Unesco supports Thailand's request for its World Heritage Committee to postpone consideration of the management plan for the areas near Preah Vihear Temple, pending demarcation of the border between Thailand and Cambodia.
Chief of Thai delegation, Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti met
Unesco Director General Irina Bokova in a meeting on Thursday.
Bokova was quoted as affirming Thailand's stance to delay
consideration of Preah Vihear Management plan at the 35th session of
World Heritage Committee between June 19-29 as under the management
plan, Thai sovereignty would be violated.
Bokova earlier met with
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and Senior Minister in Charge of
Border Affairs Va Kim Hong to propose that Cambodia withdraw its temple
management plan from the WHC agenda until the two countries could
determine their common border.
The Cambodian said it would refer the request to the government for
consideration and would response the Unesco's proposal this afternoon.
The
separate meetings of the Unesco chief with the Thai and Cambodian
delegates was held after the first round of talks Wednesday failed to
produce progress on the border dispute.
The Unesco-organised
meeting between Thailand and Cambodia in Paris was held prior to the
meeting of the WHC in a bid to resolve the differences after Cambodia
opposed Thailand's request that the committee defer consideration of
Cambodia's one-party Preah Vihear management plan until the
International Court of Justice rules on its complaint and awaiting
progress on border demarcation at the Thai-Cambodian General Border
Committee (GBC) meeting.
Last month Cambodia asked the court to clarify a 1962 ruling on the
ancient Hindu temple on its disputed border with Thailand following
recent deadly armed clashes between the two neighbouring countries.
The Nation
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