Monday, March 03, 2008

CWCI Statement on Preah Vihear Temple

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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Kistiansand, 01 March 2008

Statement

In view of the various information about the reaction by Thai government leaders to successively oppose the listing of the Preah Vihear Temple on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site, and in particular, the plan to raise the issue of Preah Vihear Temple to discuss during state meeting between Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who will visit Cambodia on 03 March 2008, and the Cambodian Prime Minister, the Cambodia Watchdog Council International (CWCI) believes that all the opposition by the Thai government to the case of Preah Vihear Temple, is nothing but its uncivilized ambition, and it is also a violation of the judgment rendered by The Hague International Court of Jusitce which Thailand agreed to on 15 June 1962.

In this case, CWCI asks the government of Cambodia to show a clear stance to the Thai counterpart to resolve the issue of Preah Vihear Temple, based on the respect of the judgment handed down by The Hague International Court of Justice, and to unilaterally (present its case) without the participation of the Thai counterpart at the summit meeting of the World Heritage Commission which will be held in Canada on 04-12 July 2008.

CWCI would like to stress to the Thai government also that Thailand must abide by the judgment rendered by the International Court of Justice, and it should have the goodwill to resolve the border issues with its Cambodian counterpart, under the spirit of respect of territorial integrity, sovereignty, and with an end to interference to internal affairs of Cambodia, in the name of likewise ASEAN members, and as the signatory of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia.

CWCI is calling on civil society, political organizations, and the Cambodian public to participate in the protection of Preah Vihear Temple which is the cultural heritage and the common assets of our Nation.

(Signed) Men Nath
CWCI President

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Siem should be ashamed of its act. Chang ban Ith Ke Kmass A cho chang rai...
អាេថាក!
អាេចារ!

Anonymous said...

What act?

Anonymous said...

Let it be known that the border issue must be solved by the border committee between Cambodian and the Thaicong!

This issue of Khmer Phrea Vihear temple deal cultural heritage must be solved UNESCO!

The fucken Thaicong must not politicize border issue with UNESCO because the UNESCO job is to deal with cultural issue only! Therefore UNESCO should have no problem is recognize Khmer Phrea Vihear temple as part of the world heritage!

Anonymous said...

Wrong, everything must be solved by those who are elected to do so.

Anonymous said...

Thai wants to promote everything is not belong to them. Everything in southeast asia should belong to the Thai. Thai kickboxing, Thai Guavas, Thai tea, Thai bananas, Thai basils, Thai der, Thai peesus, Thai preah vihir, and many more.....my god..

Anonymous said...

To 2:56PM

So who elects UNESCO?

Please don't tell me that your mother elected UNESCO! Ahahhahhahah

So much for the Thaicong to turn the world into their world!

Fuck the Thaicong world!

Anonymous said...

thank you for having interest and wanting to help to protect cambodia from neighboring countries who always hunger for stealing khmer land and cultural heritage. may god bless you all. long live cambodia and our international friends!

Anonymous said...

Hey listen up you paranoid gorilla fucker, we are not going to make the same mistake over and over by bring back the French back to protect us from our neighbors. We rather lost out land to our neighbors than to your fucking blue-eyed goddess. You got that?

Anonymous said...

To 5:05AM

Fuck you Vietcong bitch!

Cambodia welcomes anybody to keep the fucken Vietcong crazy animal far away from Cambodia!

Cambodian welcome French, China, Uncle SAM, Japan, EU, Russia...anybody who want to see the Vietcong crazy animal contain or be killed!

Anonymous said...

Well, I have no restriction for business, but we don't need no protection from your blue-eyed Goddess.