Cambodian PM warns eco-court can curb tourism
PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that government ministers should be cautious before offering support for a proposed international tribunal for ecological crimes, the Cambodia Daily newspaper said Friday.
Cambodia should not allow new environmental restrictions to curb the increasing number of planes that deliver increasing volumes of tourists to Cambodia, Hun Sen was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
Cambodia was not alone responsible for climate change, he said, adding that climate change is a new, complex issue that required further study before Cambodia could take any actions.
Hun Sen said Cambodia expected to receive 2.3 million tourists this year, a 15 percent increase over 2007 level.
It was unclear which proposed international body the premier was referring to, however the Inter Press Service news agency reported in September that UN diplomats had expressed renewed interest in creating such a tribunal, a long-standing proposal, the newspaper said.
Meanwhile, World Wildlife Fund Program Manager Bas van Helvoort said Thursday that Cambodia was not among the world's largest polluters, but it likely would not suffer from the creation of such a court.
Cambodia should not allow new environmental restrictions to curb the increasing number of planes that deliver increasing volumes of tourists to Cambodia, Hun Sen was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
Cambodia was not alone responsible for climate change, he said, adding that climate change is a new, complex issue that required further study before Cambodia could take any actions.
Hun Sen said Cambodia expected to receive 2.3 million tourists this year, a 15 percent increase over 2007 level.
It was unclear which proposed international body the premier was referring to, however the Inter Press Service news agency reported in September that UN diplomats had expressed renewed interest in creating such a tribunal, a long-standing proposal, the newspaper said.
Meanwhile, World Wildlife Fund Program Manager Bas van Helvoort said Thursday that Cambodia was not among the world's largest polluters, but it likely would not suffer from the creation of such a court.
5 comments:
Patient is the key to right decision.
Many people has died in the Vietnam War for nothing because the US lack patient.
This Family Tree "Soth Te Pouk Ah Bom Plainh & Meh Bom Plainh Cheat".
The amount of planes bringing tourists to Cambodia as stated by Hun Sen is just a smoke screen. Planes traffics in Europe and in America is 100 times more than in Cambodia.
Deforestation, unregulated mines and water polution (boat people in Tonle sap) are the real problems.
Well, there are good and bad side to everything, but right now the good is far outweigh the bad.
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