23 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is troubled by reports of renewed fighting over the past two days between Cambodian and Thai troops along the two countries' border, which has reportedly claimed the lives of many people on both sides.
He said he had been encouraged by the initial signs of progress in regional efforts to strengthen bilateral mechanisms for dealing with the dispute between the two neighbours and called on both sides to exercise maximum restraint.
He urged Cambodia and Thailand to take immediate measures for an effective and verifiable ceasefire.
In a statement released by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban said he also believes that the dispute cannot be resolved by military means and urged the two countries to engage in serious dialogue to find a lasting solution.
Tensions first escalated in July 2008 following the build-up of troops near the Preah Vihear temple, which dates back to the 11th century and is located on the Cambodian side of the border. The Hindu temple was inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that same month.
Considered an outstanding example of Khmer architecture, the temple consists of a complex of sanctuaries linked by pavements and staircases on an 800-metre-long axis.
Early last month, representatives from both sides agreed to a United Nations-sponsored meeting to discuss ways to safeguard the temple, which was damaged in previous border clashes between the South-East Asian neighbours earlier this year.
The two sides had agreed to meet again at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 25 May, the agency reported in March.
The agreement followed a mission to Cambodia and Thailand by Koïchiro Matsuura, who served as UNESCO's Special Envoy for Preah Vihear.
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Without the proper help from real powerful international organization, the Khmer Thai conflict will drag on indefinitely.Khmer countrymen want to see their kingdom have military strength so it neighboring state like Thailand will not continue to invade their country again.But SRP is against military spending.Last time the kingdom bought tanks, SRP criticized the government. "SRP's MPs wanted more money to spend on HIV/AID patients who are going to die pretty soon anyway" commented one Khmer soldier. SRP distanced the country away from China,N Korea and perhaps from Russia too, so if Khmers need weapon where would they turn to ?
SRP relationship with USA is not good either. Most of SRP's MPs have background from elite Khmer families so they opted to befriended with US republican party instead of staying neutral. Even Israel or Thai they worked with both US major parties: Republican and Democratic.
Sam Rainsy has neither flexibily to work with other major political party in the kingdom nor does he wants to engage with CPP to contribute his talent to serve the country but wants only to be prime minister first. As an elitist Sam Rainsy can not see himself as a subordinate of Hun Sen who was used to be a pagoda boy.
One Khmer student said "I give my salutes to all other Khmer intellectuals who, from abroad, hold Ph.D, Master degrees etc...who come to Cambodia to contribute their talents,souls and efforts to serve our country first without setting the preliminary condition. They cared for Khmer people first,they ignored politic and to them CPP or Hun Sen are irrelevant."
shut up useless UN and ASEAN...
Thailand is a cancerous state of the United Nations.
First, Thailand is a self-colony.The South,the North and Northeast regions of Thailand are colonized by the Central Bangkok. The military establishment runs this long lasting colonial state up into the 21st century.
Second, Thailand oppresses its own people by overthrowing 3 consecutive elected governments and installed a puppet Abhisit regime.
Third, Thai military invaded Cambodia to evoke false nationalist sentiment and make war with Cambodia, hence reenforce its own supreme enterprise.
Fourth, Thai regime never respect international laws,treaties,conventions etc...
The world should take a closer look at this cancerous cell before it spread out of control.
Cambodia now forces itself into an arm race with Thailand. Do not blame Cambodia if it gets closer to North Korea to get weapons for self-defence.
The world had successfully eliminated the Apartheid regime of South Africa. Now the world should get rid of this Thai colonial dictatorship hidden behind civilian administration and keep producing false pride to its own populace by claiming that Thailand is the only one nation which had never been under European colony in SE Asia.
Var Kim Hong does recognize that Cambodia, if compared to the colonial Service Geographique de l’Indochine scale map 1/100,000 and the 1985 delimitation treaty, will loses 9,000 hectares; and compared to U.S Army Mapping Service scale map 1/50,000 with the 1985 Treaty, would lose about 7,900 hectares to Vietnam. This statement was confirmed by Var Kim Hong to Mr. Touch Bora Esq through a telephone conversation on 30 August 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (Sydney time), which Mr. Touch Bora Esq wrote in his letter dated on 9 September 2002 sent to Sam Dach Ta Noroudom Sihanouk concerning over border affairs.
In fact, the loss is absolutely more than the 1000 square kilometers stated by MP Sam Rainsy in his statement, if we add the size of the historical water of 30000 square kilometers awarded to Vietnam under the 1982 Agreement which has been into affect and now already become under the full control of Vietnam. And this would not be the last if the equidistance principle be used to delimit the maritime boundary, Cambodia will lose an additional area of sea and seabed measuring at least 860 square nautical miles from the Brevie Line to the north, analyzed by Mr. Touch Bora Esq or another 10000 square kilometers confirmed by Mr. Sean Pengse, the President of the Cambodian Border Committee Worldwide, which exclusively include another Koh Poula Wai to Vietnam added to the previous lost islands- Koh Tral (Dao Phu Quoc) and Koh Poulo Panjang (Dao Thu Chu).
This is why sVar Kim Hong said in front of Students´s Movement for Democracy (SMD), and Sam Dach Ta Norodom Sihanouk on 22 Janaury 2000 during our audience with him concerning the border resolution with Vietnam that; “If we want peace, we must sacrifice our flesh to the tiger.” The truth is discovered now that, “Sacrifice the flesh to tiger actually means cutting our land to the Viet.” This word was clearly spoken out from his mouth and there were Sam Dach Ta as witness and 31 members.
We must condemn this Var Kim Hong for his role in helping the traitorous regime of Hun Sen.
Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Ms. Rattana Keo, your numbers doesn't add up nicely it must have involved with imaginary parts that an old electrical engineer still have problem to follow you. Would you illustrate or give the link to the source we could check.
ហៃ រតនាកែវ កំពូលដួងចិត្ត សូមស្ងួន
មាសស្និទ្ធ ឈប់គិតកោះត្រល់ទៅ
ធ្វើម្ដេចផលកម្មបានតម្រូវ អោយកោះ
ឃ្លាតទៅឆ្ងាយយើងហើយ។
យើងកូនតិចពេក ទើបកោះបាត់ និរាស
ខ្ចាយខ្ចាត់បាត់ចម្លើយ មកយើងចូលក្នុង
រៀបពូកខ្នើយ អូនអើយ ធ្វើកូនបាន
មួយរយលាន។
1:47 PM, do you really mean one million babies or one million ញ៉ាច់ either way you will satisfy this impostor thai bitch and keep her quiet for awhile.
PS. When you're done I'm ready to be the next in line. I love to fuck thai impostor Ratana Keo.
2:07 PM, 1:47 PM meant one hundred millions not just one million.
I and my friends will be the next to fuck this thai bitch after you then.
Now I see the number starts to add up nicely as one had expected.
I started fucking Ms Ratana Keo at night time. When it reached 50000 the dawn breaks,it turns out that Ms Ratana Keo is actually Siridhorn the big fat thai bitch. Who will pretend to be Ms Ratana Keo next ? Sitikit may be ?
Since AdulaDeathj is almost death,Sirikit must haven't get it for a while.
I'm willing to give her 50000 ញ៉ាច់ even though I preferred Sirindhorn pussy which is tight and juicier than her mom
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