Showing posts with label 2010 ASEAN-US military exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 ASEAN-US military exercise. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Angkor Sentinel
Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)Saturday, July 17, 2010
Cambodia hosts large-scale peacekeeping drill
Indonesian soldiers parade during the multi-national exercise Angkor sentinel 2010 at Kampong Speu province, some 60 kilometers west of Phnom Penh on July 17, 2010. (Photo courtesy: AFP)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) and United Nations resident coordinator Douglas Broderick (L) look a photo exhibition during the multi-national exercise Angkor sentinel 2010 at Kampong Speu province, some 60 kilometers west of Phnom Penh on July 17, 2010. (Photo courtesy: AFP)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) looks at demining equipments during the multi-national exercise Angkor sentinel 2010 at Kampong Speu province, some 60 kilometers west of Phnom Penh on July 17, 2010. (Photo courtesy: AFP)KAMPONG SPEU, Saturday 17 July 2010 (AFP) - Cambodia opened its first ever large-scale international peacekeeping training exercise with a ceremony Saturday at a military base south of the capital.
Over 700 military personnel from 23 countries will participate in two weeks of field training during the "Angkor Sentinel" exercise, focusing on developing nations' contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.
"From a country that used to receive blue hat soldiers to help keep peace, Cambodia has become a country that sends blue hat soldiers to help keep peace in other nations," Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said, referring to UN troop uniforms.
Cambodia was the focus of a UN peacekeeping mission in the early 1990s to help end decades of civil war, but has recently deployed troops to work as UN peacekeepers in Chad, Sudan and the Central African Republic.
But the exercise, co-sponsored by the US Army, has been criticised by New York-based Human Rights Watch for using the grounds of the Cambodian military's ACO Tank Unit, which has been accused of being involved in illegal landgrabs.
"For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous," said Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director, in a statement.
"The US undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations," he added.
The "Angkor Sentinel" is part of the 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, a US effort to help train peacekeepers around the world.
Over 700 military personnel from 23 countries will participate in two weeks of field training during the "Angkor Sentinel" exercise, focusing on developing nations' contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.
"From a country that used to receive blue hat soldiers to help keep peace, Cambodia has become a country that sends blue hat soldiers to help keep peace in other nations," Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said, referring to UN troop uniforms.
Cambodia was the focus of a UN peacekeeping mission in the early 1990s to help end decades of civil war, but has recently deployed troops to work as UN peacekeepers in Chad, Sudan and the Central African Republic.
But the exercise, co-sponsored by the US Army, has been criticised by New York-based Human Rights Watch for using the grounds of the Cambodian military's ACO Tank Unit, which has been accused of being involved in illegal landgrabs.
"For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous," said Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director, in a statement.
"The US undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations," he added.
The "Angkor Sentinel" is part of the 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, a US effort to help train peacekeepers around the world.
Field Training Exercise kicks off in Cambodia for multi-national peacekeeping operations
Cambodia, Jul. 17, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- "Field Training Exercise", the second phase of large scale military exercise " Angkor Sentinel 2010", officially kicked off on Saturday at the presence of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Kompong Speu province, about 50 km from Phnom Penh.
Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Tea Banh and Pal Saraenn, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) attended the events, and about 1,000 forces from more than 20 countries joined the multi-national peacekeeping operations.
Speaking at the opening of "Field Training Exercise (FTX)", Hun Sen said that he "feels great pride for his country has the ability to hold such size and important peacekeeping exercise".
FTX was the second of two forms of Multi-National Exercise Training, named as "Angkor Sentinel 2010" with the participation from many countries after the first part of the "Command Post Exercise (CPX)" began on July 12.
The field training exercise consists of lane training in checkpoint operations, patrolling, securing a distribution site, convoy operations, conducting a cordon and search, and securing disarmament area.
Both military exercises with official name as "Angkor Sentinel 2010" -- are part of the Global Peace Operations Initiatives ( GPOI), a UN-U.S. peacekeeping-training program for strengthening peace and security. The military exercise will be conducted through July 30.
Moeng Somphan, secretary of state of Ministry of Defense said earlier that the exercise "aimed at enhancing military-civil capacity for peacekeeping operation," and it "not only provide the great opportunities for the RCAF and multi-national forces in performing some regional missions but also give us a chance to demonstrate our capacity, coordination, and cooperation."
