Bangkok Post
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s World Heritage Committee (WHC) on Thursday postponed the discussion on Cambodia’s management plan for the Preah Vihear temple to its meeting next year in Bahrain.
The issue was expected to be on the agenda of the 21-member WHC meeting Wednesday, but the group decided to drop the issue as the plan was not submitted in accordance with its standard procedures.
Cambodia should have handed its plan six months ahead of the meeting, but it made its submission less than 24 hours before the meeting began.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, who leads the Thai delegation, said from Brazil where the meeting is taking place that the postponement is a satisfactory result.
"This would allow Thailand to have more time to discuss on the issue and find solutions," he said.
Mr Suwit thanked all of the working team, the government and the Thai people for their support and for voicing their opposition against the plan.
He said the Thai delegates has clearly divided their responsibilities, and each one tried to explain to and lobby members of the WHC they know about the issue -- that Thailand and Cambodia could not settle their border disputes near Preah Vihear temple because the layout of the plan enclosed with the document did not clearly specify disputed area.
He said the team pointed out that the layout of the plan enclosed with the document did not clearly specify the area and apparently violated the Thai border.
The minister said both the WHC and its chairman acknowledged the problem and wanted to see Thailand and Cambodia find a joint solution on the controversial area before considering the management plan.
He also said that the delegates' action follows the government's stance and the cabinet resoltuions.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva earlier said that the approval of the plan proposed by Phnom Penh could mean the end of Thai membership of the body. He insisted that Thailand would not talk about the management plan before the border demarcation is complete.
"The prime minister has called and congratulated the team for its work," Mr Suwit said.
He said that during the meeting, he had told the committee that Thailand has not seen all of Cambodia's document outlining the management plan for the temple so it cannot consider on the issue.
The 34th WHC annual meeting is now taking place in the Brazil's capital of Brasilia and is scheduled to end August 3.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice awarded the temple and the land it occupies to Cambodia.
The site of the historic structure, which lies along the disputed Thai-Cambodian border, has long been a point of contention between the two Asian neighbours.
On July 7, 2008, Preah Vihear temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Under the terms of the listing, Cambodia is required to submit a management plan for WHC approval.
The issue was expected to be on the agenda of the 21-member WHC meeting Wednesday, but the group decided to drop the issue as the plan was not submitted in accordance with its standard procedures.
Cambodia should have handed its plan six months ahead of the meeting, but it made its submission less than 24 hours before the meeting began.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, who leads the Thai delegation, said from Brazil where the meeting is taking place that the postponement is a satisfactory result.
"This would allow Thailand to have more time to discuss on the issue and find solutions," he said.
Mr Suwit thanked all of the working team, the government and the Thai people for their support and for voicing their opposition against the plan.
He said the Thai delegates has clearly divided their responsibilities, and each one tried to explain to and lobby members of the WHC they know about the issue -- that Thailand and Cambodia could not settle their border disputes near Preah Vihear temple because the layout of the plan enclosed with the document did not clearly specify disputed area.
He said the team pointed out that the layout of the plan enclosed with the document did not clearly specify the area and apparently violated the Thai border.
The minister said both the WHC and its chairman acknowledged the problem and wanted to see Thailand and Cambodia find a joint solution on the controversial area before considering the management plan.
He also said that the delegates' action follows the government's stance and the cabinet resoltuions.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva earlier said that the approval of the plan proposed by Phnom Penh could mean the end of Thai membership of the body. He insisted that Thailand would not talk about the management plan before the border demarcation is complete.
"The prime minister has called and congratulated the team for its work," Mr Suwit said.
He said that during the meeting, he had told the committee that Thailand has not seen all of Cambodia's document outlining the management plan for the temple so it cannot consider on the issue.
The 34th WHC annual meeting is now taking place in the Brazil's capital of Brasilia and is scheduled to end August 3.
In 1962, the International Court of Justice awarded the temple and the land it occupies to Cambodia.
