FM: Thai objection to Preah Vihear listing against World Heritage, UNESCO, not Cambodia
BANGKOK, June 20 (TNA) -- Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya reasserted Saturday that Thailand’s plan object to Cambodia’s listing of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site is directed at the World Heritage Committee and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), not the Cambodian government.
He said Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, who will attend a World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, next week as an observer, will meet the chairman of the Committee beforehand regarding Thailand’s objection to Cambodia’s unilateral listing of the temple which sits on the border between the two countries.
UNESCO granted Cambodia’s application for Preah Vihear to be designated a World Heritage site in July last year.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belongs to Cambodia but armed clashes between soldiers of the two countries have occurred periodically near the temple, especially at a 4.6 square kilometre disputed area, since then.
“This issue is between Thailand and the World Heritage Committee and the UNESCO and not between Thailand and Cambodia,” Mr. Kasit, adding that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had said that Cambodia is not involved in this matter.
Mr. Kasit declined to say whether the Thai action would change the prior decision because it is up to the committee, and Thailand is attending not as a member but as observer.
He said the meeting also has other matters of its agenda, to discuss and may also act on Thailand’s proposal on naming other historical sites to become World Heritage sites.
BANGKOK, June 20 (TNA) -- Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya reasserted Saturday that Thailand’s plan object to Cambodia’s listing of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site is directed at the World Heritage Committee and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), not the Cambodian government.
He said Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, who will attend a World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, next week as an observer, will meet the chairman of the Committee beforehand regarding Thailand’s objection to Cambodia’s unilateral listing of the temple which sits on the border between the two countries.
UNESCO granted Cambodia’s application for Preah Vihear to be designated a World Heritage site in July last year.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belongs to Cambodia but armed clashes between soldiers of the two countries have occurred periodically near the temple, especially at a 4.6 square kilometre disputed area, since then.
“This issue is between Thailand and the World Heritage Committee and the UNESCO and not between Thailand and Cambodia,” Mr. Kasit, adding that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had said that Cambodia is not involved in this matter.
Mr. Kasit declined to say whether the Thai action would change the prior decision because it is up to the committee, and Thailand is attending not as a member but as observer.
He said the meeting also has other matters of its agenda, to discuss and may also act on Thailand’s proposal on naming other historical sites to become World Heritage sites.
4 comments:
Your fucken Thieft eat my RPG7! the Temple belong to Khmer empeir only~!! you fucken gay and lesbians country...
look siem thugs, unesco is not control by you guy, ok. so, don't try to violate the unesco law too like you people violated the international treaty and the icj verdict! talking with you guys are like talking to the a tree trunk; you people have no conscience to even think about what is right or what is wrong to do when it comes to dealing with cambodia with the preah vihear temple which by the way have always belonged to cambodia, not your thug-like state of thailand, ok! so, stop dreaming already! it's not going to happen although try all you can, we won't budge or yield to your illegal demand on our sovereign and temple. get lost already!
Is this the face of one of the Siemese Thieves? They are really a shameless thieves who act as thieves and robbers for the last centuries and still dare to do again at today without feeling of shame at all. You go to ask you ancestors if they were thieves who stole Cambodia territory and culture. Stupid Deputy PM of Ah Siem Chhkuot.
Hey this a voice from Siam of Khmer decent.
Share our former Fathers(Hindu Kings') treasure instead of allowing Youn to break and tear us down apart.
I am your brother but I am having my own family in Thailand and so are you in Cambodia.
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