July 25, 2008
THE NATION
The Senate's six committees yesterday issued a five-point statement outlining its stance on the Preah Vihear temple issue.
The statement said:
1. The six committees are of the opinion that there is no overlapping border in the area adjacent to the temple. The area is completely Thai territory as per the 1904 and 1907 Franco-Thai Treaty to demarcate the border.
2. The government must proceed to nullify the June 18 joint communique with Cambodia on grounds that the document was deemed unconstitutional. Otherwise Cambodian authorities might cite the document to claim sovereignty over the temple and its adjacent 4.6-square-kilometre area should the case be argued in the International Court of Justice.
3. The 1964 ruling by the International Court of Justice addressed only Cambodian sovereignty over the temple and did not touch on border demarcation.
4. Since Cambodia proceeded unilaterally to register the temple as a World Heritage site which did not cover the adjacent area, the six committees deem it unjustified for the formation of a six-nation committee to manage the area.
5. Thai authorities should expedite to evict buildings encroached in the 4.6-square-kilometre area.
Senator Rosana Tositrakul said that after Parliament reconvenes, the six committees will push for the formation of an extraordinary Senate panel on the temple.
She voiced suspicion that certain elements within Unesco might have an ulterior motive on the sovereignty issue relating to the temple.
Thailand has accepted the watershed for border demarcation while Cambodia has used the French-drawn map to claim the temple and its adjacent area, she said.
The listing of the temple by the World Heritage Committee is very suspicious because this has happened as if some elements want to force the Thai-Cambodia borders to be redrawn, she added.
Should the French-drawn map be accepted a basis for demarcation, the entire border would shift to impact on the overlapping offshore area in the Gulf of Thailand, she said. The area is a potential site for natural-gas exploration.
The statement said:
1. The six committees are of the opinion that there is no overlapping border in the area adjacent to the temple. The area is completely Thai territory as per the 1904 and 1907 Franco-Thai Treaty to demarcate the border.
2. The government must proceed to nullify the June 18 joint communique with Cambodia on grounds that the document was deemed unconstitutional. Otherwise Cambodian authorities might cite the document to claim sovereignty over the temple and its adjacent 4.6-square-kilometre area should the case be argued in the International Court of Justice.
3. The 1964 ruling by the International Court of Justice addressed only Cambodian sovereignty over the temple and did not touch on border demarcation.
4. Since Cambodia proceeded unilaterally to register the temple as a World Heritage site which did not cover the adjacent area, the six committees deem it unjustified for the formation of a six-nation committee to manage the area.
5. Thai authorities should expedite to evict buildings encroached in the 4.6-square-kilometre area.
Senator Rosana Tositrakul said that after Parliament reconvenes, the six committees will push for the formation of an extraordinary Senate panel on the temple.
She voiced suspicion that certain elements within Unesco might have an ulterior motive on the sovereignty issue relating to the temple.
Thailand has accepted the watershed for border demarcation while Cambodia has used the French-drawn map to claim the temple and its adjacent area, she said.
The listing of the temple by the World Heritage Committee is very suspicious because this has happened as if some elements want to force the Thai-Cambodia borders to be redrawn, she added.
Should the French-drawn map be accepted a basis for demarcation, the entire border would shift to impact on the overlapping offshore area in the Gulf of Thailand, she said. The area is a potential site for natural-gas exploration.
18 comments:
Lol Rosana,
Cambodia is sad by its jealousy neighbors. ICJ ruled not only the preah Vihear temple but also the land surrounding area belong to ambodia. Don't blind yourself because you are esucated person and a senator
Her is some information about that great lady:
Engaged Buddhism is about getting your hands and feet in the mud, putting your practice into action," she said. "Whatever comes in life, I’ll take them as lessons to help me practise the path."
This means keeping her mind calm, unshaken and compassionate, despite being criticised as a "backward" and "left-wing" thinker who would drag the country down the economic road to ruin, and despite having been taken to court in several lawsuits by high-ranking officials and politicians in power. Getting death threats or having a bomb explode near her office are also part of the deal.
People like to label each other, she said. "If you are not on the right, then you must be on the left. If you are not with us, then you are with them. Buddhism tells us not to be on the extremes, which is not easy. I have to remind myself constantly not to stray and get lost in all this."