The site of the historic structure, which lies along the disputed Thai-Cambodian border, has long been a point of contention between the two Asian neighbours.
On July 7, 2008, Preah Vihear temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Under the terms of the listing, Cambodia is required to submit a management plan for WHC approval.
24 comments:
If the WHC does not accept the management plan of Preah Vihear temple, it mean that WHC agianst with the verdict of International court of justice which reconise preah vihear temple and sorrounding area as cambodia land... so all Cambodian people must go to the Unesco office in Phnom Penh to burn Unesco office.
In order to reply to Unesco does not accept cambodia's management plan of preah vihear temple all cambodian people must burn Unesco office in Phnom Penh.... and go to burn thai embassy as former....
sorry, but not interested in making a scene against the international human association. We are not Thai people who have no ends to protest and throws tantrum about anything.
We Khmer believe in peace and solidarity of mankind while at same thing believe that justice and truth should always prevail.
thai or siame must know that you are a small group of people who live at Taly city in Nanchao at Yunan province of china before you come to live in khmer empire....
Pouk A siame nis pit chea mouk men A mouk.... A sa-dach siame A sa-dach mouk A sa-dach chor A sa-dach muk ment del nhor-nhem....
WHC= World Heritage Committee
After WHC does not accept Cambodia's Management plan of Preah vihear temple, now WHC become as WTC = World Thieve Committee...
Thai is a robber nation!
What the UNESCO postpone to consider the Khmer Temple plan, just a tactic to defense the temple from aggressive thai robber.
At then end Cambodia will win.
NO BODY RESPECT THE ROBBER!!!
ok, i agree with you, thai is a robber nation and the nation of dishonesty....
It does not matter for Cambodia if Thailand wins or loses at WHC. Cambodia could still manage and develop the Preah Vihear temple and the land surrounding the Preah Vihear temple.
Keep it up. You are on the right track, the government of Cambodia. We support you.
Cambodian government has been doing the right thing; otherwise, the WHC would not list Preah Vihear Temple in its World Heritage List.
As long as we are on the list and as long as the Preah Vihear Temple is in our territory, Cambodian government could go ahead with its management and development plan.
We are Cambodian youth. We will always support the Cambodian government and we will join the military to destroy any enemy who invades the Cambodian terrority and sovereignty. You want Preah Vihear Temple? Come quickly....We'll serve you well. Come please!
Actually Thais do not want the temple, they just want the land near the temple. More study please.
Siemeses want everything from Khmer including cowdung,
1:29 PM
You know nothing!
Whose Preah Vihear Temple is it, and what does it matter anyway?
Who owns the Preah Vihear Temple and surroundings?
Cambodia does. On June 15, 1962, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that, ‘the Court, by nine votes to three, finds that the temple of Preah Vihear is situated in territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia.’ The Cabinet of the time made a resolution and announced that Thailand, as a member of the United Nations, accepted the ICJ ruling.
Although Thailand protested and reserved the right to request a revision of the ruling as allowed by Article 61 of the Statute of the Court within 10 years after the date of the ruling, Thailand has never officially made any application for such a revision, nor made any request for the Court to clarify the meaning or scope of the judgment, as allowed indefinitely under Article 60.
So where have the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the Democrat Party and the nationalists been? After a lapse of 46 years, they still insist on reserving this right. Such a dogged stance can never make any difference, except by showing their own uncivilized minds.
The PAD and the Democrat Party say that Thailand has always insisted that the watershed line of Phanom Dongrak Mountain Range was the borderline between Thailand and Cambodia. Accordingly, Preah Vihear is on Thai soil. The ICJ, however, already addressed this issue in its judgment, saying that the watershed had nothing to do with the temple, as the Preah Vihear dispute had to be considered in accordance with the 1907 Franco-Siamese boundary treaty (see details below). And Thailand has never raised the issue of the watershed line in the past 46 years.
The PAD and the Democrat Party say that Cambodia won the case, but owns only the temple, and not the territory on which the temple is situated. What a distorted and craftily arbitrary reading of the ICJ’s judgment! Please read and reread the judgment. Anyone with an honest and righteous mind will never read it that way.
