DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia Waiting for Thai Parliament's Endorsement” plus 3 more

DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia Waiting for Thai Parliament's Endorsement” plus 3 more

Cambodia Waiting for Thai Parliament's Endorsement

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:30 AM PST

Phnom Penh will wait until Thailand's parliament ratifies the previous memos of Joint- Boundary Commission (JBC) meetings before it will accept Bangkok' s proposal on the next JBC meeting, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
Thailand has proposed to hold the next JBC on March 7-8 with its neighboring Cambodia in order to discuss border demarcation.
The issue so far has not yet been submitted for approval of Thai parliament; therefore, it is uncertain the next JBC would be held in Indonesia during March 7-8, Thani Thongpakdi, FM spokesman said.
The Article190 of Thailand's 2007 Constitution regulates that any treaty to be signed with other foreign countries and may bring about territorial changes requires parliament's ratification before it will be implemented.
The spokesman insisted that the meeting would be carried out bilaterally not multilaterally as Cambodian preferred. There might be the third country to facilitate talks but only Thailand and Cambodia would be at negotiating table, he added.
The two neighboring countries share a common border approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) long but demarcation has never been fully completed. The 11th-century Preah Vihear temple has been the subject of age-old border dispute for decades. Although the International Court of Justice awarded the Hindu temple to Cambodia in 1962, the dispute over area adjacent to the temple has never been solved.
Listing of the temple to Unesco's World Heritage Site in 2008 fueled tensions between the two countries, resulting in military build-up with sporadic skirmishes. The latest deadly clashes on Feb 4-7, when both countries exchanged small arms firing and shelling, caused loss of lives of civilian population and soldiers on both sides as well as massive evacuation of residents along the border.

Thailand principally agrees on observation TOR over dispute with Cambodia: minister

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PST

Thailand has principally agreed on terms of reference (TOR) on observation related to its dispute with Cambodia over border issue, an Indonesian minister said here on Friday.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told reporters that as observing party in the issue, Indonesia has sent the terms of reference that was responded positively by Cambodia.
"Cambodia has agreed and yesterday I heard Thailand has principally agreed but details will be submitted in the near term, " he said.
Natalegawa stressed that the part should be immediately completed as the momentum must be maintained.
"(The momentum of) decision by both foreign ministers and both countries on Feb. 22 should be maintained and we must move fast," he said.
According to him, Indonesia has established two teams consisting of 30 officials to Thailand and Cambodia.
He said that it is expected that there will be a review on the observation every three months.
"But, related to how long they must stay there, we must decide together as there should be agreement from related countries. This is important as we don't want to enforce peace between them. We are just observers," he said.
Another thing, he said, is security of the observers.
"They are unarmed. So, there must be a safety guarantee," he said.
Natalegawa added that all political processes must be informed to other ASEAN countries.
Thailand and Cambodia have the border conflict just a week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008, since then periodic clashes between both sides' troops happened, resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
The latest clashes, on Feb. 4-7, killed and wounded many soldiers and citizens of both sides, and caused tens of thousands of the two countries' villagers nearby the disputed areas fleeing for safe shelters.

Cambodia's victims by landmines, UXOs increased in 2010

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:07 AM PST

PHNOM PENH, March 5-- The number of Cambodian victims by landmines and unexploded ordinances was  increased in 2010 compared to a year earlier.

In a report filed by Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), a government demining agency, a copy of it received Saturday  showed that in the year 2010, there were 286 victims by landmines and UXOs, among them 72 died, 170 wounded and 44 lost  their limbs.

Among victims, 72 were men, 34 women along with 61 boys and 19 girls.

The report, meanwhile, showed that in 2009, there were only 244 victims, of which 46 died, 142 wounded and 54 lost their  limbs.

Among those victims, 149 were women and 19 men along with 64 boys and 12 girls.

Since 1992, there were more than 60,000 victims by landmines and UXOs, it said.

Cambodia has made impressive progress in clearing landmines and explosive remnants of war during the past two decades, but  the deadly devices continue to present a major obstacle to human security and to advancing CMDG9 (Demining and victim  assistance) and the socio-economic development for the rural poor.

According to a 2010 analysis of advancements made by Cambodia towards its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), rates  of casualty related to land-mine and ERW (Explosive Remnants of War) incidents have progressively been declining from over  2,700 per year in the late 1990s to 244 in 2009.

Some 560 square kilometres of contaminated land have been cleared since 1992 or nearly half of the estimated total  contamination.

However, some 650 square kilometers still need to be cleared from mines which will take another 10-15 years of intensive  efforts.(Xinhua/sp)

Cambodia waiting for Thai parliament's endorsement before next boundary talks

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:05 AM PST

BANGKOK, March 5  -- Phnom Penh will wait until Thailand's parliament ratifies the previous memos of Joint- Boundary Commission (JBC) meetings before it will accept Bangkok' s proposal on the next JBC meeting, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.

Thailand has proposed to hold the next JBC on March 7-8 with its neighboring Cambodia in order to discuss border demarcation.

The issue so far has not yet been submitted for approval of Thai parliament; therefore, it is uncertain the next JBC would be held in Indonesia during March 7-8, Thani Thongpakdi, FM spokesman said.

The Article190 of Thailand's 2007 Constitution regulates that any treaty to be signed with other foreign countries and may bring about territorial changes requires parliament's ratification before it will be implemented.

The spokesman insisted that the meeting would be carried out bilaterally not multilaterally as Cambodian preferred. There might be the third country to facilitate talks but only Thailand and Cambodia would be at negotiating table, he added.

The two neighboring countries share a common border approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) long but demarcation has never been fully completed. The 11th-century Preah Vihear temple has been the subject of age-old border dispute for decades. Although the International Court of Justice awarded the Hindu temple to Cambodia in 1962, the dispute over area adjacent to the temple has never been solved.

Listing of the temple to Unesco's World Heritage Site in 2008 fueled tensions between the two countries, resulting in military build-up with sporadic skirmishes. The latest deadly clashes on Feb 4-7, when both countries exchanged small arms firing and shelling, caused loss of lives of civilian population and soldiers on both sides as well as massive evacuation of residents along the border.(Xinhua/sp)

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