ខេត្ដឃ្លាំង កម្ពុជាក្រោម បួនបានប្ដូរឈ្មោះខេត្ដពីភាសាខ្មែរទៅជាភាសាយួន នៅគ្រប់សម័យកាល គ្រប់របប។
Khleang province, Kampuchea Krom — Vietnam has renamed it from Khmer name to Vietnamese name in all eras and regimes.
Sun the 6th Waning Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 28, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការបរទេសសមាគមប្រជាជាតិអាស៊ីអគ្នេយ៍ព្រួយបារម្ភចំពោះសមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង
Sat the 5th Waning Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 27, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
By Jerry Harmer | February 27, 2016
Vientiane, Laos (AP) — Foreign ministers from the 10 countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations said Saturday that they were “seriously concerned” by recent developments in the disputed South China Sea region and will seek a meeting over the issue with China.
At the end of their annual retreat, held this year in the Lao capital of Vientiane, they noted their worries and reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace, security and stability in the area.
The strategically important South China Sea is at the center of a territorial dispute involving China on one side and a number of ASEAN countries on the other, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Tensions have ramped up since China began a massive land reclamation program in 2013. Recent satellite imagery suggests that China has installed surface-to-air missiles in a disputed area in the Paracels chain, prompting accusations that Beijing is militarizing the area.
A joint statement said the ASEAN foreign ministers “remained seriously concerned over recent and ongoing developments and took note of the concerns expressed by some members on the land reclamations and escalation of activities” in the South China Sea.
The statement added that the activities have “eroded trust and confidence, increased tensions and may undermine peace, security and stability in the region.”
Vietnam’s foreign minister, Pham Binh Minh, told reporters as he left the meeting that he was “seriously concerned about the situation” and called for the “non-militarization” of the South China Sea.
Cambodia’s foreign minister, Hor Namhong, said ASEAN would seek a meeting with China over the matter, though no date or venue had been set.
Other matters were on the agenda too. The ministers reiterated their perennial call for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. They also addressed Islamic extremism, in the wake of an attack in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta in January that left eight people dead.
“The threat is real. It’s no longer fictitious or mere imagination,” said Malaysia’s foreign minister, Anifah Aman.
Other topics included ways to bring about ever closer economic cooperation since the advent of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of last year.
តើប្រទេសណាបានកាន់កាប់ប្រជុំកូនកោះនៅដែនសមុទ្រដែលមានជម្លោះច្រើនបំផុតក្នុងទ្វីបអាស៊ី? ពុំមែនប្រទេសចិនទេ។
Wed the 2nd Waning Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 24, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
When Taiwan’s Department of Land Administration was surveying the disputed South China Sea in 2014 to see which country had what, it noticed a lot of landfill. Everyone knew China was expanding atolls in the ocean’s Paracel and Spratly archipelagos, and they know now that China has parked anti-aircraft missiles in the Paracels. China grabs attention because it worries officials as far away as Washington about possible designs to control the whole 3.5 million-square-kilometer body of water, which is crucial to international commerce as well as resources from fish to oil. Control over even tiny land features implies rights to much bigger tracts of water.
Taiwan claims the sea, too. What did it find?
It was Vietnam that had reclaimed the most islets, reefs and rocks. Hanoi has now fortified 27 such land features in parts of the South China Sea off its east coast, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative under U.S. think tank CSIS. Vietnam wants to shore up rights to a continental shelf off its 3,444 kilometer-long coast. That mission explains Hanoi’s claims to the Paracel and Spratly chains, also not far offshore. China’s effort to occupy those islets naturally outrages Vietnamese leaders. Their dispute led to the ramming of boats and riots in 2014 when China let an offshore oil driller place a rig in a tract both sides claim.
“Vietnam has extended a claim over the Paracels and Spratlys since the French did so in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,” CSIS initiative director Greg Poling says, referring to the country’s former colonizer. “It is no more going to give up those territorial claims than any other claimant.”
One of Vietnam’s developed islets sits in view of Taiwan’s biggest holding and storm-battered Vietnamese fishing boats sometimes call on the Taiwanese for help. Last year Vietnam began reclamation at Cornwallis Reef in the same archipelago and dredged two channels deep enough for large ships, CSIS found. Small artificial islands took shape along the channels for total reclamation of four acres, or 16,000 square meters.
