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Tech-starved Cambodia finally gets UN assist

Ian Steele writes from United Nations
***For the first time in 15 years, a United Nations organisation will provide financial support for the training of Cambodians
FOR the first time in 15 years, a United Nations organisation will provide financial support for the training of Cambodians.
The Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), William H. Draper III, and Prince Norodom Sihanouk, President of Cambodia's Supreme National Council (SNC), signed an agreement for a US $12 million package to coordinate humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance and technical skills training.
Since the mid-1970s, the UN's support for Cambodia has been limited to humanitarian
assistance. Mr Draper said that this newest commitment was a response to economic and political changes now under way in the country.
He said that peace negotiations under the United Nations had cleared the way for several UNDP fact-finding missions lo Cambodia, and the first formal meeting of all four factions under the SNC umbrella in June had enabled the organisation to open its aid purse.
The US $12 million grant from UNDP will finance two projects over the next two years.
' The first project will enable UNDP to coordinate emergency relief for 200,000 internally displaced people. In the past, humanitarian assistance from more than 50 non-governmental organisations and international agencies was distributed on an informal and voluntary basis.
As the United Nations peace process advances, donors are expected to
Increase their commitments and ihe number of refugees in need of repatriation and resettlement from neighbouring countries is likely to increase. If aid is to be used effectively, the coordinating mechanisms for distribution will have to be strengthened.
To meet the anticipated rise in the supply of aid and local demand for help, a special unit is to be set up within UNDPs Liaison Office in Phnom Penh. The unit will gather data on humanitarian needs and coordinate the work of local authorities and bilateral as well as multi-lateral donors. The unit will also be responsible for monitoring the distribution of donor inputs.
The project will also provide emergency rehabilitation assistance to help communities absorb and reintegrate returnees. These will include refugees from the Thal border, the estimated 200.000 internally displaced people and
thousands of soldiers who will be demobilised by the various factions
The second project will tackle the need to rebuild a force of skilled personnel within Cambodia. Prolonged civil strife and the resulting international isolation of the country have taken a heavy toll on the nation's administrative and technical capacity. UNDP grants will cover local and international training costs for Cambodians in the fields of agriculture, health and the provision of basic infrastructure.
— Depthnews Asia