20/06/2011
Bangkok Post
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti met Unesco director-general Irina Bokova yesterday in a bid to postpone consideration of Cambodia's management plan for Preah Vihear temple.
The plan, which sets measures to manage the 11th-century Hindu ruins and nearby area of 4.6 sq km, is opposed by Bangkok as it covers areas believed to be on Thai soil.
Without a Thai-Cambodian agreement to jointly demarcate borders, the plan will only escalate the ongoing border dispute, the government says.
Speaking before the meeting with Ms Bokova in Paris, Mr Suwit said he would also ask Unesco to look into Phnom Penh's use of US$50,000 (1.5 million baht) financial aid from the world body. Mr Suwit said Cambodia reportedly spent the money to improve basic facilities at a village outside Preah Vihear temple, not on the rehabilitation of the temple's stairways as claimed. (sic! Suwit must be on Yaba)
The minister said he would ask Ms Bokova whether this was in line with the conditions set by Unesco. Bangkok is concerned Phnom Penh may claim ownership over the village area, which is situated in Thai territory.
The minister is heading the Thai delegation at the 35th meeting of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which began yesterday and runs until June 29.
Consideration of the management plan for the temple, the 62nd agenda of the WHC meeting, is expected to be raised for discussion on Thursday. The Thai team is preparing to send formal letters explaining its stance on the issue to the meeting chairman, who comes from Bahrain, and other WHC members from 19 nations.
Pol Lt Gen Noppadon Chotsiri, director-general of the Royal Thai Survey Department, said the agency had prepared a 3D map to present to the WHC members.
He said the map clearly shows that the temple is situated on Thai soil.
The WHC named the temple a World Heritage site in 2008, which has led to deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia.
7 comments:
Hey Khun Thai!
You draw your own map and it only reconize for just Thai people, they world don't reconize your stupidity drawn map by yourself, you made it up. You believe and learn it to yourself.
EVERY TIME I HAVE READ THIS STUPID SIAM PEOPLE COMMENTS THEY'RE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE MY BRAIN BLOW UP..WHY CAMBODIAN HAVE THIS KIND OF COUNTRY STUPID PEOPLE AS SIAM A KHMER NEIGHBOURING..?
LONG LIVE KHMER PEOPLE..
LONG LIVE MY GREATEST HUN SEN...
LONG LIVE KHMER FROM CINCINNATI,OHIO...
Siem thugs and bitches want to tell Cambodian government how to spent the money! ahhahahahhahah
The Siem thugs and bitches will pay for the damages done to temple with their big guns and rockets! And they will not get off the hook that easy for destroying the Hindu temple and desecrating the Hindu religion!
Not your business mr. thief Suwit. Stop making a fool of yourself. Look at you bombing and shooting at the temple. You thieve need to pay money to Cambodia to fix it. Stop acting llike a little child to go to tell big daddy. What the point of using 50,000 dollars to fix it and you destroy it later? At least Cambodia use the money to fix some area near temple. Go to tell your mama that your dick is itchy.
WTF, Siem ! enough is enough! Prasat Preah Vihear belongs to Cambodia. Forget about your secret map. This so called map is not "legit" !
I thought CPP have lease the land concession to some chinese business for 99 years. So why Khmer soldier are fighting to protect that area??
this is non-sense.
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