BangkokPost.com, TNA
A group of academics submitted a letter to the office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Bangkok on Friday, urging the World Heritage Committee to defer consideration of the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as they opposed Cambodia's unilateral move on the issue.
The academics led by Dr. Tul Sitthisomwong of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, submitted the petition with 40,000 signatures and handed the letter to Unesco representatives in Bangkok.
A letter in Friday's Bangkok Post from the Unesco director explained that all that Unesco can do is forward the letters, pleas and petitions, since Unesco does not actually select the Heritage Sites.
The officials promised to forward the letter to Unesco headquarters in Paris on Friday.
The petitioners said they objected the Thai-Cambodian Joint communique signed by Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 18 and called for deferring consideration of the listing of the 11th century temple as a World Heritage site.
Dr. Tul said the petitioners want UNESCO to wait for a joint nomination for the ancient temple's listing by Thailand and Cambodia as they believe that the World Heritage status should not be completed without the inclusion of Sra Trao or ancient reservoir and other historic structures on the temple compound.
The Chula medical academic also led some 30 protesters to the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok to submit a letter to the embassy's officials, protesting Cambodian government's unilateral application of the Preah Vihear temple registration.
However, embassy officials refused to accept the letter, saying it was the sensitive issue and told the protesters to submit the letter to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to forward it to the Cambodia embassy.
The academics led by Dr. Tul Sitthisomwong of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, submitted the petition with 40,000 signatures and handed the letter to Unesco representatives in Bangkok.
A letter in Friday's Bangkok Post from the Unesco director explained that all that Unesco can do is forward the letters, pleas and petitions, since Unesco does not actually select the Heritage Sites.
The officials promised to forward the letter to Unesco headquarters in Paris on Friday.
The petitioners said they objected the Thai-Cambodian Joint communique signed by Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 18 and called for deferring consideration of the listing of the 11th century temple as a World Heritage site.
Dr. Tul said the petitioners want UNESCO to wait for a joint nomination for the ancient temple's listing by Thailand and Cambodia as they believe that the World Heritage status should not be completed without the inclusion of Sra Trao or ancient reservoir and other historic structures on the temple compound.
The Chula medical academic also led some 30 protesters to the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok to submit a letter to the embassy's officials, protesting Cambodian government's unilateral application of the Preah Vihear temple registration.
However, embassy officials refused to accept the letter, saying it was the sensitive issue and told the protesters to submit the letter to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to forward it to the Cambodia embassy.
7 comments:
As the same Asian state member, this action is violate the constitution of Asian. the listing of Preah Vihear temple is Cambodia's issue not Thai affair.
How all accademics people do like that?
They can gather all 65 million signatures to UNESCO and still irrelevant. Thailand first illegally occuried Preah Vihear back in 1954. Our King-Father Norodom Sihanouk took them to court and won in 1962. 54 years later, the Thais are still meddling in Cambodia's sovereignty of Preah Vihear. They had 10 years to appeal if new evidence arises since 1962. Up to now, the case is closed. The world must stop Thai's bullshit and agression on Cambodian soil. In regards to the world heritage listing, Cambodia has 100% rights to list this with UNESCO unilaterally. I
Prrrrrea Vhearrrrrrr Khmer!!!!!!!
Are you stupid Siam! the Malai, Mone, Karen, Burma, and more will want their lands back from you! Thieves!
We only hear from the civilians from both side who claimed for the temple.Where is Siem's KING AND FORMER KHMER KING? Both of them, should have opinion on this conflict. Do they listen to news? Where the fuck are they?
keep urging until you will have heart attack, thai thieves! unesco will stick with the court ruling and laws that govern treaties and sovereignty and that will prevail despite thailand saying they disagreed or whatever! remember statue of limitation is 10 years and now is 46 years had passed so tough luck. plus you have no new evidences. law is law, cry all you want until you race is died out, i don't think khmer people care about that.
thai they want to show that they have power to controle Cambodia and the UNESCO and also they want to ignore the International law in Hague in 1962.
It's a laughing matter. Did they even thought of it first before asking Cambodian Government explain the situation to the Khmers...It should be other way around. The Cambodian knows that 100% that the temple & land surrounding were awarded by the international court in 1962 & the map drew in 1907 were agreed by Thai & Cambodia...The Cambodian government need take this seriously and sue the Thai for trying to breach the international court decision. Why does UNESCO care what the thai complaints about, all the UNESCO needs to know is that the area & temple belongs to Cambodia and let's get it all placed under UNESCO and call it a day.
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