Whenever she has doubts about whether she is on the right path, she thinks of advice from a meditation master she highly respects, Luang Por Khamkhian Suwanno. "Luang Por Khamkhian once taught me that whenever our mind strays out of normality or equanimity, it is wrong. No matter how good the reasons we may give to ourselves to justify our emotions and causes of actions, it is still wrong. Being angry or revengeful is never right.
"Having said all that, I must point out that I am still in the process of learning and trying."
Just an extremist who want to embrace buddhism ha ahaaa
Only Bulshit thai Senators extremeeeeeeeeeee left-wingand extremmmmmmmmmmm conservative
and extremlyyyyyyyyyy stupid
he eheee
She just revealed what every thai is afraid of. Going to the UN will validate camboia's claim Not only PV but other territories belong to Cambodia.
Cambodia ha s everything to gain by oing the un way.
Thailand has everything to lose.
Cambodia should stop being so nice to thieve.
RGC should the diplomatic and international law to deal this problem, no need to negotiate because we will lost the time and make international misunderstanding of this problem. Thai want to delay this case as long as possible because they want to presure RGC to joint together this area that we are unacceptale.
It is time to Complain to UNSC, UN and ICJ. RGC don't step back like this, hurry up to complain it including land border and sea border!!!
From Ramy, Chungnam Uni. South Korea.
Correct = RGC should do....
I am not surprised. Thailand can make a fuss over prear vihear and get the oil in the south while nobody in cambodia is looking. This new thai theory is called; "if i am poking you in the eye it is easy to slap your bottom". As Bill Clinton once said "its about the economy stupid"; the oil to the south of cambodia far outways the monetary value of prear vihear. The thais know it is not theirs but by claiming ownership they can give back this claim by gettin the oil as a concession from a government that is already thinking that their country is rich enough already as doesnt need it. And if this is not the case then some really ingorant dimplomacy is taking part behind the scenes right now.
I think this Thai senator is an air head. She just came from the lala land. What a great thinker...way to go senator of the century...no wonder Thailand is in chaos.
The Thai people revered His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej like God and the Khmer people also revered His Majesty Baromneath Norodom Sihamoni.
The royalty of Thailand and Cambodia help their subjects in the provinces throughout their respective country.
The Thai royals and the Khmer royals use the same "Rajasapt"
They speak the same language and mutually intelligible.
Her Royal Highness Somdej Phra Thep help build a school name Kampong Cheu Teal in Kampong Thom province to help strengthen ties between the two Kingdoms. And on His Majesty Bhumibol's 60th anniversary of his ascension to the throne last year, Somdej Phra Thep personally flew to Phnom Penh to invite His Majesty Sihamoni to attend the celebration.
Peace and regional stability is the sure way to progress and happiness.
Because Thai culture is so much similar to the Khmers, we are like brothers and sisters.
Cambodia and Thailand are the only two countries in the world that use the same numeral symbols.
Since His Majesty King Chulalongkorn signed a legitimate treaty with France in 1904-07, the boundary line should be left as is for the sake of regional peace.
Thailand's claim of 4.6 km2 beyond the agreed line to the Cambodia side should be countered with another 4.6 km2 to the Thailand side of Si Saket. With a combine total of 9 km2, we then can jointly list this area as a World Heritage Site and call it as Preah Vihear/Phra Viharn National Park.
Establishing this 9 km2 national park zone is to honour King Rama IX and King Sihamoni (honouring the longest reigning monarch and the newest reigning monarch). Our wound of 1962 will become our harmonious fraternity of 2008!
The main argument all along was about joint management of the area, and we will jointly manage and reap the benefits for both Thailand and Cambodia.
Srivijay Vichitrmontri
How Thai Can Give the Land Back !
an Analysis from Dr. SAM,
(1). The Near Preash Vihear will join as the Great Worl Heritage place for Both Thai and Cambodia get the money in peace but Thai they shall lost it most if they do not agreed to give that land back as the 4.6 Km is legally legitimated Cambodia land by International Court. Thus the winner will be Cambodia.
