STATEMENT BY
Dr. CHHUN Vannak, Senior Minister?s Advisor & Deputy Director General for Inspection,
Head of Cambodia?s Delegation to the CSD IMP of 19th Session
New York, 2 March 2011,
MINING SESSION
15:00-18:00 PM
Cambodia
We thank the panelists for illustrating the Artisanal and Small scale mining, and join the
statement by G-77.
We would like to highlight certain factors regarding mining for the CSD-19:
1. Sound mining management to be enhanced at the local and national level, from
preparedness to deal with disasters from mining accidents and effective institutional
governance structure by involving all stakeholders, in particular ministry of finance in
allocating budget for disaster preparedness and solutions;
2. Redistributing large-scale mining revenue for the support of low-income families in a
transparent and fairly manner and reducing double-standard within a country and
through good South-North cooperation to have equitable trade in minerals and raw
material with proper pricing and broadened market access for the developing countries
and LDCs.
3. Capacity building for the community to well practice ASM,
4. Labor safety and compensation for workers in the mining industry,
5. Technology transfer with training about mining to be provided to countries without
good experience in the sector;
6. Ethical standard in mining business for the provision of better social benefits; Social and
environmental impact assessment for mining at a large-and-small scale to be included in
mining policy and regulations;
7. A strong need to decouple economic growth from mining in order to leave a green
ecological footprint.
8. Revenue from mining needs to be used for ecological recovery, and a trust fund from
mining revenue to be established for mitigation of mining disasters.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
