Meeting of the steering committee for the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum archive preservation and digitization project (Phase 2).

On the afternoon of Tuesday, the 1st waning moon of Assuja, Year of the Horse, Atthasak 2570, corresponding to October 27, 2026, His Excellency Hab Touch, Permanent Secretary of State and high representative of Her Excellency Academician Minister Phoeurng Sackona, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, together with Mr. Flavio Bonetti, Head of the UNESCO Office, and Ms. Lee Sejin, representative of the KOICA Office in Cambodia, co-chaired the 2nd Steering Committee Meeting for the “Conservation and Digitization of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives (Phase 2)” project at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. This meeting was organized to review, discuss, and monitor project implementation progress, challenges, requests, and to provide guiding recommendations for continued implementation.

Please be informed that the “Conservation and Digitization of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives (Phase 2)” project receives financial support from KOICA and coordination from UNESCO over a 5-year period (2024–2028).

This project aims to enhance the understanding of the universal values of Cambodia’s sites of memory through the conservation and dissemination of three locations—the former M-13 detention facility, the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, and the Choeung Ek Genocidal Museum—to national and international publics, while strengthening peace education programs and capacity-building for officials.