(2). THAI strategies they are avoid UN as they affraid of UN council. Simply that the GANGSTER when seeing the real police, they affraid of police catch him. The same for THAI she tried to block to UN Council and others countries to solve it.But big issue like this they can not hide it from UN. Khmer proverb said one Elephant dies you can not take one piece close to covered it as is too big.
(3). Why they seeking to negotiate with Hun Sen, because they thinks that they can get any peace of land from Cambodia very very better and eassy talk then UN. Because UN , they based on law but our people we based on negotiation with mutual benefit then we have to lost some part of it.
(4). They could not launch war with Cambodia they just show off because the International Court just provided ther justic to Cambodia then if they make war, they will lose most of their generation, International will let them pay all his generation to this world heritage sites. Like JAPAN lost in the secound world war, Japan have to pay all him money for US enen the Southeast Asia , Nation, accepted Cambodia nation King Sihanouk do not get any money from them.
(5). The Others part Thai have to give her back for Cambodia asw well because in the TREATY- FRANCO SIAM, Thai get many province from Cambodia such as BOREY RAM, SISAKET, THUN BOREY, CHNTHA BOREY, SURIN,...ETC. If Thai do not respect that Threaty mean all land belong to Cambodia before still bevalid.
(6). THAI signed an unofficial contract with Vietname to get the SEA that belong to Cambodia around 30000KM and Vietname Take 30000 km. thus that why they affraid of UN international law.
(7). THAI never forget him ownership for preah vihear as their King and Surin Thorn, she the one always make a spoil on Cambodia.
HUN SEN you have to be strong as you have win THAI ready for International court. And do not forget the Thai that she always very smart, clevirus, do any things to get land and destroy us.
DR. SAM
Dear All Readers,
I have observed that some popular international broadcasters (CNN, BBC, Channel NewsAsia, AFP...) appear to quote from only Thai sources.
I encourage all of you who have 24 access internet to write your opinions and provide some documents from ICJ or other sources you may have to those broadcasters so that we will best-inform the international media.
POV,
A Cambodian in Phnom Penh
Great lady senator she claims that she is Buddhist and get advice from the meditation master.when she practice meditation all she can see is push all the cambodian off the preah vihear cliff.In 1979 about 50,000 innocents people excape from war to thailand.the thais don't have the buddhist mind, insted of helping them the thais push them off the preah vihear cliff with gun point without water and food, hold on to tree branch to get down worst than that step on the landminesand die worst than animal.She and most thais claim they are buddhist you know what? BUDDHIST MY BIG ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On behave of thai people,
Thai don't see the cambodian as enemy.We don't have any problem with cambodian people, we are friends.
We are both help each other in
many aspects like business, education etc.
But we have a problem with the tyrant ousted Thaksin Shinawatra
. He did the unforgivable things for the sake of his own and
we also seen that your current prime misnister Hun Sen
behave like Thaksin, be careful.
Thai people is strong enough to stand up to protect our right and
sovereignty but cambodian do not.
For the Prasat Pra Viharn issue, we study very well about the law and any documents in the past
related to this issue.
So, we want both countries should talk and work together for the inscription of Prasat PraViharn / Phrea Vihear Temple as a world heritage.
This is our standpoint.
p@Bkk
7:21 PM
You have a good stand. Please withdraw your troops as soon as possible and I will believe with your stand now. if you do not do that you still be the thief
HUN SEN must present all kind of documents to the UN sea and lands.
I think Cambodia is in a positive stance.
HUN SEN could earn a lot of respect from his people if he is taking the Thai to the UN.
Khmer will win in all cases.
Cause we are not the one encroach anybody's land.
YOUN ans SIAM needs to respect the sovereignty of Cambaodia.
Our lands, sea we need to protect them.
Khmer Pride,
7:21 PM
Easy to understand
If thailand have strong ground, she would never talk about co-managment blaal baa;a;a
i know, they try to deviate the real problem of them stealing cambodian sea territories as well as the treaty of 1907 spelled out the actual boundary that thailand so unilaterally redraw of the sea boundary in their own favor as well. cambodia needs to talk about this 1907 treaty seriously with thailand and any meeting with them. thailand will have a lot of explaining to do when it comes to the treaty of 1907 map as the map of today is not the same as what the treaty of 1907 spelled out lawfully. god bless cambodia.
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