Monday, February 28, 2011

UNESCO special envoy arrives in Phnom Penh for talks on temple

February 28, 2011
Xinhua

Koichiro Matsuura, the special envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) arrived here on Sunday for talks on measures to safeguard Preah Vihear temple, the World Heritage site.

At Phnom Penh International Airport, he was welcomed by Chuch Phoeun, secretary of state of the Cambodian Ministry of Cultures and Fine Arts.

Matsuura, a former director-general of UNESCO (1999-2009) and a former Chair of the World Heritage Committee, was named by Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, on Feb. 11 as the special envoy to mediate the issue of Preah Vihear temple following a series of deadly clashes on Feb. 4-7 between Cambodian and Thai troops over the disputed border area around the temple.


During the three-day visit, Matsuura will meet with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An on safeguarding the World Heritage site, and seek ways to mitigate border tension, Chuch Phoeun told reporters at the airport.

He will also be granted a royal audience by King Norodom Sihamoni on Tuesday.

"Cambodia will present to him about the serious damages of Preah Vihear temple," Chuch Phoeun said. "I evaluated that up to 70-80 percent of the temple was damaged even though the temple did not collapse, but 414 shells of mortar and artillery had fallen on the temple," he said.

Chuch Phoeun said that Matsuura's plan to visit the temple was cancelled.

"His plan to visit Preah Vihear temple has been postponed until the arrival of (ceasefire) observers from Indonesia at first," he said.

Preah Vihear Temple was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hun Senhas no leadershipe
skile like Sam Raing sy does, Hun Sen was supported by Yourn Hanoi, this gay never work in his life, how he tought enought to tun the nation, he just a traitor, he only know how to bark, threaten, and cheating you and me so far, gave him a slape he will wake up and learn to do something to lives, he never help khmer, he helps only Yourns.some idoit said he is compatriote the absolutly wrong, pol pot kill khmer, so is Hun Sen , In 1993 he tried to assassinate Sam Raing sy ,I used to support him but now I understand that he is real traitors, he helps Yourn and tries to kill his own people Khmer, takes land from us and gives to Yourn. stope believe this idiot, traitor Hun Sen, Mik

Anonymous said...

No matter the UNESCO Representative could visit Preah
vihar Temple or not .
The more important thing is The temple and its surround 4.7KM Square ground would belong to Khmer for ever .

Anonymous said...

Hun has no leadershipe nskile Surora does, Hun Sen was supported by Yourn Hanoi, thise gay never work in his life, how he tought enought to tun the nation, he just a traitor, he only know how to bark, threaten, and cheating you and me so far, gave him a slape he will wake up and learn to do something to lives, he never help khmer, he helps only Yourns.some idoit said he is compatriote the absolutly wrong, pol pot kill khmer, so is Hun Sen , In 1993 he tried to assassinate Sam Raing sy ,I used to support him but now I understand that he is real traitors, he helps Yourn and tries to kill his own people Khmer, takes land from us and gives to Yourn. stope believe this idiot, traitor Hun Sen
IDOIT Hun Sen COULD CHEAT YOU EASILY, WHAT YOU GOT, MAY BE An air promise about 4.6 km2 around Preah Vi Hear and never talks about 10,000 plus km2 that Yourn encroached on the east side and those illegal Yourn In Cambodia, how could you blindly do business like that or may be you are belong to the cheater team too, I think most of you CPP just stupid tools for Yourn. you See I am not kind to any one, I need real man the man who IS well prepare for success the man who do somethings day in day out, the man who refuse to stope fighting for success on an importance work in his hands, a man who could see result in month a head, not useless man like you Hun Sen who keep barking every times he goes to present those graduated students with useless certificate because they will never get the job that they studied for. All the government jobs are reserved for those who have well connected with CPP and if you don't have any connection, those certificate you received from sam dach Dech Hun sen can be used to wipe your ass. And if you think that I am good in separeting and spreading ignorance hatreat and anger in Khmer community because I don't get a fair share of what Hun Sen's clan get, come to Cambodia and see for your self, the suffering, the tears of Khmer that live on Khmer Land but receive the kind of treatment that no nation in the world would do to their own people. let me ask you straight in your face if Hun Sen is quite aware that every body in his regime are very corrupted but if he arrests them all who else left in CPP? even Hun Sen himself would be arrested for corruption as well.Only Sam Rirainsy team will not corrupt.If you want Hun Sen claims land back from vietnam,forget it, you are lucky that hun Sen does not use Mekong river as the east border with Viet Nam. And the bickering with Thai Land about Pra ViHear is just the cover up for what' s going on with Viet Nam So Sam Reaing Sy stops making noise like at the end of 2010. Rainsy is capable of command those Hun sen generals and promote the real patriots and well educated army as generals not the one that his fleh and blood just to save his skin when he retires because he afraid that his people will turn on him when he losses the power because his treason.the truth all about Hun Sen is power and become millioniar not only for himself but for his family, his sons, daughters, Grand children, causins, uncles ?. technicaly I shall never insult some one to convince them specialy educated people like all of you but you make a big mistake and you use to talk low class than what I mention above, but if I did not show you this way you don't know yourself as one of those ignorance scumback, may be you are worsh than them becouse you did spread hatred and devide my people for many years and some hundreds of ignorance like you believed your fall preaching because if you don't realize it soon enough, you childrean will speak to you in Viet nam when they come back from school and you daughters will be screwed by Yourn like it is reported in Koh Santephearp last week that a 15 yrs old in Svay Rieng was raped by a Yourn barber and there will be more often about the stories like this the future .Mike