PARIS, June 23 (MCOT online news) – Thailand has refused to accept a draft resolution proposed by Cambodia with conditions that the consideration on the Preah Vihear management plan could be postponed until next year if Thailand allows international observers into the contested area around the temple and restoration of the ancient Hindu temple damaged in recent border clashes, according to the head of Thailand’s delegation to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting.
Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti heading the Thai delegation at the heritage committee's 35th session at the agency’s Paris headquarters told reporters that a representative of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova gave Cambodia’s draft resolution to Thailand on Wednesday. Cambodia stated in its draft that Thailand fired at Preah Vihear temple and caused damage to the ruins. Thailand refutes the claim.
Thailand resolved that the Cambodia’s conditions were unacceptable after it reviewed details of the draft, according to Mr Suwit.
The Thai team is scheduled to meet the UNESCO director-general’s representative again at 11pm Thursday (Thailand time).
Thailand wants the meeting to defer considering the Cambodian management plan until the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules on its complaint, and not until Thailand and Cambodia finish demarcating the common border.
Ties between the neighbours have been strained since Preah Vihear temple was granted UN World Heritage status in July 2008.
In April, Cambodia asked the court to clarify its1962 ruling on the ancient Hindu temple on its disputed border with Thailand following recent deadly armed clashes between the two neighbouring countries.
The world court, based in The Hague, ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia, but both Phnom Penh and Bangkok claim ownership of a 4.6-square-kilometre (1.8-square-mile) surrounding area.
7 comments:
Please, our Khmer army, must be on full alert, get ready to protect our land. This stupid Siem nation will start the shooting again when UNESCO accepted all Khmer management plans......
Don't let the Siem shit shoot us 4 days without return the fire back again....
With the trouble maker Thailand next door to us, Cambodia has to wait to get things done.
Very sad news, to all Khmer people...GO home Khmer soldier...the land area Preah Vihear already been sold to some company to plant stupid rubber tree for 99 yrs. we dided for nothing. Hun Sen and CPP are all lied. Why do we fight to protect Khmer land for some businness CPP Sentaor or official to be rich? ? ? ? ? I dont understand this crap please make me believed again there Cambodia was once a great country .
11:31 PM
I don't think you are Khmer born from Cambodia or Khmer Surin.
As Khmer soldier, we have the responsibility to fulfill our job, to ourselves, to our Khmer people and of course to our country Cambodia.
You think, we just run away like you, an uneducated people, has no responsibility as a citizen of a nation.
You Thailand is done!
The Preah Vihear Temple already inscribed as world heritage and all we need to do now to make this site tourable for tourist.
Please see link below.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/453
as a khmer person, i have nothing good to say about siem country and siem asshole people, you know! i wish china nuke siem to ashes as well as youn country to ashes, really! i hated both of these thug-like neighboring countries of cambodia, you know!
When you think of Thai, you just scratch your head and ponder if this nation is F'd up country. Is there a common sense Thai people out there?
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