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[Thai] ENVOY CONFIDENT UNESCO WILL AGREE TO POSTPONE REVIEW OF CAMBODIA'S PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE PLAN
19/06/2011
Bangkok Post
Thailand hopes Unesco's World Heritage Committee will delay consideration of Cambodia's management plan for Preah Vihear temple for at least another year.
Asda Jayanama, a member of the delegation representing Thailand in the case, said he was confident members would agree to postpone the deliberation after Thailand had lobbied hard on several occasions.
"We gave them the reason that if both countries have no mutual cooperation, [the implementation of] the management plan will not happen," said Mr Asda.
"We can't compromise on this issue because the plan trespassed on Thai territory."
Mr Asda spoke to the Bangkok Post before he left Bangkok for Paris yesterday to attend Unesco's 35th WHC meeting convened today.
He was accompanied by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, who was assigned by Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwankiri to lead the Thai delegation in the WHC dispute.
Thailand wants the WHC to delay its consideration of Cambodia's plan until border demarcation is completed. The meeting will conclude on June 29.
Cambodia's plan for the 11th-century Hindu temple is due to be the seventh of the 21 items to be discussed at the meeting on Thursday.
The Preah Vihear temple border conflict flared up after Cambodia submitted an application to have the temple inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2008. Thailand objected to the plan at the WHC meeting in Brazil last year, reasoning it trespassed on Thai territory. The meeting agreed to put off consideration for another year.
A Foreign Ministry source said the Paris meeting would consider "the state of conservation" in each agenda.
The meeting might ask Thailand to explain the reason for the postponement request, the source said.
He said if the meeting decided not to postpone consideration of Cambodia's plan, Thailand would ask the cabinet to withdraw its membership from the WHC on grounds that the international body failed to promote peace and stability in contravention of its original principles.
ML Wanwipa Charoonroj, of Thammasat University's Thai Studies Institute, who has closely monitored the dispute, agreed with Thailand withdrawing from the WHC if it failed to postpone consideration of Cambodia's plan.
"It is the most appropriate way for Thailand to react to the international organisation's failure," she said.
"We have seen poor and unfair management of Unesco's WHC since it agreed to inscribe Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site despite the fact the two countries still have border conflicts."
She said Unesco was now an organisation to promote war among countries instead of promoting peace.
6 comments:
Mr Sam Rainsy, Why don't you sue PM Hun Sen as you promise to us Cambodian people and your true supporters?
Are you tried to bargain or negotiate with PM Hun Sen again like 2005 lawsuit at America??? Why?? Why??
We want to see Mr Sam Rainsy act as he said to sue PM Hun Sen in every democracy Countries court of justice around the world.
We want the results as transparency, from your progress in suing PM Hun Sen in every court of justices!!!
We are Cambodian people afraid that you are just using the lawsuit to scare PM Hun Sen than when PM Hun Sen gives you (Mr Sam Rainsy) green light. You again, hang your Lawsuit like 2005.
Mr Sam Rainsy, You must do as you said, otherwise you the same as Mr Kim Soka.
Mr Sam Rainsy, where are your law suit VS Hun SEn in America Court of justice? We want to see and hear the stories transparency because we afraid that you are just try to bargain with Hun Sen like 2005 again.
We Cambodian people as well as your supporters are waiting to see your real action in suing PM Hun Sen (In America Court of justice, all countries’ court of justice in Europe, Japan Court of justice, Australia Court of justice, New Zealand court of justice, Canada court of Justice, UN court of justice, World Human Right court of justice, NATO court of justice…) as you Mr Sam Rainsy said.
Mr Sam Rainsy must do as you said OK. Don’t you dare to bargain with PM Hun Sen like 2005 again?
May be you can’t be Prime Minister of Cambodia because of unfair election as 5-6 million Vietnamese votes for Hun Sen and Hun Sen add up his cheating skill in every election but you can be a great Khmer Hero by suing PM Hun Sen about the facts that he has done to Cambodia and Cambodian people so far.
If you Can’t be Prime Miniter due unfair election all the times but Mr Sam Rainsy, you can gives a great stain to PM Hun Sen and CPP Vietnam slave about their crimes against Cambodian people since 1970 until today.
siem thugs are full of shit, you know!
Wanwipa Charoonroj, of Thammasat University's Thai Studies Institute apparently has no idea what she is talking about.
Blaming Thai aggression against Cambodia on poor UNESCO management is just ignorant and naive.
Thailand has repeatedly threaten the Unesco with violence if they don't listen to them. This Thai gov't has no respect for anyone Period. The World Court and the Unesco are there for a reason but Thailand has been trying to undermine their ability to function fairly or even try to ruin their reputation as world most respectful organizations.
Happy to see our cambodian soldier wearing proper uniforms, it make me feel good to see my people getting the right stuffs...Not a mismatch, flip flop uniforms...This is what our soldier suppose to be look like!
Cambodian troops looked bigger and taller than the the other countries.
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