July 2, 2008
By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation
The Foreign Ministry said yesterday the idea of some academics to take Preah Vihear temple back under Thai sovereignty is impossible.
Phnom Penh will push ahead with its unilateral application to list the Hindu temple as a World Heritage site. Thailand relinquished its sovereignty over the temple and its surrounding area to Cambodia since 1962 when the Cabinet at the time agreed to follow the International Court of Justice's verdict to hand the temple to Cambodia.
A note from then foreign minister Thanat Khoman to the United Nations in 1962 expressed Thailand's disagreement and reserved the right, if any, in the future to resume its sovereignty over the temple. However, the map annexed with Thanat's note to then UN secretary-general U Thant indicated that Thailand had "relinquished" part of the territory handed together with the temple to Cambodia, said Krit Kraichitti, the Foreign Ministry's director of Treaties and Legal Affairs Department.
The ICJ statutes allow conflicting parties to seek a review of the court's decision within 10 years of the ruling, he said.
"The right is over and no one shall fan misunderstanding over the right to reclaim the temple from Cambodia," Krit said.
"[Preah Vihear] is our temple and we want it to receive World Heritage listing," Cambodia's Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan was quoted as saying by the Phnom Penh Post on Monday.
Phnom Penh will push ahead with its unilateral application to list the Hindu temple as a World Heritage site. Thailand relinquished its sovereignty over the temple and its surrounding area to Cambodia since 1962 when the Cabinet at the time agreed to follow the International Court of Justice's verdict to hand the temple to Cambodia.
A note from then foreign minister Thanat Khoman to the United Nations in 1962 expressed Thailand's disagreement and reserved the right, if any, in the future to resume its sovereignty over the temple. However, the map annexed with Thanat's note to then UN secretary-general U Thant indicated that Thailand had "relinquished" part of the territory handed together with the temple to Cambodia, said Krit Kraichitti, the Foreign Ministry's director of Treaties and Legal Affairs Department.
The ICJ statutes allow conflicting parties to seek a review of the court's decision within 10 years of the ruling, he said.
"The right is over and no one shall fan misunderstanding over the right to reclaim the temple from Cambodia," Krit said.
"[Preah Vihear] is our temple and we want it to receive World Heritage listing," Cambodia's Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan was quoted as saying by the Phnom Penh Post on Monday.
22 comments:
UNESCO should review its decision based on the world court decision in 1962. Justice was rendered in favor of Cambodia 46 years ago. The temple belongs to Cambodia. The border was demarcated by the Franco-Siamese treaty in 1907, and is the legal border between the two countries 101 years later since that date. I repeat there is no overlapping areas. The world must stop Thai arrogance and agression on Cambodian territorial integrity. God bless Cambodia.
Hand Off our Preah Vihear.
Khmer Blood
Thais are noted in Cambodia for their tiny cocks. They are trying to prove that they belong in Southeast Asia. They have small hearts and minds as well.
I hope strongly this temple will be listed in a world heritage because we have many evidences of international law that showed this temple belong to Cambodia such as French-Siam treaties in 1904 and 1907, ICJ in 1962. The Unesco's committee won't under politic pressure of SIAM, they will consider about important thing of the human history, human culture in the world. So it's enough reason to be listed as a world heritage.
The Preah Vihear will be listed in UNESCO, All cambodian people will celebrate 3day of the national festival infront of Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh!!!!!
All cambodian people wait for the good sound from the Unesco's result in Quebec this week.
Preah Vihear belong to Cambodia!!!!
From Ramy, Chungnam University, South Korea.
Thai must stop daydreaming on Preah Vihear temple and use your brain to concentrate your own endless internal crisis
Author Supalak Ganjanakhundee of
The Nation proves that not all Thais are the despicable land-grabbing invading thieves of Khmer land and temples. Thank you Supalak Ganjanakhundee for telling it as it is. Thank you or Or Kun jear anekapaka. It means thank you sincerly.
PS: Any Nan Chao Siems thieves who oppose Supalak's truth, must pack up and leave for your ancestral shitholes of Nan Chao.
I, as a Cambodian, salute Author Supalak Ganjanakhundee of "the Nation" for telling the truth.
Khmer: "Orkun jaroen baht"
Thai: "Khobkhun mak krub"
English "Thank you very much"
P.S. noble truth = peace
There is no statute of limitation for any injustice committed by the infidel, UNESCO should not participate in any illegal activity. Furthermore, UNESCO must recognized the distinct difference between Khmer in Thailand and Khmer in Cambodia and which of the two the rightful owner of the temple.
Thai people should blame their GREEDY ancestors who had been trying to create fake history to get more Cambodian land.
THAI ANCESTORS are too greedy so that we have GREEDY THAI here now. STUPID action thai!!
Or khmen are too dumb and did not know how to safeguard their land.
11:19 PM, time will tell if you're right or not.
of course, the siem thugs have their dirty, loud and stinky mouths, they will say anything they want without regards to the icj verdict. they are so childish, who will listen to them? god bless cambodia.
Bullshit, if you don't like what we (khmer in Thailand) are saying, just come and look at the people in the area. Do they look and act like Khmer in Cambodia?
3:19AM Of course, khmer in Thailand look and act like their boss Thais (Siams). They got brainwashed since they were young and they believe whatever the siam king says. So, your thinking is not khmer any more, Sorry to say.
Let's count how may khmers in Thailand. In Cambodia we have 95% of 14 millions Khmers. So, which khmers deserve the khmer temple?
3:19 AM
Even if you look and act like dogs,
we don't even give a shit!
6:59am! Why don't you pay attention to the khmer krom's plight who are suffered endlessly from yuons and definitely want to join khmer kandal ?.Your govt tread them like foreigners.Khmer sorin are ok while khmer krom are not, or you just blind because you are afraid of HUN SEN ?.
Why the fuck would you called yourself Khmer if you lived in Thailand? Are you lost? Want to know what Khmerland looks like? Follow me, close your eyes..... I will lead you to Preah Vihear cliff. If you feel that you're descending............ you may open your eyes at anytime now.
That's why we asked you to hand off our temple.The cliff is too deep for you khmen.
6:59, stop pulling our leg. We have seen many reports from Ah Karmen-Yuon stated that most of the 14 millions are not Khmer but Yuon Hanoi.
9:36, it's the same reason as Khmer who lived in the US, France, UK, Japan, ..., calling themselves Khmer. And why are you so prejudice again Khmer-Asian, and not Khmer-Infidel, huh?
12:20AM ...Stop pretend to be real khmers. Whatever happens in politics or in the reports you see, we here in Cambodia indeed speak Khmers. What do you speak? Thai or Khmer? You can't even write and speak your own langauge. We still have country called Khmer land. What do you have? The thais took all. How good is that about you? If you are really khmers come back and join forces to kick all the Thais and Viets out of Khmer land.
Siam = Stealer !! our land have been stolen by siam alot. they so scare to lose the land from their stolen hahaha.. as we are one nation KHMER we have the great history. just kom jlous knear ei.. dont make those stealers wash ur brain don make those stealers laugh at us when we fight :">.. let's be love.. KHMER
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