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| Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, left, President of the court Japan's Judge Owada, second right, Vice-President of the Court Slovakia's Judge Peter Tomka, second left, and Judge Koroma from Sierra Leone, right, are seen at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday May 30, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia will face off at the United Nations' highest court Monday, in the latest move to settle a decades-old battle for control of a disputed border region that has erupted into deadly military clashes. Cambodia is asking the court to order Thailand to withdraw troops and halt military activity around a temple at the center of the dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski) |
Cambodia sought clarification from the court of a 1962 decision awarding the temple to the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh. Cambodia argued before a panel of 16 judges that the troops in the surrounding area of the temple are a threat to the security and peace of the region. Thailand argues that the ICJ does not have jurisdiction to decide border disputes between countries. Thailand does not dispute the Cambodia's ownership of the temple ruins but does dispute ownership of the 4.6 kilometer area surrounding the temple.
Last month, Cambodia petitioned the court requesting clarification of the 1962 order to "peacefully and definitely settle the boundary problem between Cambodia and Thailand in the area of the Temple of Preah Vihear." Parts of the Cambodia-Thailand border have never been formally demarcated, which has led to border disputes . In response to the latest border clash, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the dispute could not be resolved through military force and urged both sides to continue working towards a ceasefire.
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