Friday, August 6, 2010

Temple plan battle [for Thailand] will be tough

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SPECIAL REPORT: Thailand will have to do better if it wants to beat Cambodia next year

6/08/2010
Thanida Tansubhapol
Bangkok Post


Better preparation is needed if Thailand is to win the fight with Cambodia over its management plan for Preah Vihear temple.

Thailand celebrated a small victory last week when it managed to persuade the 21-member World Heritage Committee (WHC), meeting in Brazil, to defer a decision on the plan to its meeting next year in Bahrain.

It was the second year in a row that the issue had been postponed.

Cambodia is required to submit a management plan for endorsement after the temple was listed as a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in 2008.
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