Who built and owned the Preah Vihear temple in the first place?
The Preah Vihear Temple was built at the beginning of the 9th century, and construction continued through the reign of King Suriya Woraman the first, 1002-1050, to be finished in the reign of King Suriya Woraman the Second, 1113-1150, when the prosperous and strong Khmer empire ruled the region 300 hundred years before the emergence of the Sukhothai Kingdom (see The Preah Vihear Temple: Politico-historical Case Study and Nationalism by Charnvit Kasetsiri, p.2)
In a nutshell, the ancestors of the Khmer people built and owned the Preah Vihear Temple in the first place.
Is it true that the Preah Vihear Temple used to belong to Thailand, and was lost to Cambodia by the ICJ judgment?
Originally, the Preah Vihear Temple belonged to the Khmer (see above). In 1431, during the reign of the King Chao Sam Phraya, the Ayutthaya army defeated the Khmer empire and seized Angkor Wat, which was then the capital. The Khmer had to move the capital to Udong Meanchay and then Phnom Penh. Since then, Battambang, Srisophon and Siem Reap, as well as the Preah Vihear Temple, were annexed to Siam.
On March 23, 1907, Bangkok’s King Rama V signed the Franco-Siamese boundary treaty with the President of France, agreeing to exchange Siam’s Battambang, Srisophon and Siem Reap, as well as the Preah Vihear Temple, for the French-occupied Chantaburi, Trat provinces and Dan Sai in Loei. Once independent from France, Cambodia claimed the Preah Vihear Temple, based on the Treaty,.
In a nutshell, the Preah Vihear Temple once belonged to Siam from the reign of the Ayutthaya King Chao Sam Phraya onwards because of the Siamese victory over the Khmer Kingdom. But Bangkok’s King Rama V returned it to France who colonized Lao and Cambodia. If there ever was a loss of Siamese territory, the land was lost since 1907, as the ICJ made its ruling in line with the Franco-Siamese Treaty.
Does Cambodia’s registration of the Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage affect the Thailand-Cambodia boundary? If so, how much?
The Cambodia’s registration has nothing to do with and has no effect on the boundary dispute or sovereignty between Thailand and Cambodia, as Article 11-3 of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention says that, ‘The inclusion of a property in the World Heritage List requires the consent of the State concerned. The inclusion of a property situated in a territory, sovereignty or jurisdiction over which is claimed by more than one State shall in no way prejudice the rights of the parties to the dispute.’
The legal demarcation of the boundary between Thailand and Cambodia is assigned to the Mixed Border Delimitation Commission which was set up by both countries and has nothing to do with the listing of the Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site.
Why does Thailand not make a joint request with Cambodia to list the Preah Vihear Temple?
Thailand has proposed to Cambodia to make a joint request to UNESCO for the listing, but Cambodia has consistently refused, citing the ICJ judgment and claiming that it would not be able to account for such a joint request to the Cambodian people.
If the Preah Vihear Temple is listed as a World Heritage, what would be the pros and cons for Thailand?
UNESCO would provide personnel and budget for the restoration of the Preah Vihear Temple and its surroundings, as well as serve as a worldwide advertisement for the temple as a world-class tourist attraction on par with Angkor Wat.
However, due to the inaccessible sheer cliff and the present lack of proper infrastructure and facilities on the Cambodian side, access could only be made via Thailand. The possible future development of a cable car to reach the temple from the Cambodian side along with investment in infrastructure and facilities including an airport, roads, electricity, water, hotels, etc., would still take years or even decades.
So the listing would benefit Thailand’s tourism industry as well as the friendship between the two countries.
The scare-mongering by the PAD and Democrat Party within Thai society, alleging that Thailand is poised to lose territory or sovereignty, is therefore just a cheap and dirty political trick which would not do any good to anybody.
