977, then where did Pol Pot kill me? And by what means? Next question, was there any other patriot who formed the National Unity Armed Forces in my place? How did the journey to liberate the country from the Pol Pot regime come about? Was there a solution through negotiations and the Paris Agreement? And finally, was there a win-win policy to end the war, bring peace and development as it is today?
These brief questions are always embedded in my brain, and I cannot answer this question myself, I will leave it to my compatriots to help find the answer.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Facebook Status on the 44th Anniversary of the Day Leaving
to Establish a Force to Liberate the Country from the Pol Pot Regime
(June 20, 1977 - 2021), June 20, 2021.
[…] , I beg all landlords to understand the plight of our workers at a time when we are all experiencing hardships. In the past, some landlords have decided not to take the rooms' rents from the workers for a while or reduce the rents. Some of them allowed lessees to stay rent-free for a long period and I have already written them thank-you notes […]
[…] For the water/electricity fees, we also ask Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) as well as the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) to focus on workers’ rented houses in advance, which they can give them favor in charging for water/electricity as a contribution to the landlords to solve the common problems of our workers […]
[…] We have not yet gotten to a point where vaccination is the basis for travel, to reduce the need for quarantine and to enter workplaces, yet. We are at the initial phase of vaccination, in which, in some places, some people got their first doses, while in other places the first doses have not even started yet. Therefore, the resistance to the disease is not yet effective […]
[…] I hope those who can afford it do not fight to get help among those who are in need […] Now is not the time to take on the issue of equality and equity and make it a condition to address employment. Wait until Phnom Penh and Kandal Province or the whole country to be vaccinated and those who refuse to be vaccinated are clearly unemployed or unable to find work due to unfortunate propaganda of some people […]
[…] . I hope everybody could go through this hardship together. Although we cannot end the February 20 community event, we will be able to get it under control and reduce the number of infections and deaths […]
[…] For the water/electricity fees, we also ask Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) as well as the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) to focus on workers’ rented houses in advance, which they can give them favor in charging for water/electricity as a contribution to the landlords to solve the common problems of our workers […]
[…] We have not yet gotten to a point where vaccination is the basis for travel, to reduce the need for quarantine and to enter workplaces, yet. We are at the initial phase of vaccination, in which, in some places, some people got their first doses, while in other places the first doses have not even started yet. Therefore, the resistance to the disease is not yet effective […]
[…] I hope those who can afford it do not fight to get help among those who are in need […] Now is not the time to take on the issue of equality and equity and make it a condition to address employment. Wait until Phnom Penh and Kandal Province or the whole country to be vaccinated and those who refuse to be vaccinated are clearly unemployed or unable to find work due to unfortunate propaganda of some people […]
[…] . I hope everybody could go through this hardship together. Although we cannot end the February 20 community event, we will be able to get it under control and reduce the number of infections and deaths […]
Samdech Techo HUN SEN ,
Fabebook page, 08 May 2021.
• […] I find that in some provinces, bans have been imposed up to the level of Cambodians themselves entering their provinces needed to be placed in quarantines for 14 days. This is not different from the fact that we create state within state […]
• […] We must continue to impose quarantines for those suspected with high-risk Covid-19 in order to get their samples for tests and to decide if they needed quarantines, but not all people passing through their provinces […]
• […] I am asking His Excellency Lok Chumteav, the provincial governors, who have already issued a decision (on unnecessary quarantines on travelers) to amend that decision or facilitate people’s movement. I say this (is) not to prevent those who have suspicions to take sample and to have inevitable quarantines, but to amend the decision to allow people to travel […]
• If not (amend the decision), we will then control only the people in each own province. People from other provinces who go to work in any respective province must do quarantines and vice versa. If so, (we will do) quarantines all over the country. It is no different than we shut down the country, shut down the city some time ago and crash the engine of the socio-economic process of the people […]
• […] This matter needs to be corrected and reported back to me at the (online) group between the Prime Minister and the Governors/Mayors as to which provinces did and which provinces did not … by this time, the people had to farm, to travel here and there for their businesses […]
• […] We must continue to impose quarantines for those suspected with high-risk Covid-19 in order to get their samples for tests and to decide if they needed quarantines, but not all people passing through their provinces […]
• […] I am asking His Excellency Lok Chumteav, the provincial governors, who have already issued a decision (on unnecessary quarantines on travelers) to amend that decision or facilitate people’s movement. I say this (is) not to prevent those who have suspicions to take sample and to have inevitable quarantines, but to amend the decision to allow people to travel […]
• If not (amend the decision), we will then control only the people in each own province. People from other provinces who go to work in any respective province must do quarantines and vice versa. If so, (we will do) quarantines all over the country. It is no different than we shut down the country, shut down the city some time ago and crash the engine of the socio-economic process of the people […]
• […] This matter needs to be corrected and reported back to me at the (online) group between the Prime Minister and the Governors/Mayors as to which provinces did and which provinces did not … by this time, the people had to farm, to travel here and there for their businesses […]
Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Facebook page, 06 May 2021.