But Vietnam has not stirred up regional resentment or raised alarm in Washington as China has. Chinese landfill work covers about 3,000 acres. Reclamation overseen by Beijing has used dozens of ships to break up coral and pour it on top of remaining reefs, CSIS found. The initiative director calls Vietnam’s reclamation approach “far less environmentally destructive” than China’s. Beijing also runs the largest military of the six ocean claimants. Chinese officials base their claim to nearly the entire ocean on historic documents, rather than an interpretation of international law cited by Vietnam.
“Vietnam claims sovereignty over this part and it’s reasonable for them to do so,” says Nathan Liu, an international affairs and diplomacy professor at Ming Chuan University in Taiwan. Compared to China, he adds, “I don’t think we should be worried about their military buildup.” Courtesy Forbes
ប្រទេសយួនដាក់ពាក្យបណ្តឹងប្រឆាំងនឹងចិនជាផ្លូវការទៅអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ
Sat the 13th Waxing Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 20, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
Al Jazeera
February 19, 2016
Vietnam has lodged a formal complaint to the UN over China’s placement of a surface-to-air missile battery on a disputed island in the South China Sea.
The country’s foreign ministry said on Friday it was deeply concerned by the Chinese deployment, which it said threatened regional stability.
“These are serious infringements of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracels, threatening peace and stability in the region as well as security, safety and freedom of navigation and flight,” Le Hai Binh, Vietnam’s foreign ministry spokesman, said in a statement.
The statement, sent to the Reuters news agency, said diplomatic notes had been issued to China’s embassy in Hanoi and to Ban Ki-moon, the UN chief, to condemn China’s activities.
Taiwan and US officials said on Wednesday the missile system had been deployed to Woody island, which is part of the China-controlled Paracel chain that Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty over.
Tsai Ing-Wen, Taiwan’s recently elected president, said on Wednesday the move had created a “tense situation”, but
Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said the reports were being exaggerated by Western media outlets.
At a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in California on Monday, Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam’s prime minister, suggested to US President Barack Obama that the US take “more efficient actions” against militarisation and island-building in the South China Sea.
China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, including small islands that are hundreds of kilometres from its southern coast.
Tue the 9th Waxing Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 16, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Re: US-ASEAN Summit
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama:
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are writing to ask that you make human rights a priority at the upcoming U.S.-ASEAN summit in Sunnylands, California. Specifically, we urge you to raise concerns with the Vietnamese delegation over their government’s pattern of serious violations of internationally recognized human rights, particularly the right to freedom of religion or belief.
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អង្គការអន្ដរជាតិឃ្លាំមើលសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស: អូបាម៉ា ត្រូវជំរុញឱ្យមានការបោះឆ្នោតសេរី នៅក្នុងប្រទេសវៀតណាម
Tue the 9th Waxing Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 16, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
Published in The Washington Post
While it’s still anyone’s guess who will win November’s presidential election in the United States, I can tell you with certainty — before a ballot is cast — who will win this year’s election in Vietnam. It will be Gen. Tran Dai Quang. I even know who the next prime minister will be. His name is Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមនៃកិច្ចប្រជុំកំពូលពិសេសរបស់មេដឹកនាំសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក-អាស៊ាន: សេចក្តីប្រកាសនៅសាន់នីឡេនដ៏
មានពីរភាសា ខ្មែរ និង អង់គ្លេស Available in Khmer, English
Tue the 9th Waxing Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 16, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 16, 2016
Sunnylands, California
February 15-16, 2016
We the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States of America gathered in Sunnylands, California, on February 15-16, 2016, for a Special Leaders Summit. This Special U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Summit was the first ever to be held in the United States and the very first Summit following the establishment of the ASEAN Community.
By Michelle Nichols
United Nations (Reuters) – Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a blunt-spoken Egyptian who led the world body through global turmoil as it defined its peacekeeping role and lost his job over disputes with Washington, died on Tuesday. He was 93.
Boutros-Ghali headed the United Nations from 1992-1996, chaotic years marked by war in the former Yugoslavia and famine and genocide in Africa. He died at Al Salam Hospital in Cairo on Tuesday, a hospital official said. Egypt’s state news agency MENA said he had a broken leg and heart and kidney problems.
The 15-member U.N. Security Council observed a minute’s silence after his death was announced.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement praising Boutros-Ghali for leading the organization through “one of the most tumultuous and challenging periods in its history.”