The Central Administrative Court’s injunction to suspend the Cabinet resolution and any further action supporting Cambodia’s request, as prompted by the PAD complaint, will only exacerbate the problem and damage. Hopefully, the Thai people will in the future remember this and hold accountable the PAD and the Democrat Party after the damage has already been done.
Source: http://www.prachatai.com/english/news.php?id=690
the problem is siem acts like preah vihear is theirs, and they want to use their unilateral map to claim lands that belong to cambodia without respect to the international treaty map of 1907. they disrespect the 1907 treaty. that is the real problem for cambodia to accept! before preah vihear was listed for world heritage site, there was no dispute. why? because they took advantage of the fact the cambodia was preoccupied with civil war that delay our prosposal for a long time. and siem was buying time. still, that did not change the fact that the 1907 international treaty was ratisfied and the icj verdict was finalized, etc... what was siem thinking? they are real crooks in this sense! unless they changed their way, cambodia will not let them benefit from tourism from our ancient preah vihear temple, period! we can always seal the entrance to preah vihear from siem side permanently so all tourists must come from inside of cambodia to visit the temple, not from siem side, etc... siem still live in the dark ages as shown by their tendency to steal from cambodia. they will pay for it in the future is they don't change their way to get along with cambodia!
Fully agree with 1:19 pm
How long Siam keeps this issue postpone, in return it keeps to sale and loss face to the world....
I am 65 years old Khmer born, healty edcuated live outside of the our Kingdom, ready to joint, serve the Khmer army and will protect the Temple of my ancestors.
នេះហើយជាជោគជ័យមហាលោតផ្លោះមហាអស្ចារ្យរបស់នយោបាយសម្តេចតេជោហ៊ុនសែន។ជយោ!!!!!!!
បញ្ហាដែលសៀមមានគំនិតឈ្លានពានយកដីខ្មែរ
គឺជាបញ្ហារួមរបស់ខ្មែរទាំងអស់គ្នាទោះបី
ជាគេមានគោលគំនិតគាំទ្រគណបក្សណា
ក៍ដោយ។
តែបើខ្លួនជាខ្មែរហើយសំដែងការត្រេកអរកាន់
ជើងសៀម អ្នកនោះគួរយកសញ្ជាតិឆ្កែចចកទៅ
មិនសមអួតខ្លួនថាជាមនុស្សខ្មែរទេ។
look back in the history,all these area and all the ruins belong to the Khmer kingdom. the siam did not exist when the Preah Vihear was built, the vietnamese was somewhere in the red river. i don't blame those thiefs to steal piece by piece of khmer land, i blame the incompetent of khmer rulers. where all the original khmer go?
