Preah Vihear will become a World Heritage site next year26 July 2007
By Moeung Tum
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple will be declared a World Heritage site next year.
Var Kim Hong, president the government joint border committee, said that he led a delegation consisting of a group of delegates coming from the US and Canada to visit the Preah Vihear Temple, on 24 July.
Var Kim Hong told a group of reporters that the delegation praised the value of Preah Vihear Temple, and they also welcome the decision to turn the temple into a World Heritage site.
Var Kim Hong said: “The World Heritage committee asked Cambodia to issue a progress report on the plan to administer the Preah Vihear Temple area, and in 2007, we will issue a progress report on the administration of the Preah Vihear Temple. They will make an official announcement during the 32nd (UNESCO) meeting in the city of … in Canada in 2008 to officially announce the listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site.”
Var Kim Hong, president the government joint border committee, said that he led a delegation consisting of a group of delegates coming from the US and Canada to visit the Preah Vihear Temple, on 24 July.
Var Kim Hong told a group of reporters that the delegation praised the value of Preah Vihear Temple, and they also welcome the decision to turn the temple into a World Heritage site.
Var Kim Hong said: “The World Heritage committee asked Cambodia to issue a progress report on the plan to administer the Preah Vihear Temple area, and in 2007, we will issue a progress report on the administration of the Preah Vihear Temple. They will make an official announcement during the 32nd (UNESCO) meeting in the city of … in Canada in 2008 to officially announce the listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site.”
