Cheang Sokha and Sebastian Strangio
The Phnom Penh Post
UNESCO spokeswoman Sue Williams said yesterday that the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand was “a strictly bilateral” issue, and that the WHC had no mandate to address it.CAMBODIAN and Thai officials held abortive talks on the sidelines of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil yesterday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve a dispute over Cambodia’s management plan for Preah Vihear temple.
She also said that Thai talk of the WHC “approving” the Cambodian management plan was misguided.
“The World Heritage Committee does not adopt or approve any plans. All they can do is note that the management plan has been submitted,” she said. Williams added that all member states had the right to withdraw from UNESCO, but that Thailand’s potential withdrawal would not affect the status of any of its World Heritage sites.
Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said that during the 45-minute meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti reiterated their governments’ stances on the temple listing.
He said the Thai official demanded joint management of Preah Vihear, and that Sok An repeated Cambodia’s long-standing opposition to such an arrangement.
“There was no significant result from the meeting. The meeting focused on the issue of sovereignty,” Phay Siphan said, but Cambodia “welcomed” UNESCO’s attempt to broker a resolution to the conflict.
The 21-member WHC, which is meeting until Tuesday, was to note the submission of Cambodia’s management plan for Preah Vihear late yesterday, and the lead-up to the session has prompted a fresh flare-up in the long-standing temple dispute.
Thailand has opposed Preah Vihear’s listing as a World Heritage site since before its July 2008 inscription, claiming sovereignty over a 4.6-square-kilometre area adjacent to the temple.
On Wednesday, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva threatened that if the WHC approved the Cambodian plan, Bangkok would consider withdrawing from UNESCO.
The Associated Press also quoted Abhisit as saying that the committee should act as a “purveyor of peace and culture, not of tension and conflicts”, and that the Thai army was ready to defend the country’s sovereignty.
Cambodian officials, however, have dismissed the Thai claims, pointing to a 1962 ruling by the International Court of Justice that handed the temple – and surrounding lands – to Cambodia.
Phay Siphan said the Thai threats of noncooperation with UNESCO were an “insult” to the world body.
“Thailand will not gain if they walk out of the WHC because Thailand has many tourism sites [listed as] World Heritage sites,” he said. “The obligation of Cambodia is to implement the decision from the WHC, and we have done that since 2008.” He described the management of Preah Vihear as an “absolutely technical matter”.
UNESCO spokeswoman Sue Williams said yesterday that the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand was “a strictly bilateral” issue, and that the WHC had no mandate to address it.
She also said that Thai talk of the WHC “approving” the Cambodian management plan was misguided.
“The World Heritage Committee does not adopt or approve any plans. All they can do is note that the management plan has been submitted,” she said. Williams added that all member states had the right to withdraw from UNESCO, but that Thailand’s potential withdrawal would not affect the status of any of its World Heritage sites.
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9 comments:
unesco should advice siem that by next year, they will ignore siem request due to siem's failure to find solution to demarcate the borderline there. make it firm or siem will carry on the same unprofessional and illegal demand without respect to the law spelled out already!
I agree! what different does it make? next year Thailand will come up with the same old shit trick! why delay? why postponed for next year? cambodia must not negotiate with Thailand when bring up 4.6km to the table!! tell them to get lost..!!
Where 4.6km ? Thailand drew a fake map inorder to steal khmer-lands...only one map that cambodia recognize French-Siam Map!!
ไอ้พวกหมาไทยเห่าไปได้...พวกมึงอยู่ที่ไหน ๙๐๐ กว่าปีนี้? ไม่ไช่ที่น่านเจ้าหรือ?...ไอ้พวกโจรเนรคุณ...ดินแดนสุวรรณภูมิเป็นของแขมร์ตลอดกาล! Fuck all Siem thieves...
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2:20 AM
เจอควายเขมรเขาโง้งอีกตัวละ คนไทยไม่ได้มาจากไหนโว้ย คนไทยอยู่ที่บ้านเชียงมานาน 4,000 ปีแล้ว ไปหาอ่านประวัติศาสตร์ใหม่ๆ บ้างไอ้ฟายโง่ ไม่มีใครเขาเชื่อทฤษฎีน่านเจ้าเก่าๆ มานานแล้ว พวกเขมรหัวหยิกปากหนา เพิ่งออกจากป่ามาเมื่อสัก 900 ปีนี่เอง นครวัดก็กษัตริย์จากอินเดียมาสร้าง คนป่าเขมรเป็นแรงงานกระจอกๆ วันนี้ฝรั่งก็ยังเรียกปราสาทพระวิหาร เป็น Hindu Temple ตลอด เพราะนั่นเป็นศิลปะฮินดู ไม่เคยมีใครเรียกว่า Khmer Temple หรือ "ศิลปะเขมร" พวกมรึงเรียกกันเอง ยิ่งเรียกก็ยิ่งโชว์ความโง่บัดซบกับความต่ำต้อยแห่งชนชาติ ไปชะโงกดูหน้าตาอัปลักษณ์ของมรึงหน่อยไอ้ฟายโง่ อย่าแดร็กแต่ปลาเจ่ากับหญ้า หัดกินอย่างอื่นบ้าง จะได้ฉลาดกะเค้า ไม่งั้นพวกเมิงก็เป็นเมืองขึ้นเขาตลอดชาติ.. จากฝรั่งเศสก็มาเวียดนาม ต่อไปจะเป็นขี้ข้าใครอีกละ
Anonymous said...I read Thai above my blog.I am not blind. I can read Thai,but I am not Thai;I am pure Cambodian.You said,< Khmer were born in wild>.Thai Were just born in 1238. Thai lived in china,not in Sovannphoumi.All Thai territory are belong to Khmer Empire.Khmer were born since first century. China chased you from Nan Chao.You were thieves. Thai in Pali means thief.
3:33 am
ไอ้พวกหมาไทยว่าเขมรโง่...มึงรู้หรือเปล่าว่าวัฒนธรรมแขมร์สูงมากตั้งแต่สมัยนครพนมจนถึงปัจจุบัน...สูงเหรือเกินจนถึงพวกมึงอิจฉาโขมยภาษา วัฒนธรรม และมรดกแขมร์ทั้งสิ้นมาเป็นของตน...โกหกลูกหลานมึงได้แต่ชาวโลกเขารู้, ศาลโลกก็รู้...พวกมึงหลี้ภัยหนีจากน่านเจ้ามาอยู่ถิ่นสุวรรณภูมิของแขมร์ เคยชาวแขมร์สงสารอุดหนุน ให้ที่อยู่ เป็นทาสแขมร์...รักแขมร์มาก...พูดไม่หมด...แม้แต่คำ 'พวกโจร' ในภาษามึงก็เป็นคำแขมร์! นี่แหละไอ้พวกสัตว์เดรัจฉานเนรคุณ!
Fuck all Siem thieves!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5SQlVK9yL4
Since Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander, now a Khmer Rouge leader and had many of his political opponents and journalists assassinated, I wonder if he have any plan to assassinate the Thai Prime Minister (Ahbullshit Vejjajiva)?
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