17/08/2011
Bangkok Post
The cabinet yesterday assigned Foreign Minister Surapong Towijakchaikul to review the Thai World Heritage Committee's recommendation for Thailand to withdraw its membership from the World Heritage Convention.
Ampol Kitti-ampol, secretary-general to the cabinet, said the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration had made no decision on the recommendation, deciding instead to leave it to the next government.
Mr Ampol said the cabinet suggested Mr Surapong consult relevant government agencies and present his recommendation at the next cabinet meeting.
A government source said if the Thai government still wanted to withdraw from the WHC, it must send a letter of intent to Unesco director-general Irina Bokova.
The letter must be signed by either the prime minister or the foreign minister. Any withdrawal would come into effect one year from the date Ms Bokova received the letter.
But, during this year, Thailand would not be allowed to ask Unesco's World Heritage Committee to inscribe new heritage sites, the source said.
The source said existing World Heritage Sites would be unaffected.
However, if the government decides not to withdraw Thailand from the WHC, it has to inform Unesco of its decision in writing.
"It is likely that the Foreign Ministry will oppose the withdrawal as it sees no strong reasons to do so," said the source.
Meanwhile, Cambodia has suggested that the plan to deploy Indonesian observers in the Thai-Cambodian disputed areas be scrapped, Defence Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa said yesterday.
Gen Yutthasak said he had received an invitation from Gen Tea Banh, Cambodia's deputy prime minister and defence minister, to attend a Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) meeting in Phnom Penh.
Gen Yutthasak said Phnom Penh had suggested that Thailand and Cambodia settle the border dispute through bilateral talks, adding that the two countries may inform the International Court of Justice that they do not need observers from a third country.
"I will call a meeting of representatives from relevant organisations on Aug 17," Gen Yutthasak said.
He has assigned Lt Gen Wissanu Sriyaphan, chief of the Department of Border Affairs at the Thai Armed Forces and Thai secretary of the GBC secretariat, to work with his Cambodian counterpart to prepare for the meeting.
The defence minister said he wanted the GBC meeting to be held as soon as possible, but other meetings needed to take place first.
The Thai-Cambodian secretariat will meet first, and then a Regional Border Committee meeting will follow in Nakhon Ratchasima.
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Hi Everyone,
One of KI-Media member who has his name in Facebook as Khmer Sovannaphumi but his real name is Pang Sokhoeun, former political asylum and now living in Sweden. He always copies news from here to post in his facebook profile to promote himself, but right now, he tries to remove and blocked anyone who dares to reveal his con activity particular he tries to hide what he has cheated his wife (Sreypov Chea) by having a girlfriend (Sokunthear Sam) behind his wife back. Now, his girlfriend had run way from him after she knew his cheating.
A con man Pang Sokhoeun as well as KI-Media like to insult to the government officers who have affairs, but himself does even worse than other people. What a shame!
When one person had posted in KI-Media and accused that a con man Pang Sokhoeun is a brother of Som Ek (former Chief of Tiger's head sign guerilla, who was arrested and put in prison by Cambodian government) during that time, a cheater Pang Sokhoeun came to deny in his blogs immediately and had pointed the blame to Mr. Sourn Serey Rotha, but this time, he has bury his head in the sand because he cannot deny the truth that he has cheated his wife. Right now, all he can do is removed and blocked anyone who dared to reveal his cheating.
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anonymous 5:04 your comments are very annoying. Who cares about his personal life. In America almost half of the marriages ended up in divorce.
My husband cheated on me and left and I was glad he did it because he was such horrible husband.
If your marriage fall apart it doesn't mean that you are a bad person.
Why are you whining? Did he take your wife or your girlfriend or maybe you're related to his ex wife.
Both of them are adults so leave them alone as long he responsible for his kid, he is free to leave his wife.
So shut up because nobody cares.
good luck, thailand! cambodia and the world is not in the dark ages era anymore, ok! nowadays, there are rule of law, etc to live by, like it or not, thailand must respect the law, ok! you can't just do around stealing from people, ok! that is illegal, ok!
Ah Kwack obeiy the laws, don't be a Stupid Fool!
what are you whining about here? did you know cambodia does not have terms limit law for officials! get educated already, ok! what planet are you from anyway?
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