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The friendly response to the article written in the Nation by Mr. Supalak Ganjanakhundee for the balance of public opinion and helping build the good relations between Cambodia and Thai.
By Mr. Ros Nouvdarab
Kasit rules out Thai ownership
By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation, Published on December 26, 2008
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/26/politics/politics_30091895.php
A return to Thai ownership of the Preah Vihear Temple is not an option, new Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday. But Thailand would maintain cooperation with Cambodia over the historic and controversial Hindu temple, he said.
The Preah Vihear case would be handled in line with the 1904 and 1907 Siam-Franco treaties, the 1962 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling and the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding on boundary demarcation, he said.
The ICJ ruled in 1962 that the Preah Vihear belonged to Cambodia but the surrounding land - and access to it - have remained in dispute.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajava said in June - while he was opposition leader and in debate with former foreign minister Noppadon Pattama - that the ICJ had decided only the ruined temple building belonged to Cambodia. The piece of land on which the temple sat was Thailand's.
Cambodia government absolutely rejected Thailand claimed that land surrounding the temple is belonged to Thailand. According to the Map of Dangrek and in the Annex I, used by The International Court of Justice (ICJ) 1962, The court by nine votes to three FINDS THAT THE TEMPLE OF PREAH VIHEAR IS SITUATED IN TERRITORY UNDER SOVEREIGNTY OF CAMBODIA.
During that scrutinized session
The Court raised the question: “THE REAL QUESTION, THEREFORE, WHICH IS THE ESSENTIAL ONE IN THIS CASE, IS WHETHER THE PARTIES DID ADOPT THE ANNEX I MAP, AND THE LINE INDICATED ON IT, AS REPRESENTING THE OUTCOME OF THE WORK OF DELIMITATION OF THE FRONTIER IN THE REGION OF PREAH VIHEAR, THEREBY CONFERRING ON IT A BIND-ING CHARACTER” (p.22, par.3 Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders, International Court of Justice - Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear - Judgment of 15 June 1962);
The Court answered:
1.“THE COURT HOWEVER CONSIDERS THAT THAILAND IN 1908 -1909 DID ACCEPT THE ANNEX I MAP AS REPRESENTING THE OUTCOME OF THE WORK OF DELIMITATION, AND HENCE RECOGNIZED THE LINE ON THAT MAP AS BEING THE FRONTIER LINE, THE EFFECT OF WHICH IS TO SITUATE PREAH VIHEAR IN CAMBODIAN TERRITORY” (p.32, par.5 of the same Report of Judgment, Advisory Opinions and Orders mentioned above).
2.BOTH PARTIES, BY THEIR CONDUCT, RECOGNIZED THE LINE AND THEREBY IN EFFECT AGREED TO REGARD IT AS BEING THE FRONTIER LINE” (p.33, par.1 of the same Report of Judgment, Advisory Opinions and Orders mentioned above).
3.“THE COURT CONSIDERS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNEX I MAP BY THE PARTIES CAUSED THE MAP TO ENTER THE TREATY SETTLEMENT AND TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF IT” (p.33, par.4 of the same Report of Judgment, Advisory Opinions and Orders mentioned above).
4.“THE COURT, THEREFORE, FEELS BOUND, AS A MATTER OF TREATY INTERPRETATION, TO PRONOUNCE IN FAVOR OF THE LINE AS MAPPED IN THE DISPUTED AREA” (p.35, par.3 of the same Report of Judgment, Advisory Opinions and Orders mentioned above).
The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demanded recently the foreign ministry recall ownership of the 11th century Khmer sanctuary.
Its call was unlikely to succeed as the foreign ministry has been examining boundary demarcation and provisional arrangements for the area.
The new minister Kasit, an active member of the PAD before taking the office, said he would not change previous foreign ministry resolutions with Phnom Penh.
Vasin Teeravechyan would retain his position as co-chair of the Thai-Cambodia Joint Commission on Demarcation for Land Boundary, Kasit said.
As the sovereign and civilized nation through out the different array of abiding the international obligations, THAI hopefully carries out what the other UN member nations that always observed, implemented to maintain and preserving regional or world peace and security. Thai-Cambodia Joint Commission on Demarcation for Land Boundary or JBC which Cambodia and Thai agreed since year 2000 and Term of Reference 2003, Thai agreed to honor of those principles, but not Thai troops occupied and threatened Cambodia territory and national security.
"In general, it is our intention to cooperate with Cambodia and the UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), he told reporters.
As experiences Thailand’s “cooperate” with Cambodia should be one of cultural orientations not politics in the case of Preah Vihear.
The minister said Thailand should have a representative in the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) to protect and develop Cambodia's Preah Vihear.
Through the record of the meeting on August 16, 2008, the 3rd point of the agreement, by invitation from Cambodia, Thailand agreed to be member of the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) with the framework of international cooperation. This record of the meeting was signed by H.E. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and H.E. Dr. Manaspas Xuto, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Cambodia questions whether Thailand representative participation in the ICC is “liability or asset?” For this prestigious organization that play a good role international model for preserving and developing in sustainability for the world heritage site. If we looked back what Thai down played at the world heritage session in Christchurch, New Zealand and Quebec, Canada in the term of Thai cooperation with Cambodia to protect and preserve the Preah Vihear for the benefit of all Humanity, is a nightmare for those who love the jewel of human achievement as culture in the universal and exceptional value.
However, Thailand would have a problem in taking up this position since the PAD opposed the idea, saying it meant recognition of Cambodia's sovereignty over the temple.
Cambodia government do not mine, however international obligation should be abided and respected for the dignity and good neighbor as civilized state.
"We have to weigh between presence and absence in the ICC," said the ministry's Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul.
With a representative in the body, Thailand would have access to the temple's administration, he said. But, by the same token, Thailand could also be outvoted.
Even though Preah Vihear Temple is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, but Cambodia as a “Sovereign Nation” retains the ownership and rights. And, also UNESCO note that the inscription “engages the collective responsibility of the international community to ensure its protection”. Not the politics neither beneficiary of Thai interest for the other issues.
However, Thailand's national world heritage committee would make the final decision on the ICC, Virasakdi said, noting the foreign ministry would send a representative to the committee.
Thai should instead focuses on redeployment troop where Thai troop illegally occupied after 15 July 2008, and the entire border work as JBC has been committed throughout the different meeting.
Kasit said his previously provocative stance in the PAD over the Preah Vihear conflict would not jeopardize relations with Cambodia as its leaders, notably Prime Minister Hun Sen, were familiar with him since they worked together on the Paris Accord on Peace in Cambodia in 1989. Hun Sen was the first to send congratulations to Prime Minister Abhisit, he said.
What the different between Samdech HUN Sen and KASIT is Peace, Friendship, and cooperation.
The "big leader" was not Pen Sovann, Hun Sen, Heng Samrin, Chea Sim, Chea Soth, nor Chan Sy...
The "big leader" was Hanoi.
Hun Sen is not an armpit hair, he is more like a booger that was picked by Hanoi from Hanoi's Hoochi-Minhs nose and put onto the Khmer people, now we are stuck with him.
So please, someone get a tissue and clean off that booger. =)
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