Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Are Thailand and Cambodia About to Go to War?

February 8, 2011
Mark Leon Goldberg
UN Dispatch

Check out this harrowing clip from France 24.


Cambodia is asking for UN peacekeepers, which is certainly an option that the Security Council ought to consider. On the ground, peacekeepers can help give both sides some breathing space as they work out a political solution to this crisis. It would also raise the diplomatic stakes of the crisis in the sense that the Security Council have to take ownership over the dispute. Not only would the Security Council have to approve a mission, but every six months it would meet on the issue to renew the mission’s mandate.

What do you think? Is UN peacekeeping a viable option for this long simmering conflict?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very good video clip to watch.

Anonymous said...

1:03AM! yes! the gays are anoiying!
that why some time they get bit up!

Anonymous said...

The video clip is good, but the reporter must know who built the temple? All ancint temples in Thailand who built it? The reporter, news media should know the history of Cambodia and Thailand. You must open your eyes.