Cambodian PM Hun Manet Meets Housing, UN Child-Protection and Japanese Envoys as 2027 Land-Title Target Is Set
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet received three sets of guests at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on November 4-5, 2026, putting housing, child protection and cooperation with Japan on the table. On the afternoon of November 5, meeting Habitat for Humanity International Chief Executive Officer Jonathan T. M. Reckford, he stated clearly that the Royal Government has set a target to complete the distribution of land titles across Cambodia by 2027.
Reckford commended Cambodia's housing policies for low-income, poor and vulnerable citizens. Habitat for Humanity has worked in Cambodia since 2003, guided by its vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live, and he reaffirmed its commitment to close cooperation with Cambodian ministries and institutions.
Hun Manet replied that the Government gives high priority to urban development, better living conditions and affordable housing for low-income families. Alongside land titles, he cited programmes providing land and housing for landless citizens, social land concessions and land-allocation projects, and a commitment to build approximately 5,000 temporary shelters for people displaced by past conflicts along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
The same afternoon, Hun Manet received ISHIZUKI Hideo, the newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia. Cambodia-Japan relations were elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2023, and the Ambassador pledged to deepen cooperation in security and defence, trade and investment and demining. Hun Manet thanked Japan for supporting Cambodia's infrastructure development, military-officer training, UN peacekeeping cooperation and demining, briefed him on flexible support measures and incentive policies for foreign investors including Japanese firms, and discussed future cooperation areas including green technology. He also briefed the Ambassador on the Cambodia-Thailand border situation, stressing Cambodia's commitment to a peaceful resolution based on international law and existing agreements.
On the morning of November 4, Dr Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, called at the Peace Palace. She commended Cambodia's implementation of the National Action Plan on Prevention and Response to Violence Against Children 2025-2030. Hun Manet said Cambodia is drafting a Law on Child Protection and runs a cash transfer programme for pregnant women and children under two, aiming to create a warm and supportive environment for children and families.
Taken together, the three meetings point the same way: land, housing and child protection are moving to the front of Cambodia's cooperation agenda with outside partners.
(Source: Press and Quick Reaction Unit, Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia)
Source: 柬埔寨部长会议办公厅新闻与快速反应单位
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Photo: 图：柬埔寨首相洪玛奈2026年11月5日在金边和平宫会见仁人家园国际首席执行官 Jonathan T. M. Reckford。照片：柬埔寨部长会议办公厅新闻与快速反应单位。 / Photo: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet receives Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan T. M. Reckford at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on November 5, 2026. Photo: Press and Quick Reaction Unit, Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia
