Phnom Penh: Samdech Krala Hom Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, on Thursday afternoon, October 6, 2022, chaired a meeting on the draft sub-decree on drone management. Attended by Secretary of State, Undersecretary of State, Director General, Deputy Director General, leaders of various units and other relevant officials.
Samdech Krala Hom Sar Kheng said that the meeting was held to review and discuss the work of preparing the draft sub-decree on the management of drones (drones) to be a legal code to serve the management of vehicles. No one is driving in Cambodia.
On that occasion, HE Bun Hon, Secretary of State and Chairman of the Working Group on Drafting the Sub-Decree on the Management of Drones (Drones), made a brief report on the process of preparation and content of the draft sub-decree in honor of Samdech and The meeting noted that in recent decades, the drone industry has grown significantly, and the use of drones is growing rapidly in countries such as. Many around the world, including areas for trade, transport services, agriculture, the arts, entertainment, scientific research and relief work.
In the agricultural sector today, most countries in both Europe and Asia use drones to respond to crops, spray pesticides, and monitor crop yields, which saves time and does not cause harm. Serious to humans. In addition, there are many other benefits, such as saving the lives of people and animals in the event of a fire or other natural phenomena, although drones are very important, as mentioned above, but the opposite. Instead, drones or drones can be used to carry out acts of terrorism or other crimes, such as the planting of explosives or surveillance equipment that endanger national security and public order, thus ensuring the use of unmanned aircraft. Drones for proper use and benefit of society require laws or regulations governing unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).
In addition, he added that currently in the Kingdom of Cambodia there is no law or regulation for the management of drones or drones compared to other countries in the ASEAN region. There are already rules.
His Excellency continued that the working group for drafting this sub-decree led the relevant units to study the relevant legal documents on the management of the use of drones from many countries in Europe, USA, Asia, such as in other countries. Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam as the basis for drafting this sub-decree in order to properly manage the use of drones in technical standards to ensure security, public order, safety and security. Avoid any possible accidents.
At the same time, HE Secretary of State and Chairman of the Sub-Decree Organizing Working Group emphasized that the Sub-Decree on the Management of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Drones has been prepared since 2018 for the purpose of managing the registration, import, production, installation, processing and configuration. The area prohibits the use of all unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) except drones or drones used for national defense and security as defined by a separate legal document. This draft sub-decree has been reviewed and discussed several times by the working group, both inter-ministerial and within the internal framework for the Ministry of Interior, which has collected many relevant elements to prepare the draft sub-decree appropriately. And have sufficient scope to manage unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Based on the above achievements, Samdech Krala Hom Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, also expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the team for their joint research and extensive research. Initiate key inputs to prepare a comprehensive sub-decree on unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) management.