Of those forces, the largest number come from Cambodia as a host country and from the United States, the co-organizer of the exercise.
The other participating countries, the majority of which are the members of the United Nations, include France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, India, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia and the United Kingdom among others.
Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Tea Banh and Pal Saraenn, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) attended the events, and about 1,000 forces from more than 20 countries joined the multi-national peacekeeping operations.
Speaking at the opening of "Field Training Exercise (FTX)", Hun Sen said that he "feels great pride for his country has the ability to hold such size and important peacekeeping exercise".
FTX was the second of two forms of Multi-National Exercise Training, named as "Angkor Sentinel 2010" with the participation from many countries after the first part of the "Command Post Exercise (CPX)" began on July 12.
The field training exercise consists of lane training in checkpoint operations, patrolling, securing a distribution site, convoy operations, conducting a cordon and search, and securing disarmament area.
Both military exercises with official name as "Angkor Sentinel 2010" -- are part of the Global Peace Operations Initiatives ( GPOI), a UN-U.S. peacekeeping-training program for strengthening peace and security. The military exercise will be conducted through July 30.
Moeng Somphan, secretary of state of Ministry of Defense said earlier that the exercise "aimed at enhancing military-civil capacity for peacekeeping operation," and it "not only provide the great opportunities for the RCAF and multi-national forces in performing some regional missions but also give us a chance to demonstrate our capacity, coordination, and cooperation."
Of those forces, the largest number come from Cambodia as a host country and from the United States, the co-organizer of the exercise.
The other participating countries, the majority of which are the members of the United Nations, include France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, India, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia and the United Kingdom among others.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Govt denies abuses by troops [... "Stupid is as stupid does": A lesson from Forrest Gump to the US?]
These soldiers in Preah Vihear were photographed during a forced eviction in Preah Vihear, since Hun Xen's regime denies troop abuses, these soldiers must be there by coincidence???Monday, 12 July 2010
Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
US embassy spokesman John Johnson said in a statement yesterday that in accordance with US law, all participants in the exercises were “thoroughly and rigorously vetted” by the embassy and the departments of state and defence. (sic!)AS Cambodia gears up to hold large-scale military exercises this weekend, government officials have dismissed claims that the units hosting the event have been implicated in “serious” human rights abuses.
The Angkor Sentinel exercise, part of the 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, will involve 1,000 military personnel from 23 countries. It was to start with a military officer training course in Phnom Penh today.
The training course will be followed by a two-week field training exercise scheduled to kick off at the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces ACO Tank Command Headquarters in Kampong Speu province on Saturday.
The exercises, jointly run by the US departments of defence and state, were designed to help train peacekeepers, Defence Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat said yesterday.
“The military field training will use only small arms, starting from AK-47 [rifles] and focus on the skill and the strategy of maintaining security and peacekeeping,” he said.
Prime Minister Hun Sen was expected to preside over the opening of the exercises on Saturday, according to a military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Alleged abuses
The exercises have drawn criticism from Human Rights Watch, which has slammed the involvement of RCAF units that it says have been implicated in rights violations, including evictions, arbitrary detention, torture and extrajudicial killings.
“For the Pentagon and state department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous,” Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at HRW, said in a statement Thursday.
HRW said the ACO Tank Unit has been involved in illegal land seizures in Banteay Meanchey and Kampong Speu provinces.
The statement says the exercises will likely involve troops from Brigade 70 and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard units, both of which HRW has linked to a March 1997 grenade attack on a political rally that left at least 16 dead and hundreds injured.
“The US undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations,” Robertson said in the statement.
When contacted yesterday, however, government officials dismissed the HRW allegations as politically motivated.
“It is a political campaign of an individual foreigner, and I don’t know when Cambodia will be freed from the bother of their foreign policy,” said Om Yentieng, head of the government-run Cambodian Human Rights Committee.
He said all military officers involved in illegal activities are punished by their superiors.
Tith Sothea, a spokesman at the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit, said the military exercise was consistent with the government’s policy of strengthening co-operation with the international community.
“The statements of Human Rights Watch have always shown a bad habit of interfering in the internal affairs of the government,” he said.