Selected Schedules
06 July 2021 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen delivers a speech at the Summit of Leaders of Global Political Parties and Summits of both parties celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China and the 70th anniversary of the Cambodian People’s Party via video conference.
01 July 2021 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen holds a meeting with the Committee for Prevention and Control of COVID-19 via videoconference.
29 June 2021 – Samdech Techo Hun Sen addresses and participates in roundtable discussions with leaders of ASEAN political parties on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Russia-ASEAN partnership and the 30th anniversary of Russia-ASEAN relations via videoconference.
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09 June 2021
Press Release on the Signing Ceremony for the Returning of 27 artifacts.
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Op-ed: Book Launch Marks Day of Liberation from the Killing Fields
Source: AKP
On Thursday, January 7, 2021, it will be the 42th anniversary of the liberation of Cambodia from the notorious, and noxious, Pol Pot regime and the end of the Killing Fields. It is the day Cambodian survivors of that genocidal period describe as their second birthday.
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Op-Ed: PM Hun Sen: the Healthy COVID-19 Vaccine, Keep New Normalcy
Source: AKP
Despite her limited resources, this Southeast Asian nation’s Royal Government and the people share the same strategic boat amid the global spread of Covid-19 since early this year. Cambodia, like other parts of the world, sought different approaches to fight the infectious disease while the government and world bodies joined hands with scientists to produce a Covid-19 vaccine.
No rush
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Cambodian Premier Sends Congratulatory Message to U.S. President-Elect
Source: AKP
Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has recently extended his sincere congratulations to the Honorable Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., President-Elect of the United States of America.
“On behalf the Royal Government and people of Cambodia, it gives me great honour and an overwhelming pleasure to congratulate you on your historical election as the 46th President of the United States of America. Your vast experiences and wise leadership have proven to be the...Full story
PM Gives 14-point Recommendation to Get Prepared for 2021
Source: AKP
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has given a 14-point recommendation to prepare for possible large-scale community transmission of COVID-19 in 2021.
“It does not mean we are going to have large-scale community transmission, but we cannot underestimate, we need to get prepared in advance to be able to respond to such thing if it happens,” he said in his address to his compatriots on the COVID-19 situation in the country, at his residence in Takhmao town,...Full story
PM: High School Students Not Allowed to Take Exam Next Month
Source: AKP
High school students cannot sit for their exam rescheduled for Jan. 11, 2021, announced this morning Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen in his message to his compatriots broadcast live from his residence in Takhmao town, Kandal province.
The Premier made the announcement as the Nov. 28 community cluster transmission event has not yet ended even though it is under control.
“All high school students of this 2019-2020 academic year are all allowed to pass the exam...Full story
Documents
19 July 2021
Letter of Condolence addressed to Her Excellency Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the devastative flooding that hit Western Germany on 15 July 2021.
18 May 2021
Letter to Congrats China on Successful Landing of Zhurong Spacecraft on Mars.
05 April 2021
Congratulatory Letter to H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc Elected as President of Viet Nam
17 November 2020
Congratulatory Letter addressed to H.E. Mrs Daw Aung San Su Kyi for her victory in Myanmar’s General Election on 8 November 2020.
17 September 2020
Congratulatory Letter addressed to His Excellency SUGA Yoshihide, new Prime Minister of Japan.
16 October 2019
Outcomes of the Official Visit of Samdech Techo in the Czech Republic on 13-14 October 2019.
12 September 2019
JOINT COMMUNIQUE Between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia andthe Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic .
03 September 2019
Joint Statement The Official Visit of H.E. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, to the Kingdom of Cambodia, from 02-04 September 2019.
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Statement and Elaboration of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to Provide Clarification on Border Issues between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (In Khmer Only).
Main Statement and Elaboration by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister on “Demarcation of Land Boundary and Maritime Delimitation between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”, The Plenary Session of the National Assembly, 9 August (In Khmer Only).