On Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the meeting hall of the Techo Peace Museum in Siem Reap Province, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) held a meeting to summarize its achievements for the first six months of 2026 and outline the organization's forward direction. The meeting was presided over by His Excellency Heng Ratana, Delegate of the Royal Government in charge as Director General of CMAC, with nearly 200 participants in attendance, including excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen from CMAC Headquarters Phnom Penh, as well as representatives from all demining units and subordinate. During the first six months of 2026, CMAC proudly achieved commendable operational results by deploying 157 expert teams, totaling 1,773 officers and personnel. Through these dedicated efforts, the organization successfully cleared and released a total of 75,131,605 square meters of minefields and explosive remnants of war (ERW) fields, representing 82 percent of the annual action plan. Within this achievement, specialized forces located and destroyed 20,861 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) of all types, and successfully provided rapid emergency responses to 4,023 urgent requests from citizens—a figure that exceeded planned performance indicators by up to 178.8 percent.

Concurrently with clearance operations, the organization drove Mine Risk Education (MRE) awareness campaigns for target groups across 14,477 sessions, achieving 59.17 percent of the plan, with a total participation of 1,374,887 citizens (including both in-school and out-of-school children), equivalent to 60.23 percent of the target. Furthermore, CMAC continued to assist and alleviate the hardships of landmine survivors and persons with disabilities, supporting a total of 1,470 individuals through direct aid, physical rehabilitation, psychosocial support, and the distribution of prosthetic parts and mobility assistive devices such as wheelchairs and crutches. Separately, regarding the surveying and clearance of explosive remnants of war (ERW) left behind by the Thai invasion in 2025, CMAC has placed high priority on actively conducting operations across seven affected border provinces, including Preah Vihear, Oddar Meanchey, Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pursat, Koh Kong, and Siem Reap. As a concrete result of this border initiative, expert forces conducted technical surveys and identified 335 suspected villages out of the targeted 349 villages, encompassing a total affected surface area of nearly 3,872,063,166 square meters. CMAC has cleared explosive remnants of the Thai invasion war to reduce risks and enable citizens to return to their homes.

This clearance encompassed 5,911 residential houses (nearly 14,553,158 square meters of land); 87 schools (1,539,583 square meters); 20 health centers (nearly 278,567 square meters); 6 pagodas (147,679 square meters); and 114 other infrastructure sites (8,135,196 square meters). Within these areas, 4,436 cluster bombs and over 4,000 other pieces of unexploded ordnance were located and safely destroyed. Looking ahead, CMAC has laid out key strategic directions to build upon its existing foundations, focusing on research and technological development, the modernization of AI technology and innovation, and the strengthening of internal capacity while expanding external relations to enhance operational efficiency, quality, trust, and safety. To achieve this success, CMAC will continue to promote highly capable human resource development and broaden international cooperation, which serve as crucial pillars supporting the implementation of the Royal Government's strategic plan in the mine action sector and strengthening national ownership.

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