US embassy spokesman John Johnson said in a statement yesterday that in accordance with US law, all participants in the exercises were “thoroughly and rigorously vetted” by the embassy and the departments of state and defence.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SEBASTIAN STRANGIO
Cambodia's peacekeeping military exercise kicks off
July 12, 2010
Xinhua
Xinhua
First phase of large scale military exercise kicked off in Phnom Penh on Monday with more than 20 multi-nation participations.
Speaking at the opening of the "Command Post Exercise (CPX)", Gen. Moeng Samphan, secretary of state of Cambodia's National Defense Ministry said the exercise "aims at enhancing capacity for both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and military from various countries through the process of multi-national operations exercise to fulfill the requirements of the U.N. standards in the purpose of serving the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation."
"I strongly believe that the results of this exercise not only proved the great opportunities for the RCAF and multi-national forces in performing some regional missions but also give us a chance to demonstrate our capacity, coordination, and cooperation since our military concepts are varied from one another, but to have the common ground for working as a team together if there is a need for PKO in the region and in the world," he added.
It is the first of two forms of "military exercise" or in softer terms "peacekeeping exercise" after which the second part of "field exercise" will officially take place on July 17 at the presence of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in Kompong Speu province, about 50 kilometers from Phnom Penh.
"This is the first time in the history of Cambodian military that we are hosting the Multi-National Exercise Training 'Angkor Sentinel 2010' with the participations from many countries in the international committees and which encompasses such a multi- national military basis," said Lieutenant General Nem Sowath, chairman of the sub-committee of the CPX.
Both of the military exercises with official name as "Angkor Sentinel 2010" --are part of the Global Peace Operations Initiatives (GPOI), a UN-US peacekeeping-training program for strengthening peace and security.
Chhum Socheat, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense said the military exercise will be conducted through July 30 with participations of 26 countries and more than 1,000 forces.
Of those forces, the largest number will be coming from Cambodia as a host country and from the United States, the co- organizer of the exercise.
The other participating countries, the majority of which are the members of the United Nations include France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, India, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia and the United Kingdom among others.
Speaking at the opening of the "Command Post Exercise (CPX)", Gen. Moeng Samphan, secretary of state of Cambodia's National Defense Ministry said the exercise "aims at enhancing capacity for both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and military from various countries through the process of multi-national operations exercise to fulfill the requirements of the U.N. standards in the purpose of serving the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation."
"I strongly believe that the results of this exercise not only proved the great opportunities for the RCAF and multi-national forces in performing some regional missions but also give us a chance to demonstrate our capacity, coordination, and cooperation since our military concepts are varied from one another, but to have the common ground for working as a team together if there is a need for PKO in the region and in the world," he added.
It is the first of two forms of "military exercise" or in softer terms "peacekeeping exercise" after which the second part of "field exercise" will officially take place on July 17 at the presence of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in Kompong Speu province, about 50 kilometers from Phnom Penh.
"This is the first time in the history of Cambodian military that we are hosting the Multi-National Exercise Training 'Angkor Sentinel 2010' with the participations from many countries in the international committees and which encompasses such a multi- national military basis," said Lieutenant General Nem Sowath, chairman of the sub-committee of the CPX.
Both of the military exercises with official name as "Angkor Sentinel 2010" --are part of the Global Peace Operations Initiatives (GPOI), a UN-US peacekeeping-training program for strengthening peace and security.
Chhum Socheat, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense said the military exercise will be conducted through July 30 with participations of 26 countries and more than 1,000 forces.
Of those forces, the largest number will be coming from Cambodia as a host country and from the United States, the co- organizer of the exercise.
The other participating countries, the majority of which are the members of the United Nations include France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, India, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia and the United Kingdom among others.
Controversial US-Cambodia peace training underway
July 12, 2010
ABC Radio Australia
ABC Radio Australia
More than a thousand military personel from 23 countries are in Cambodia for the annual global peacekeeper training exercise. It's called "Angkor Sentinel" and is jointly run by the US Department of Defence and State Department. But the New York-based organisation Human Rights Watch has criticised the military training exercise, saying the US should not be working with Cambodian military units, that Human Rights Watch says have committed abuses.
Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speakers: Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director Human Rights Watch; John Johnson, spokesman for the US embassy in Cambodia
Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speakers: Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director Human Rights Watch; John Johnson, spokesman for the US embassy in Cambodia
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Angkor Sentinel
Click on the cartoon to zoom inCartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)
U.S. Chooses Abusive Cambodian Military Units to Host Joint Exercises
General Hun Sen at celebration honoring Brigade 70 (photo: DAP)Saturday, July 10, 2010
Noel Brinkerhoff
AllGov.com
Despite its own reports documenting abusive behavior by Cambodian military units, the U.S. State Department agreed with the Department of Defense to allow Cambodia to host a military exercise for international peacekeepers.
The “Angkor Sentinel” exercise, part of the 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, will host 1,000 military personnel from 23 Asia-Pacific countries. It also will feature a two-week field training exercise hosted by Cambodia’s ACO Tank Command Headquarters in Kompong Speu province.
The problem with this, says Human Rights Watch (HRW), is that the ACO Tank Unit has been involved in illegal land seizures, which have been noted by the State Department and by Cambodian and international human rights organizations. In 2007, soldiers from the unit destroyed villagers’ fences and crops and confiscated land.
HRW officials point out that the Angkor Sentinel exercise is likely to include elite Cambodian military units, such as Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguards and Brigade 70, “both of which have been linked to a deadly March 1997 grenade attack on the political opposition, and Airborne Brigade 911, which has been involved in arbitrary detentions, political violence, torture, and summary executions.”
“For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The U.S. undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations.”
The “Angkor Sentinel” exercise, part of the 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, will host 1,000 military personnel from 23 Asia-Pacific countries. It also will feature a two-week field training exercise hosted by Cambodia’s ACO Tank Command Headquarters in Kompong Speu province.
The problem with this, says Human Rights Watch (HRW), is that the ACO Tank Unit has been involved in illegal land seizures, which have been noted by the State Department and by Cambodian and international human rights organizations. In 2007, soldiers from the unit destroyed villagers’ fences and crops and confiscated land.
HRW officials point out that the Angkor Sentinel exercise is likely to include elite Cambodian military units, such as Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguards and Brigade 70, “both of which have been linked to a deadly March 1997 grenade attack on the political opposition, and Airborne Brigade 911, which has been involved in arbitrary detentions, political violence, torture, and summary executions.”
“For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The U.S. undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations.”
Cambodia to host large scale military exercise next week
July 11, 2010
Xinhua
Xinhua
As planned, Cambodia will conduct first ever large scale military exercise next week, a part of the United Nations Peacekeeping framework for strengthening peace and security.
Chhum Socheat, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense said Saturday that the military exercise will be conducted on July 17 through July 30 with participations of 26 countries and more than 1,000 forces.
Of those forces, the largest number will be coming from Cambodia as a host country and from the United States, the co-organizer of the exercise.
The other participating countries, the majority of which are the members of the United Nations include France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, India, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia and the United Kingdom among others.
According to the plan, Chhum Socheat said the military exercise which is part of the Global Peace Operations Initiatives (GPOI), a UN-US peacekeeping-training program will be conducted in two separate forms with one to be organized in Kompong Speu province, about 50 kilometers from Phnom Penh, and that will be a field exercise.
The second of its kind will be conducted in Phnom Penh as part of the far command from headquarters.
The military exercise in Cambodia will be called as "Angkor Sentinel 2010".
Chhum Socheat, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense said Saturday that the military exercise will be conducted on July 17 through July 30 with participations of 26 countries and more than 1,000 forces.
Of those forces, the largest number will be coming from Cambodia as a host country and from the United States, the co-organizer of the exercise.
The other participating countries, the majority of which are the members of the United Nations include France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, India, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia and the United Kingdom among others.
According to the plan, Chhum Socheat said the military exercise which is part of the Global Peace Operations Initiatives (GPOI), a UN-US peacekeeping-training program will be conducted in two separate forms with one to be organized in Kompong Speu province, about 50 kilometers from Phnom Penh, and that will be a field exercise.
The second of its kind will be conducted in Phnom Penh as part of the far command from headquarters.
The military exercise in Cambodia will be called as "Angkor Sentinel 2010".
Friday, July 09, 2010
Cambodia questioned as peace exercise host
Under Hun Xen's regime, the army and the military police actively participate in inhumane forced evictionsNEW YORK, July 8 (UPI) -- A human rights group Thursday criticized the U.S. choice of a Cambodian military unit with a record of human rights abuses to host a peacekeeping exercise.
Human Rights Watch announced in New York the choice undermines the commitment of the United States to promote human rights in Cambodia.
The 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, of which the Angkor Sentinel exercise is a part, is a peacekeeper-training joint effort by the U.S. Departments of Defense and State. It is co-hosted by the U.S. Pacific Command, and will be the largest multinational military exercise held this year in the Asia-Pacific region, Human Rights Watch said, with more than 1,000 military personnel from 23 Asian-Pacific countries scheduled to participate.
The U.S. Defense Department funded construction of a $1.8 million training center for the 2010 initiative, which is scheduled to begin Sunday.
"For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous. The United States undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
The ACO Tank Unit has been involved in illegal land seizures for years, the organization said. The United States should suspend military aid to Cambodia until abusive people or units have been screened out, the group said.
Human Rights Watch announced in New York the choice undermines the commitment of the United States to promote human rights in Cambodia.
The 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative, of which the Angkor Sentinel exercise is a part, is a peacekeeper-training joint effort by the U.S. Departments of Defense and State. It is co-hosted by the U.S. Pacific Command, and will be the largest multinational military exercise held this year in the Asia-Pacific region, Human Rights Watch said, with more than 1,000 military personnel from 23 Asian-Pacific countries scheduled to participate.
The U.S. Defense Department funded construction of a $1.8 million training center for the 2010 initiative, which is scheduled to begin Sunday.
"For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise is outrageous. The United States undermines its protests against the Cambodian government for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers international attention and funds on military units involved in grabbing land and other human rights violations," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
The ACO Tank Unit has been involved in illegal land seizures for years, the organization said. The United States should suspend military aid to Cambodia until abusive people or units have been screened out, the group said.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Cambodia to host ASEAN-U.S. military exercise in 2010
PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will host a large-scale ASEAN-U.S. military exercise in 2010, Khmer-language newspaper the Deum Ampil said on Tuesday.
"It is an honor for Cambodia to be chosen by ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and superpower U.S. as the location for such a large-scale international military exercise," Pol Saroeurn, Commander-in-Chief of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), told the paper.
"We will take efforts to make it a success," he said, adding that he will also instruct all his subordinates to be careful with the work.
The Sihanoukville port will be used as the maritime location of this military haul, the paper also quoted a governmental official as saying on condition of anonymity.
Cambodia once joined international military exercises respectively in Bangladesh and Mongolia and also sent peacekeepers to Sudan for de-mining operation under the U.N. umbrella.
In April 2008, 40 Cambodian soldiers participated in a three-week multi-national peace-keeping exercise in Bangladesh.
The U.S.-led mission was named "Ambassador of Peace" and involved some 400 soldiers from 12 countries, including Bangladesh,India, Indonesia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nepal, Brunei,Mongolia, Tonga, Cambodia and U.S.
In July 2007, 43 Cambodian soldiers took part in a military exercise for UN peacekeeping mission in Mongolia.
In addition, Cambodia sent 135 deminers to Sudan in 2006 for UN peacekeeping mission, and then 139 in June 2007 to replace the oldones. The deminers were renewed again in 2008.
"It is an honor for Cambodia to be chosen by ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and superpower U.S. as the location for such a large-scale international military exercise," Pol Saroeurn, Commander-in-Chief of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), told the paper.
"We will take efforts to make it a success," he said, adding that he will also instruct all his subordinates to be careful with the work.
The Sihanoukville port will be used as the maritime location of this military haul, the paper also quoted a governmental official as saying on condition of anonymity.
Cambodia once joined international military exercises respectively in Bangladesh and Mongolia and also sent peacekeepers to Sudan for de-mining operation under the U.N. umbrella.
In April 2008, 40 Cambodian soldiers participated in a three-week multi-national peace-keeping exercise in Bangladesh.
The U.S.-led mission was named "Ambassador of Peace" and involved some 400 soldiers from 12 countries, including Bangladesh,India, Indonesia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nepal, Brunei,Mongolia, Tonga, Cambodia and U.S.
In July 2007, 43 Cambodian soldiers took part in a military exercise for UN peacekeeping mission in Mongolia.
In addition, Cambodia sent 135 deminers to Sudan in 2006 for UN peacekeeping mission, and then 139 in June 2007 to replace the oldones. The deminers were renewed again in 2008.
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