Last month, UNESCO inscribed 27 new sites onto the World Heritage List. Among those inscribed was Preah Vihear temple, on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. A 1962 international court ruling awarded the temple to Cambodia, but there is still dispute regarding surrounding lands. The designation of the complex as a World Heritage Site reignited nationalistic tensions and spurred controversy, which appears to be abating. Thai and Cambodian officials are meeting in Hua Hin to discuss a long-term solution to the dispute.
Read the BBC’s “Talks on Thai-Cambodia Temple Row.”
Read the Wikipedia entry on the Preah Vihear temple.
Check out the newest additions to the UNESCO World Heritage List: “Twenty-seven new sites inscribed“.
April 21, 2009 at 7:47 am
[...] in the Crossfire April 21, 2009 — Kimberly Alderman We talked about the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple last year after its nomination as a World Heritage Site reignited nationalistic tensions between Cambodia and [...]