Bangkok – Thai protesters massed outside the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Bangkok office Wednesday to demand that a Cambodian temple be removed from the world heritage list. About 1,000 members of the ultra-nationalist People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gathered to demand UNESCO delist the Preah Vihear temple, which lies on Cambodian soil […]
BANGKOK, May 26 – Encamped in the surroundings of Thailand’s Government House since early this year, the yellow-clad People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement on Thursday pledged to prolong its protest against the Democrat-led coalition government until the end of June awaiting the result of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting regarding the Preah Vihear […]
BANGKOK, 20 May 2011 (NNT)-Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti expressed his readiness in attending a bilateral talk with Cambodia in Paris, adding that the problem began when the Preah Vihear was listed as one of the world’s heritage site. According to Mr. Suwit, the talk will be held from 25-26 May, 2011 with […]
BANGKOK, 7 May 2011 (NNT) – The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has declared that its prolonged rally will be terminated after the World Heritage Committee (WHC) Meeting regardless of the result. Following the PAD’s meeting with the Kingdom of Thailand Defense Committee, PAD core leader Chamlong Srimuang revealed that the group had decided to […]
Wat Arun, or the Temple of Dawn, along with 15 other Bangkok landmarks will be shortlisted for World Heritage nominations with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), a senior official from the Fine Arts Department said yesterday. Along with the temple by the Chao Phraya River, Wat Pho, the Memorial Bridge and […]
The prime minister has reiterated that the government will not withdraw from the Unesco World Heritage Committee as Thailand can leverage its seat in negotiations with Cambodia. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva discussed on his weekly television program about the visit to Thailand by Koichiro Matsuura, a representative from Unesco, saying that the trip was not […]
Cambodia’s temple plan may have to be put off Unesco says it will be difficult to consider Cambodia’s proposed world heritage management plan for the Preah Vihear temple given the current tense situation, the Thai Foreign Ministry says. The Unesco special envoy on the Preah Vihear issue, Koichiro Matsuura, who is also a former Unesco […]
14 February 2011 – Voicing grave concern about the recent armed clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, the Security Council today urged the South-East Asian neighbours to establish a permanent ceasefire following closed-door talks on the situation. “The members of the Security Council called on the two sides to display maximum restraint and avoid any action […]
