Cambodia Flight
US Department Of State Post Report
Cambodia has two usable airports with daily flights to Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), and several flights a week to Ratanakiri. There are six daily flights from Phnom Penh to Bangkok (a 1-hour flight), where connections to other international carriers can be made. Daily or weekly flights to other international destinations, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Guangzhou, and Shanghai are also available directly from Phnom Penh. ... Within Cambodia, air travel is possible to Siem Reap (and the temples at Angkor Wat), Battambang, Stung Treng and a few other destinations. There are a half dozen daily flights from Phnom Penh to Bangkok (a 1-hour flight) and regular direct flights to other international destinations, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane, and Kuala Lumpur. There are several “high speed” boat services offering daily trips up the Mekong River to Siem Reap, Kompong Cham and Kratie. Package boat tours are also available for day trips and stops at nearby villages for local handicrafts. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: United States Getting Tougher on Child Sex Tourism
Datan's indictment came on the same day as a conviction in another child sex tourism case involving the Philippines. In that case, John W. Seljan, 86, was convicted in federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., on Friday of attempted travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a juvenile, use of an interstate facility to entice a minor to engage in a criminal sexual act and two counts each of production and possession of child pornography. ICE agents had arrested Seljan in October 2003 as he prepared to board a flight in Los Angeles to engage in sex with two Philippine girls, ages 9 and 12. Seljan is scheduled to be sentenced March 7, 2005. He faces a maximum sentence of 270 years in prison. ... [Read More]
US Dept of State - U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Child Sex Tourism
The Protect Act was also cited in the indictment of John W. Seljan, arrested in October 2003 as he was preparing to board an international flight to the Philippines. According to ICE press statements, Seljan, age 85, was allegedly en route to engage in sex with two Philippine girls, ages 9 and 12. ... ICE, in cooperation with the Department of State and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), is expected to launch a public service campaign in the near future, including the distribution of informational material on international flights, to educate U.S. residents about their responsibilities under the Protect Act. ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File
(Canada/Virgin Atlantic flight 45 update, president's schedule, Russia/Georgia, North Korea/six-party talks, British Prime Minister Blair's U.S. visit, UK/Africa, Lebanon/Syria, campaign contributions, Iraq, Rumsfeld in China, judicial nominations, Haiti, week ahead, OAS/new Secretary General) (5120) ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Byliner: Senator Bob Kerrey on the Vietnam War
The most eloquent comment on life under Ho Chi Minh's heirs was the flight of millions of Vietnamese who risked death on the high seas rather than live under that regime. If there was to be a trial to determine whether the Vietnam War was worth fighting, I would call the Boat People as my only witness. ... [Read More]
USIA, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, April 1998 -- EdmundHullon UN Peacekeeping
In the Balkans and in parts of the former Soviet Union, thedemise of Communist control allowed long-standing ethnic andreligious conflicts to resume with new fury. In Africa,governments and political movements took advantage of personal,clan, and ethnic hatreds to lead campaigns of human savagery on ascale matched only rarely in this century. These types ofconflict were marked by displacements of large numbers ofcivilians whose flight into neighboring states threatened todestabilize their regions and require large-scale internationalhumanitarian and refugee assistance. In several cases, no majorpower had an interest significant enough to form and lead acoalition, as in the case of Kuwait. Attempts to address theseconflicts centered initially, therefore, on the deployment of UNpeacekeeping missions. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Byliner: U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Recounts 1976 Escape from Khmer Rouge
On Feb. 13, 1976, I jumped off a logging truck near the famed 12th century temple of Banteay Chhmar and began a three-day flight through the heavily mined and patrolled jungle with nothing to drink or eat. I fell in a booby trap and was severely wounded. In Thailand, I was jailed for illegal entry and later transferred to a camp where I taught English to fellow refugees. ... [Read More]
Remarks at World Refugee Day Event
SECRETARY POWELL: To look into the face of a refugee woman is to peer into the very eyes of the exodus. Mirrored in them are memories of fear and flight, of devastation and despair. But when those extraordinary eyes look back at your, they are also the eyes of hope, and surely they are the eyes of a heroine. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT 7/29 PRESS CONFERENCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
It's hard not to feel helpless before the awesome destructive power of nature, but we are not powerless to help those who are suffering or to take precautions that might prevent needless deaths in the future. Since the disaster, American military aircraft have flown $400,000 in relief supplies into the country including water containers, plastic sheeting, tents, cots, and medical equipment. All in all this is roughly enough to provide assistance to between two and three thousand homeless victims, and I understand our third flight arrived just yesterday. ... [Read More]
Southeast Asia
Ecstasy, ketamine and cocaine are normally smuggled into Thailand by individual couriers traveling by commercial airlines. In one 2003 case, cocaine smuggled into Thailand transited the U.S. In another, an Indian courier carried cocaine on a flight from Amsterdam. Party drugs are often found on individual couriers, cocaine is usually carried by individuals of many nationalities working for West African or Nepalese organizations. U.S. and other foreign immigration officials assigned to embassies in Bangkok operate a full-time Immigration Control Experts office at the Bangkok International Airport to assist Thai authorities to identify mala fide international travelers, including drug couriers. ... [Read More]
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