ទីបំផុតទៅ គណៈកម្មការបេតិកភណ្ឌពិភព
លោក បានសម្រេចទទួលយកផែនការអភិរក្ស
និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ របស់កម្ពុជា នៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំលើកទី៣៤ នៅប្រទេស
ប្រេស៊ីល។
សេចក្តីសម្រេចរបស់កិច្ចប្រជុំគណៈកម្មការបេតិកភណ្ឌ របស់អង្គការ យូណេស្កូ
លើកទី ៣៤ នៅប្រទេសប្រេស៊ីល
លើសំណុំរឿងប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ មាន ៥ ចំណុច៖
ទី១-គណៈកម្មាធិការបេតិកភណ្ឌ បានទទួល
យកឯកសាររបស់អគ្គលេខាធិការដ្ឋានអង្គការ
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ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ និងសមិទ្ធិផល
ការងារដែលកម្ពុជាបានធ្វើនៅក្នុងតំបន់។
ទី២-គណៈកម្មាធិការអង្គការយូណេស្កូបាន
ទទួលស្គាល់ឯកសារស្តីពីការដាក់បញ្ចូលប្រាសាទ
ព្រះវិហាររបស់កម្ពុជា ជាសម្បត្តិបេតិកភណ្ឌ
ពិភពលោក នៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំ ជាបន្តបន្ទាប់
លើកទី៣១, ៣២ និងលើកទី៣៣។
ទី៣-គណៈកម្មាធិការកត់សម្គាល់ថា ឯកសារ
របស់កម្ពុជាបានទៅដល់ដៃមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលបេតិកភណ្ឌពិភពលោកហើយ។
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សាទរ លើកទឹកចិត្តកម្ពុជា ចំពោះការរៀបចំ
ជំនាញ ជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ ដើម្បីបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការ
សម្របសម្រួល ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ ហៅកាត់ថា ICC។
ទី៥-គណៈកម្មាធិការ អង្គការ យូណេស្កូ បាន
សម្រេចថា យកឯកសារស្តីពីការគ្រប់គ្រង
ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហាររបស់កម្ពុជា ទៅពិភាក្សានៅ
ឆ្នាំក្រោយ និងត្រូវបំពេញបន្ថែមទៀត ដើម្បីយកជា
ការបាន។
លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី សុខ អាន បានបញ្ជាក់
ប្រាប់ប្រជាជាតិថា នេះជាជោគជ័យដ៏ធំធេងរបស់
កម្ពុជានៅក្នុងផែនការអភិរក្ស និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍តំបន់ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ។
នៅថ្ងៃសុក្រនេះ កាសែត ទូរទស្សន៍ និងមន្ត្រីថៃ ក៏បានអបអរនូវអ្វីដែល ពួកគេហៅថា ជ័យជំនះ
ជុំទីមួយ លើការជំទាស់ផែនការគ្រប់គ្រងប្រាសាទ
ព្រះវិហារ ដែលភាគីកម្ពុជា ដាក់ស្នើឡើង នៅឯ
កិច្ចប្រជុំរបស់គណៈកម្មាធិការបេតិកភណ្ឌ
ពិភពលោក នៅប្រទេសប្រេស៊ីល។
ការបកស្រាយរបស់ថៃដូច្នេះ ដោយគេច្បិច
យកតែសេចក្តីសម្រេចរបស់គណៈកម្មការ
បេតិកភណ្ឌពិភពលោក តែចំណុចទី៥ ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ រដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា តាមរយៈលោក ទិត
សុធា អ្នកនាំពាក្យអង្គភាពព័ត៌មាន និងប្រតិកម្ម
រហ័ស របស់ទីស្តីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីគូសបញ្ជាក់ថា
សេចក្តីសម្រេចទី៥ របស់គណៈកម្មាធិការ អង្គការ
យូណេស្កូ ដែលបានសម្រេចថា យកឯកសារ ស្តីពី
ការគ្រប់គ្រងប្រាសាទព្រះវិហាររបស់កម្ពុជា ទៅ
ពិភាក្សានៅឆ្នាំក្រោយ ព្រោះជាធម្មតា អង្គការ
យូណេស្កូ ត្រូវប្រជុំរាល់ឆ្នាំ។ នេះក៏មានន័យដូច
