A/HRC/42/60/Add.2 2. Media in Cambodia By this first semester of 2019, registered media organizations at the Ministry of Information, owned and possessed by Cambodians and foreigners such as: 445 newspapers; 195 magazines; 21 newsletters; ;449 websites and online TV; 116 printing houses; 22 foreign media agencies; 220 FM radios; 01 AM radio; 210 Analogue TV; 05 Digital TV; 212 Cable TV; 03 OTT; 02 Satellies TV; which show the growth of the media in Cambodia. 3. National and International Journalist in Cambodia There are over 5,000 journalists being operated the media activities in the Kingdom of Cambodia; in which there are about 500 international journalists include journalists of RFA and VOA as well. The 41 news associations, 22 foreign media agencies of which has its permanent representative office in Cambodia; they have been given fully right to operate their media activities freely without bother and intimidation. In this regard, with purpose to promote freedom of expression, freedom of press and to enhance good governance with good quality, transparency and accountability; the Royal Government has entrusted the Ministry of Information to lead and draft Access to Information Law. In drafting this law, the Ministry of Information has also cooperated with UN Agencies such as Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNESCO office in Phnom Penh; representative of civil society and academia such as Advocacy and Policy Institute (API), Cambodia Center for Independent Media (CCIM), Club of Cambodia Journalists (CCJ), Cambodia Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), Department of Media and Communication (DMC) and Women Media Center of Cambodia (WMC). This draft has been completed discussion and consultation by the Technical Working Group and received highly appreciation from the representative of UNESCO office in Cambodia that this draft has high standard in Asia-Pacific region and applicable as model for other countries. Now, this draft is being reviewed at inter-ministerial level and the Ministry of Information hope this draft will be soon approved by Executive Institution and Legislative Institution. In overall, the Royal Government of Cambodia always promote this important task of journalist and promote freedom of expression, freedom of press in Cambodia and considered journalists as indispensable partner and be a bridge to pass true information from government to citizens and from citizens to government on the basis of collaboration and taking responsibility to media ethics in order to build a society with full of peace and long-term development. Cambodian Human Rights Committee and the Ministry of Justice 1. The reallocation of party’s seats According to Article 150 (new) (2) of the Constitution, the NEC is an institution mandated to organize, manage and administer the Election of Senate and the Election of Members of the National Assembly and other elections. The NEC shall exercise its mandate in an independent and neutral manner so as to ensure that the election is conducted in a free and fair manner pursuant to the principle of multi-party liberal democracy. Article 76 (new) of the Constitution stipulates that members of the National Assembly shall be elected by free, equal, direct election and secret ballot. Moreover, Article 27 of the Law on the Election of Members of the National Assembly (from here onward LEMNA) further stipulates that the political party that has been registered in accordance with the LPP shall have the right to register its political party and the list of candidates running for the election to be members of the National Assembly. Re-allocation of seats of dissolved party shall be undertaken pursuant to the LPP in the legislature of the National Assembly. The NEC shall comply with the provisions stipulated in Article 138 (bis) of the LEMNA, which stipulates that, in the mandate of the National Assembly, if any political party declares to give up on their seats or has been dismissed from political party registration or has been dissolved according to the LPP, the list of its candidates and representatives will become invalid and disqualified. In that event, the NEC will distribute those vacant seats within at most 7 days to other political parties who participated in the national election. 4