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UNESCO likely to organise another talk on Preah Vihear issues
BANGKOK, May 29 (TNA) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO may organise another talk for Thailand and Cambodia to discuss their Preah Vihear issues after Cambodia rejected Thailand’s proposal in the recent negotiation round to postpone Cambodia’s Preah Vihear management plan from the upcoming meeting of the World Heritage Committee pending bilateral demarcation.
Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti who headed the Thai delegation to the recent negotiation with Cambodian authorities said the last negotiation could not reach an agreement because Cambodia rejected the draft agreement that the director-general of UNESCO proposed.
The draft would postpone Cambodia’s management plan for the World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear temple from the meeting of the World Heritage Committee next month to next year.
Cambodia also proposed to renovate the ancient Hindu temple but Thailand opposed the move for fearing that Cambodia will violate the Thai sovereignty.
The UNESCO director-general wants both sides to have another round of negotiation before the meeting of the World Heritage Committee next month.
Mr Chavanont Intarakomalsut, secretary to the Thai foreign minister, said that after the bilateral talk organised by UNESCO, part of the Thai delegation would go to The Hague in the Netherlands to testify before the International Court of Justice or ICJ for the first round in the wake of Cambodia’s request for the court to interpret its 1962 ruling on the area of the Preah Vihear temple that the court had handed to Cambodia.
Cambodia also asks the court to issue an injunction for Thailand to withdraw its soldiers from the vicinity of the ancient temple that Cambodia claims to be its territory.
The International Court of Justice will receive information from both countries from June 29 to July 1.
Mr Veerachai Palasai, Thai ambassador to The Hague, will testify before the ICJ the on May 30 and 31. He will tell the court that Thailand neither encroaches on the Cambodian territory nor accepts a map made by France and that Thailand will not withdraw its soldiers from disputed areas.
Thailand and Cambodia have appointed one French judge each. The judges together with 15 judges of the international court will consider the Cambodian petition. (TNA)
Thai Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti who headed the Thai delegation to the recent negotiation with Cambodian authorities said the last negotiation could not reach an agreement because Cambodia rejected the draft agreement that the director-general of UNESCO proposed.
The draft would postpone Cambodia’s management plan for the World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear temple from the meeting of the World Heritage Committee next month to next year.
Cambodia also proposed to renovate the ancient Hindu temple but Thailand opposed the move for fearing that Cambodia will violate the Thai sovereignty.
The UNESCO director-general wants both sides to have another round of negotiation before the meeting of the World Heritage Committee next month.
Mr Chavanont Intarakomalsut, secretary to the Thai foreign minister, said that after the bilateral talk organised by UNESCO, part of the Thai delegation would go to The Hague in the Netherlands to testify before the International Court of Justice or ICJ for the first round in the wake of Cambodia’s request for the court to interpret its 1962 ruling on the area of the Preah Vihear temple that the court had handed to Cambodia.
Cambodia also asks the court to issue an injunction for Thailand to withdraw its soldiers from the vicinity of the ancient temple that Cambodia claims to be its territory.
The International Court of Justice will receive information from both countries from June 29 to July 1.
Mr Veerachai Palasai, Thai ambassador to The Hague, will testify before the ICJ the on May 30 and 31. He will tell the court that Thailand neither encroaches on the Cambodian territory nor accepts a map made by France and that Thailand will not withdraw its soldiers from disputed areas.
Thailand and Cambodia have appointed one French judge each. The judges together with 15 judges of the international court will consider the Cambodian petition. (TNA)