ថា អង្គការ យូណេស្កូ បានធ្វើការសម្របសម្រួល
ដើម្បីទុកមុខឲ្យថៃប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ មិនមានន័យថា យូណេស្កូ ទាត់ចោល ឬពន្យារពេលលើផែនការរបស់កម្ពុជានោះទេ។
ដូច្នេះតាមលោកទិត សុធា កាសែតថៃ បាន
ផ្សព្វផ្សាយបំភ័ន្តសាធារណៈមតិ ព្រោះ
សេចក្តីសម្រេចទី១, ២, ៣ និងទី៤ មានន័យ
គ្រប់គ្រាន់ហើយថា គណៈកម្មការ របស់អង្គការ
យូណេស្កូ បានទទួលយកជាផ្លូវការនូវផែនការ
អភិរក្ស និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ របស់
កម្ពុជា។ ជារួម លោក ទិត សុធា បាន
គូសបញ្ជាក់ថា យុទ្ធនាការប្រឆាំងរបស់ថៃជា
បន្តបន្ទាប់លើសំណុំរឿងប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ ត្រូវ
ទទួលបរាជ័យយ៉ាងអាម៉ាស់ ហើយសកម្មភាព
ណាមួយ ដែលថៃបន្តធ្វើ គឺជាចេតនាបង្កហេតុ
ដើម្បីបំភ័ន្តសាធារណៈមតិ និងមានចរិក
ជាតិនិយមជ្រុលហួសហេតុ។ សកម្មភាពរបស់ថៃ
នោះ មិនមានន័យ និងមិនមានខ្លឹមសារអ្វី
ទាំងអស់។
លោក ទិត សុធា ក៏បានបញ្ជាក់ថា សេចក្តីសម្រេច
ទាំង ៥ ចំណុច របស់គណៈកម្មការបេតិកភណ្ឌ
ពិភពលោក លើកទី៣៤ នៅប្រទេសប្រេស៊ីល
នោះ ក៏ត្រូវបានរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងធនធានធម្មជាតិនិង
បរិស្ថានថៃ បានចុះហត្ថលេខាទទួលស្គាល់ជា
ផ្លូវការផងដែរ។
លោក ទិត សុធា បានគូសបញ្ជាក់ថា កន្លងមកថៃ
មិនដែលចុះហត្ថលេខាលើសេចក្តីសម្រេច ក្នុង
កិច្ចប្រជុំអង្គការ យូណេស្កូ ជុំវិញប្រាសាទ
ព្រះវិហារទេ តែលើកនេះ តំណាងគណៈប្រតិភូថៃ
បានចុះហត្ថលេខា ទទួលស្គាល់ជាផ្លូវការ។ នេះ
មានតម្លៃ ស្មើនឹងការទទួលស្គាល់នូវគ្រប់ឯកសារ
ទាំងអស់ របស់ភាគីកម្ពុជា គឺថៃទទួលស្គាល់
សាលក្រម របស់តុលាការយុត្តិធម៌អន្តរជាតិ ទី
ក្រុងឡាអេ ការចុះបញ្ជីប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ ជា
សម្បត្តិបេតិកភណ្ឌពិភពលោក និងផែនការ
អភិរក្ស និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ របស់
កម្ពុជា។ ម្យ៉ាងទៀត ការចុះហត្ថលេខារបស់
គណៈប្រតិភូថៃនោះ ក៏បញ្ជាក់ថា អត់មានដីទំហំ
៤,៦ គីឡូម៉ែត្រក្រឡាទេ គឺទឹកដីនោះ ស្ថិតក្នុង
អធិបតេយ្យភាពរបស់កម្ពុជា ដូចសេចក្តីសម្រេច
របស់សាលក្រមតុលាការ ទីក្រុងឡាអេ
ឆ្នាំ១៩៦២៕
UNESCO should not allowed this childish mocking at them! tell them what to do..? you are the superrior and you are the LAW? you know how to figure it out..whose belonged to? it does not make any different at all to postponed or wait for next year??
ไอ้พวกหมาไทยว่าเขมรโง่...มึงรู้หรือเปล่าว่าวัฒนธรรมแขมร์สูงมากตั้งแต่สมัยนครพนมจนถึงปัจจุบัน...สูงเหรือเกินจนถึงพวกมึงอิจฉาโขมยภาษา วัฒนธรรม และมรดกแขมร์ทั้งสิ้นมาเป็นของตน...โกหกลูกหลานมึงได้แต่ชาวโลกเขารู้, ศาลโลกก็รู้...พวกมึงหลี้ภัยหนีจากน่านเจ้ามาอยู่ถิ่นสุวรรณภูมิของแขมร์ เคยชาวแขมร์สงสารเกื้อหนุน ให้ที่อยู่ เป็นทาสแขมร์...รักแขมร์มาก...พูดไม่หมด...แม้แต่คำ 'พวกโจร' ในภาษามึงก็เป็นคำแขมร์! นี่แหละไอ้พวกสัตว์เดรัจฉานเนรคุณ!
Fuck all Siem thieves!
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