A/HRC/45/51/Add.1 NGOs and local communities have full freedom to conduct activities in the Kingdom of Cambodia in accordance with the laws and regulations in force and its statutes, which are kept at the Ministry of Interior, without notifying the local authorities, and the Ministry of Interior appointed the capital and provincial administrations to organize a consultation forum between civil society organizations that operated within their territory on a regular basis every semester or as needed. Overall, the Royal Government of Cambodia, as well as the Ministry of Interior, is committed to continue organizing a forum on partnership between the Royal Government and civil society organizations twice a year to jointly strengthen the democratic process, to promote human rights and to develop socio-economic sustainably with the participation of all stakeholders. Paragraph 30 55. The Royal Government of Cambodia also acknowledges that the growth and development of the country up to now are all the part of involvement from all stakeholders, including development partners, the private sector and civil society organizations. Both local and foreign civil society organizations have played an important role in providing and supporting social services in rural and remote communities and operating nationwide in many key areas related to economic and society in Cambodia. At the same time, civil society organizations have also involved in advocating for state reform for the improvement of health, education, human rights, governance, justice system, natural resources, environment and social services, etc. 56. So far, about 500 representatives of civil society organizations have requested the Royal Government to monitor and consider proposals to amend the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations. Related to this request, the working group of the Royal Government for facilitating challenges and requests of civil society organizations has organized 6th consultative meetings with representatives of civil society organizations from all sectors to find out the purposes and further reasons for propose amendments to 17 articles of the LANGOs, in which starting from November 2019 to 6 July 2020. The result of these meetings discussed and consulted on the 17 articles such as Article 1, Article 3, Article 4, Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 20, Article 24, Article 25, Article 26, Article 27, Article 30, Article 31, Article 32, and Article 35. Paragraph 31 57. Never does the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) have any policy or action to forcibly evict people. Instead, the RGC always focuses on poor families, who are landless or short of land, or vulnerable families who have occupied state land illegally. The RGC may favourably provide [them] with a suitable proportion of land for making a living and accommodation on a case-by-case basis. 58. The RGC always focuses on the housing sector, establishing a legal framework to support housing related work, for example, Circular No. 03, dated 31 May 2010, on the Settlement of Temporary Construction on State Land that is illegally occupied in the municipality, cities and downtowns, and National Housing Policy approved by the Office of the Council of Ministers at the Plenary Session on 9 May 2014, with the aim of ensuring people across the country have decent houses in which they may live healthily, safely and with dignity, especially for middle-income, low-income and vulnerable people. In addition, on 3 July 2020, the RGC appointed the Ministers of Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and sub-national administration to clear land and provide land titles to people who have occupied and enjoyed the land for years in the map of the naturally protected areas and forest land that belongs to the state. 59. The RGC has adequate standard documents for managing all land registration and allocations to ensure justice and equality before the law. As a result, as of the first half of 2020: - 10 There are 5 decent housing development projects: 8,331 houses and 7,256 private shares; 625 houses occupied/private shares;