20110905_STT Public Statement

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Sahmakum Teang TnautMail: PO Box 174, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Email: [email protected] Web: www.teangtnaut.org

a Cambodian organisation linking community architects and designers to projects with informal and marginalised communities

Media StatementSep. 5, 2011

Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) is a local urban NGO founded in 2005 and registered with the Ministry of

Interior (MoI) in 2006. STTs mission is to provide pro-poor technical assistance for housing and infrastructure

and to inform dialogue and raise awareness about urban issues. STTs vision is a society in which urban

inhabitants enjoy adequate housing within a sustainably developing city. The organisation is based in Phnom

Penh and has a small field office in Kampot province.

STT wishes to confirm that it submitted its amended bylaws and organisational structure to the Ministry ofInterior (MoI) today. This is the second time that STT has submitted its revised bylaws and organisational

structure to MoI. STT originally submitted the documents on July 28, following a request from MoI on July 14.

After reviewing the documents, MoI requested further amendments on August 30. STT is submitting these

amended documents today.

STT would also like to address the following accusations made against it in the public domain:

Accusation Fact

"STT has not modified its leadership structure

and made a revision to its statute.

MoI Suspension Letter to STT

Aug. 2, 2011

On Jul. 28, STT submitted all required documents

related to its leadership structure and internal

statutes (i.e. bylaws and organisational structure),as previously requested by MoI.

STT has changed its leadership three times

without informing the competent Ministry.

MoI Public StatementAug. 13, 2011

STT has only had two directors in its history and

has submitted all relevant documentation to MoI.

STT has opened its branch office and carried

out its activities in Kampot province without an

authorization from the local authority.


STT has all relevant documentation and

authorisations for its Kampot office.

STT has carried out its activities by inciting

people to go against the governments national

development projects in Kampot province andin Phnom Penh City, and with their intention, at

any cost, to make the governments

development partners to suspend or to cease

completely the nations railroad restoration

projects.


STT has conducted technical research on the

resettlement impacts of the railways rehabilitation

project. STTs report on the topic can be accessedhere: http://bit.ly/o2mL9n. STT has called for a

suspension of resettlement activities pending a

review of resettlement plans and processes to

ensure people affected by the project are not

harmed.

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Sahmakum Teang TnautMail: PO Box 174, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Email: [email protected] Web: www.teangtnaut.org

a Cambodian organisation linking community architects and designers to projects with informal and marginalised communities

STT believes its suspension is directly related to its work monitoring the rehabilitation of Cambodias railways.

This is evident not only in MoIs public statement on August 13, but has also been made clear by MoI during

meetings with STT.

Together with its community and NGO partners, STT has over the past 18 months conducted robust research

on the resettlement impacts of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAID-financed railways project, and

has documented a number of potential violations of the ADBs Involuntary Resettlement Policy. The

organisation has been working with the ADB and AusAID to ensure these issues are addressed, and has

released a report on the subject (available here:http://bit.ly/o2mL9n). STT has never called for the railways

rehabilitation project to be cancelled. Its work has been solely focused on ensuring that affected households

are not harmed by the project and that those affected receive the compensation to which they are entitled.

Media enquiries:

Please direct all media enquiries to Nora Lindstrom, Programme Development Manager, Sahmakum Teang

Tnaut, [email protected]. Enquiries will only be taken in writing.
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