Unesco told to delay consideration
February 26, 2011
By Piyanart Srivalo, Nuntida Puangthong
The Nation
Abhisit expects border conflict with Cambodia to be settled by mid 2011
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) yesterday listened but did not make clear whether it agreed with Thailand’s request to have a further delay of consideration of Preah Vihear’s management plan.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said after a meeting with Unesco’s special envoy Koichiro Matsuura that Thailand would settle the conflict with Cambodia over the Hindu temple of Preah Vihear’s inscription before the World Heritage Committee’s next meeting in Bahrain in the middle of this year.
The two countries were at a loggerhead during a World Heritage Committee’s meeting in Brazil last year over the temple’s management. Phnom Penh submitted the plan since January last year but the committee then agreed with Thailand’s idea to delay its consideration until next meeting.
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