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ILO Better Factories Cambodia Releases Garment Factory Survey on the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on the Cambodian Garment Sector
ILO Better Factories Cambodia has released the results of an enterprise level study on the impacts of the global economic crisis on the Cambodian garment sector. The survey, which covers 56 exporting factories and 10 non-exporting factories, aims to understand of the human, enterprise, and sector level effects of the economic downturn on the garment industry, to analyze the response measures, and to assist in the design and implementation of policies and practical interventions to support the industry’s recovery and future growth.
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Global Witness Statement on BHP Billiton Engagement in Cambodia
Today it was announced that BHP Billiton is under investigation for potential anti-graft violations by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The country in which the alleged activities took place has not been named, but the investigation does not involve the company’s business in China. Global Witness has the following statement regarding the company’s activities in Cambodia: In 2009, Global Witness published the report Country for Sale which exposed extensive governance failures in Cambodia’s emerging extractive sectors. One of the cases covered was a payment made by BHP Billiton to the Cambodian government in exchange for rights to explore a 100,000 ha bauxite concession in the northeast of the country. The concession was a joint venture with Mitsubishi. The companies reportedly decided to pull out of the project in 2009 because they did not find bauxite in sufficient quantities to justify extraction.
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Global Witness Statement on BHP Billiton Engagement in Cambodia
Today it was announced that BHP Billiton is under investigation for potential anti-graft violations by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The country in which the alleged activities took place has not been named, but the investigation does not involve the company’s business in China. Global Witness has the following statement regarding the company’s activities in Cambodia: In 2009, Global Witness published the report Country for Sale which exposed extensive governance failures in Cambodia’s emerging extractive sectors. One of the cases covered was a payment made by BHP Billiton to the Cambodian government in exchange for rights to explore a 100,000 ha bauxite concession in the northeast of the country. The concession was a joint venture with Mitsubishi. The companies reportedly decided to pull out of the project in 2009 because they did not find bauxite in sufficient quantities to justify extraction.
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Global Witness Statement on BHP Billiton Engagement in Cambodia
Today it was announced that BHP Billiton is under investigation for potential anti-graft violations by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The country in which the alleged activities took place has not been named, but the investigation does not involve the company’s business in China. Global Witness has the following statement regarding the company’s activities in Cambodia: In 2009, Global Witness published the report Country for Sale which exposed extensive governance failures in Cambodia’s emerging extractive sectors. One of the cases covered was a payment made by BHP Billiton to the Cambodian government in exchange for rights to explore a 100,000 ha bauxite concession in the northeast of the country. The concession was a joint venture with Mitsubishi. The companies reportedly decided to pull out of the project in 2009 because they did not find bauxite in sufficient quantities to justify extraction.
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Global Witness Statement on BHP Billiton Engagement in Cambodia
Today it was announced that BHP Billiton is under investigation for potential anti-graft violations by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The country in which the alleged activities took place has not been named, but the investigation does not involve the company’s business in China. Global Witness has the following statement regarding the company’s activities in Cambodia: In 2009, Global Witness published the report Country for Sale which exposed extensive governance failures in Cambodia’s emerging extractive sectors. One of the cases covered was a payment made by BHP Billiton to the Cambodian government in exchange for rights to explore a 100,000 ha bauxite concession in the northeast of the country. The concession was a joint venture with Mitsubishi. The companies reportedly decided to pull out of the project in 2009 because they did not find bauxite in sufficient quantities to justify extraction.
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CAMBODIAN NEW YEAR PARADE AND CELEBRATION IN LONG BEACH
Long Beach, CA – The Cambodian Coordinating Council (Cam-CC) is organizing two events to celebrate the most important holiday for the Cambodian community, the Cambodian New Year Parade and Celebration. The Sixth Annual Cambodian New Year Parade will take place on Sunday, April 4 on Anaheim St. from Junipero Avenue to MacArthur Park. Then on Saturday April 10, the Cambodian New Year Celebration 2010 will take place at El Dorado Park Regional Park Area III.
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IDEA, Press Release about Khmer New Year
IDEA broadcasting press release on the taxi problem at near the new year.
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IDEA, Press Release about Khmer New Year
IDEA broadcasting press release on the taxi problem at near the new year.
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IDEA, Press Release about Khmer New Year
IDEA broadcasting press release on the taxi problem at near the new year.
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IDEA, Press Release about Khmer New Year
IDEA broadcasting press release on the taxi problem at near the new year.
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CCHR Commends US Decision to Cancel Shipment of Military Vehicles, Calls on International Community to Use Leverage to Promote and Protect Human Rights
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) welcomes the decision by the United States (“US”) to suspend a military shipment of 200 vehicles to Cambodia, following the deportation by the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) of 20 ethnic Uyghurs to the People’s Republic of China (“China”) in December 2009. The CCHR commends the US’s stance and calls on all countries that value democracy and human rights to use their leverage to promote and protect human rights in Cambodia.
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CCHR Commends US Decision to Cancel Shipment of Military Vehicles, Calls on International Community to Use Leverage to Promote and Protect Human Rights
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) welcomes the decision by the United States (“US”) to suspend a military shipment of 200 vehicles to Cambodia, following the deportation by the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) of 20 ethnic Uyghurs to the People’s Republic of China (“China”) in December 2009. The CCHR commends the US’s stance and calls on all countries that value democracy and human rights to use their leverage to promote and protect human rights in Cambodia.
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