នៅក្នុងលិខិតចំហ សមាជិកសភាចំនួនជាង ១០០នាក់ អំពាវនាវដល់ប្រធានាធិបតីសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ផ្តល់អាទិភាពដល់សិទ្ធិមនុស្សក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំកំពូលអាមេរិក-អាស៊ាន
សូមទាញយក Download PDF: APHR_Letter-to-Obama_US-ASEAN-Summit
Mon the 8th Waxing Moon of Māgha B.E.2559, February 15, A.D.2016 Year of the Goat
Engagement with Southeast Asia, a strategically important, economically dynamic region at the heart of the Asia-Pacific, is a central pillar of the U.S. Rebalance to Asia. Sitting astride some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is strategically important to U.S. interests, and is a key partner in addressing regional and global challenges. Collectively, the ten member states of ASEAN comprise the third-largest economy in Asia and the seventh-largest in the world, with a combined GDP of $2.4 trillion. The ASEAN region is young and dynamic, with a combined population of 632 million people–more than 65 percent of whom are below the age of 35. The United States and ASEAN share a strong interest in building and sustaining a rules-based order in the Asia-Pacific, one in which countries can pursue their objectives peacefully and in accordance with international law and norms.
Recognizing ASEAN’s diplomatic, economic, and strategic importance to the United States, the Obama Administration has invested heavily in its relationship with ASEAN. In 2009, his first year in office, President Obama became the first U.S. president to meet all ten ASEAN leaders as a group; he has met ASEAN leaders a total of six times. He has made seven separate visits to the ASEAN region, more than twice the number of any previous U.S. president.
In 2009, the United States became a party to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia — the bedrock diplomatic document of ASEAN — opening the door for the United States to join the East Asia Summit (EAS). President Obama participated in the EAS for the first time in 2011 and has attended three of the four Summits since. With strong U.S. support, the EAS has become the Asia-Pacific’s premier leaders-level forum on political and security issues, helping to advance a rules-based order and spur cooperation on pressing challenges, including maritime security, countering violent extremism, and transnational cyber cooperation. Secretary Kerry, Secretary of Commerce Pritzker, and other senior U.S. officials have also significantly expanded their engagement with ASEAN leaders, both in regional fora and through visits to ASEAN countries.
In 2010, the United States became the first non-ASEAN country to establish a dedicated diplomatic mission and appoint a resident Ambassador to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. The Obama Administration also launched the Lower Mekong Initiative in 2009, creating a partnership between the United States and the countries of the Mekong sub-region — Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam — to support sustainable and responsible development, and to narrow the development gap by building capacity in ASEAN’s least developed members.
Since 2010, the Obama Administration has provided $4 billion in development assistance to ASEAN countries. This assistance directly supports our strategic Rebalance to Asia by promoting regional stability and sustainable development.
The United States is strengthening people-to-people links across ASEAN. In December 2013, President Obama launched the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), a network of people-to-people ties that will benefit U.S.-ASEAN relations for generations to come. YSEALI now engages more than 60,000 young leaders (aged 18-35) from across ASEAN and the United States. The initiative provides training, fellowships, and funding opportunities, as well as a platform to address regional issues, including entrepreneurship, environmental protection, and education. The United States is also working with ASEAN to strengthen women’s leadership in the region by supporting emerging women leaders in the public and private sectors. In 2012, the United States launched the Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Initiative, bringing academics from ASEAN countries to study in the United States, which adds to the more than 700 U.S. Fulbright scholarships awarded to ASEAN members annually. In 2014, the United States and ASEAN launched the Science and Technology Fellows Program, which connects young scientists in ASEAN with opportunities to solve real world challenges, like biodiversity, climate change, and alternative fuels. Today, three million Americans visit the ASEAN region annually and visitors from ASEAN countries spend over $4 billion in the United States each year.
Our economic ties are strong, and growing stronger. ASEAN countries are collectively the United States’ fourth-largest trading partner, with GDP growth that has exceeded the global average every year for the past 15 years. Trade in goods expanded 5 percent in 2015 and now tops $226 billion. During the Obama Administration, trade in goods with ASEAN countries has expanded by 55 percent. More than 500,000 American jobs are now supported by trade in goods and services with ASEAN. U.S. companies have been the leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in ASEAN. With a stock of over $226 billion, U.S. FDI in ASEAN has nearly doubled since 2008. FDI from ASEAN countries in the United States was $24.2 billion in 2014.
We have expanded our trade ties with the region. Four ASEAN countries — Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam — are part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We also have Trade and Investment Framework Agreements or other formal trade dialogues with nine of the ten ASEAN countries and separately with ASEAN as an institution. These agreements and dialogues provide a mechanism to address trade and investment issues and deepen our economic ties. The United States collaborated with ASEAN countries to create the ASEAN Single Window, which facilitates customs processing and reinforces an efficient regional trade environment.
We have strengthened defense ties throughout the ASEAN region. Under the Obama Administration, we have significantly expanded our defense cooperation with ASEAN countries. Since 2010, the Secretary of Defense has attended every ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+), an important forum for advancing security cooperation. In 2011, the United States became the first country to establish a dedicated Military Advisor/Liaison Officer at the U.S. Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta. The Secretary of Defense hosted his ASEAN counterparts in the United States for the first time for the U.S.-ASEAN Defense Forum in Hawaii in 2014 to discuss important strategic issues. In 2015, the United States announced a new Technical Advisor to ASEAN to support increased information-sharing on transregional threats. ASEAN members are important partners in global security efforts, including the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (Malaysia, Singapore) and counter-piracy off the Horn of Africa (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand).
We are partnering to address a growing number of shared global challenges. The United States and ASEAN pledged more than a year ago to achieve a new global climate change agreement, which we did with the rest of the world in Paris last December. The United States and ASEAN cooperate closely to create a low-carbon economic growth trajectory and build more climate resilient societies. U.S. assistance for climate change adaptation in Cambodia and the Philippines has strengthened the capacity of local authorities to mitigate the impacts of destabilizing disasters. In Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, U.S. climate change mitigation programs are promoting environmentally sustainable development strategies. The United States works with ASEAN institutions, like the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance, to improve disaster response coordination in support of the ‘One ASEAN, One Response’ initiative.
The ASEAN region has been at peace for 40 years, and ASEAN plays an active and positive role in the region and in the world. ASEAN countries collectively provide 4,866 personnel to U.N. peacekeeping efforts. Fifteen years ago, many feared that Southeast Asia would be the “second front” in the fight against terror. Instead, Southeast Asian nations have made major strides in dealing with terrorism, though it remains a threat as elsewhere.
We are committed to working together with ASEAN to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda around the world and in the region. Our economic development and governance programs in countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia have helped to generate jobs, increase incomes, and create a more reliable regulatory environment. The U.S. is also partnering with ASEAN to advance the Global Health Security Agenda. By accelerating capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to infectious disease threats, we are saving lives and advancing peace and security.
Our investments in health and education in seven ASEAN countries are increasing prospects for expanded and more inclusive economic growth. The United States will continue to partner with ASEAN countries like the Philippines and Indonesia that are promoting good governance and transparency across the region, including through the Open Government Partnership. Our support for democracy programs in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Burma are building institutions that foster rules-based order and respect for human rights.
ASEAN’s leadership is central to building and sustaining a rules-based order in the Asia-Pacific. Under the Obama Administration, the United States has strongly backed ASEAN’s central role at the heart of the evolving institutional architecture of the Asia-Pacific region, as demonstrated by our commitment to institutions like the EAS and ADMM+. ASEAN’s leadership of regional institutions is founded on respect for international law and norms and peaceful resolution of disputes, principles the United States shares. In 2015, ASEAN formally launched the ASEAN Community to mark nearly 50 years of integration efforts. The United States strongly supports ASEAN’s effort to realize a “rules-based” Community that serves the people of ASEAN and ensures human rights and fundamental freedoms, including by helping ASEAN integrate international human rights standards into legislative and judicial processes. The ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, endorsed in November 2015, is a landmark achievement and established a framework to effectively address human trafficking and ensure protection of people throughout the region. The United States will continue to support ASEAN’s leadership in ensuring full implementation of the Convention.
The United States and ASEAN are taking their relationship to a new level. In November 2015, the leaders of the United States and ASEAN formally elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership. The Sunnylands Summit — the first U.S.-ASEAN standalone Summit in the United States and the first Summit for the ASEAN Community — marks a new milestone in our cooperation. The U.S.-ASEAN partnership has been important in addressing shared challenges on a diverse range of issues — from combatting terrorism and pandemic disease, to upholding international law and standards in the South China Sea and in cyberspace, to taking meaningful action on climate change, inclusive economic growth, and trafficking-in-persons. The United States is firmly committed to the Asia-Pacific and to ASEAN as an essential pillar of the region.
សូមអរគុណដ៏ជ្រាលជ្រៅចំពោះសប្បុរសជននូវវិភាគទានទាំងនេះ។