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| By Stéphanie Gée | | | 25-11-2008 | Phnom Penh (Cambodia), 17/03/2004. Drug user, looked after by the NGO 'Friends' as part of a syringe exchange programme launched to prevent further HIV/AIDS contaminations
© John Vink / Magnum The AIDS epidemic seems to have reached a stable level in Cambodia, with a prevalence of 0.9% among people aged 15-49, a rate which takes off among the so-called “high-risk” populations, like prostitutes (14.7%), men having sex with other men, according to the time-honoured expression (5.1%) and... injecting drug users (24.4% as against 1.1% among non-injecting drug users), who are growing in number in the country. These last figures were revealed in the first ever serious survey carried out in Cambodia to establish the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among drug users. The results of the survey, carried out with the technical and financial support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) between July and October 2007 among 500 drug addicts questioned in the streets of Phnom Penh and in four rehabilitation centres in the capital city and in the Siem Reap, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces, were made public on November 14th 2008 by the National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS).
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| By Ros Dina and Laurent Le Gouanvic | | | 24-11-2008 | Chom Chao (Cambodia), 25/09/2008. Garment workers on their way home after the shift
© John Vink / Magnum Today in Cambodia, more than 1,000 trade unions coexist within the odd 540 garment factories established in the country. The unions' role is officially to defend workers' fundamental rights, but the de facto reality is quite different: their representatives sometimes use the unions to obtain personal advantages here or reap some money there. The situation was loudly denounced by Nang Sothy, Secretary General of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, who, on the occasion of the Government – Private Sector Forum held on Friday 21st November, deplored the degradation of the social climate in 2008. The social model had up until now helped attract western buyers willing to better their reputation, but shaken on the one hand by the pressure of the overall inflation, which ruined workers' buying power, and weakened on the other hand by the first consequences of the world financial crisis, the model may well be endangered, unless new forms of negotiations are elaborated between Cambodian employers and workers, at last.
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| By Ros Dina and Laurent Le Gouanvic | | | 21-11-2008 | Phnom Penh (Cambodia) 21/11/2008. Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Government – Private Sector Forum held by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)
© John Vink / Magnum On the occasion of the 14th Government – Private Sector Forum held on Friday 21st November, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a 10% rebate on Export Management Fees (EMF) as a response to the concern expressed once again by Van Sou Ieng, chairman of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). The measure comes as a helping hand to the sector, already suffering from the first consequences of the world economic crisis and witnessing an important fall-off in its orders from the United States, one of Cambodia's main clients in the garment industry.
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| By Emiko Stock | | | 21-11-2008 |  Phnom Penh (Cambodia), 11/11/2008. Water festival – Dragonboat on the mend. Cham are well-known for making quality boats © John Vink / Magnum
The sun is starting to be high in the sky and the craft is on the water. Like so many others on the eve of the Water Festival, a long dragonboat is almost set to leave for Phnom Penh. This is the last chance training. To cheer his team, a jolly man in the middle of the boat is delivering a continuous array of songs and gags, dirty jokes and wordplays, far from his customary austerity. He is the bilal of the village, the one who calls the faithful Muslims to the daily prayer.
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| By Duong Sokha | | | 20-11-2008 | Phnom Penh (Cambodia), 24/09/2008. Mu Sochua, deputy Secretary-General at the Sam Rainsy Party, on her way out of the National Assembly after the investiture of the new government.
© John Vink / Magnum Cambodia's main political opposition coalition, the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), was hoping to obtain better legislative recognition through the allocation of an active role within the National Assembly but saw its ambitions shattered as Prime Minister Hun Sen declared his views on the matter on Monday 17th November as he was away for business in the Kandal province. Hun Sen was quite straight forward in his approach and even called “stupid” the party's demands about the amendment of the National Assembly's internal rules, which was meant to provide the opposition party with official recognition and therefore important positions and roles within the institution. Despite being prevented from leading the executive and legislative powers, the SRP does not yield and is willing to continue the struggle to obtain a proper parliamentary status.
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Analyses
| Dr. Raoul Marc Jennar reviews the list of agreements, treaties and other conventions signed in the last century. According to him, they confirm the sovereignty of Cambodia over the area of Preah Vihear which is now disputed by Thailand. |
Spotted on the web
| Short, poor, ill and corrupt, or, in other words, the new potential composite of the average Cambodian person elaborated on the basis of statistical figures circulated here and there by various international and national organisations intervening in Cambodia. |
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