The Bangkok Post
A group of academics submitted a letter to the office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Bangkok on Friday, urging the World Heritage Committee to defer consideration of the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as they opposed Cambodia's unilateral move on the issue.
The academics led by Dr. Tul Sitthisomwong of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, submitted the petition with 40,000 signatures and handed the letter to Unesco representatives in Bangkok.
A letter in Friday's Bangkok Post (click here and scroll down to fourth letter) from the Unesco director explained that all that Unesco can do is forward the letters, pleas and petitions, since Unesco does not actually select the Heritage Sites.
The officials promised to forward the letter to Unesco headquarters in Paris on Friday.
The petitioners said they objected the Thai-Cambodian Joint communique signed by Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 18 and called for deferring consideration of the listing of the 11th century temple as a World Heritage site.
Dr. Tul said the petitioners want UNESCO to wait for a joint nomination for the ancient temple's listing by Thailand and Cambodia as they believe that the World Heritage status should not be completed without the inclusion of Sra Trao or ancient reservoir and other historic structures on the temple compound.
The Chula medical academic also led some 30 protesters to the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok to submit a letter to the embassy's officials, protesting Cambodian government's unilateral application of the Preah Vihear temple registration.
However, embassy officials refused to accept the letter, saying it was the sensitive issue and told the protesters to submit the letter to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to forward it to the Cambodia embassy. (BangkokPost.com, TNA)
A group of academics submitted a letter to the office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Bangkok on Friday, urging the World Heritage Committee to defer consideration of the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as they opposed Cambodia's unilateral move on the issue.
The academics led by Dr. Tul Sitthisomwong of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, submitted the petition with 40,000 signatures and handed the letter to Unesco representatives in Bangkok.
A letter in Friday's Bangkok Post (click here and scroll down to fourth letter) from the Unesco director explained that all that Unesco can do is forward the letters, pleas and petitions, since Unesco does not actually select the Heritage Sites.
The officials promised to forward the letter to Unesco headquarters in Paris on Friday.
The petitioners said they objected the Thai-Cambodian Joint communique signed by Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 18 and called for deferring consideration of the listing of the 11th century temple as a World Heritage site.
Dr. Tul said the petitioners want UNESCO to wait for a joint nomination for the ancient temple's listing by Thailand and Cambodia as they believe that the World Heritage status should not be completed without the inclusion of Sra Trao or ancient reservoir and other historic structures on the temple compound.
The Chula medical academic also led some 30 protesters to the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok to submit a letter to the embassy's officials, protesting Cambodian government's unilateral application of the Preah Vihear temple registration.
However, embassy officials refused to accept the letter, saying it was the sensitive issue and told the protesters to submit the letter to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to forward it to the Cambodia embassy. (BangkokPost.com, TNA)
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