Thailand given 3 years to resolve 3 issues before resubmitting KKFC proposal

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Thailand given 3 years to resolve 3 issues before resubmitting KKFC proposal

 

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Former Thai ambassador to France, and head of the Thai delegation at the World Heritage Committee meeting (WHC), Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, reported today (July 8th) that the UNESCO WHC has asked Thailand to work on three main issues before it resubmits the proposal for Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex to be listed as a natural world heritage site.

 

Yesterday, the UNESCO’s 43rd WHC meeting, in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku decided not to list the KKFC as a natural world heritage site this year.

 

Mr. Sihasak said that the WHC decided, as recommended by the 6-country working committee appointed by the 21-member WHC, to refer the Thai proposal back to the state parties to allow for revisions and the gathering of additional information. The proposal will be resubmitted to the Committee within a 3-year timeframe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailand-given-3-years-to-resolve-3-issues-before-resubmitting-kkfc-proposal/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-07-08

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[HeyHeyHey]

It's time to form a committee (or two)

[lungbing]

Ah, so not Khon Kaen Football Club then.

[expatfromwyoming]

It is amazing just how blemished the facts are in reporting- these are the FACTS

 

a. the rights of “indigenous” Karen people living within the KKFC. This report presented to UNESCO in July 2016 gives an indication of the sorts of things which it is claimed by some pressure groups have been occurring. Thailand, is taking action to involve locals (and disputing the allegations made in the above report) but also claims that many of the complaining Karen shouldn’t even be in Thailand.

b. the frontier with Myanmar, which claims that 34% of the proposed site lies within its territory. It isn’t clear how much the lack of an agreed KKFC boundary relates to deep seated differences and how much to the practicalities of surveying a border (remembering that Myanmar has been fighting insurgencies in the border areas for decades - with those insurgents often "supported" by Thailand), but this would not seem likely to be a quick matter to resolve. UNESCO claims that inscription has no impact on territorial claims but would Thailand want to try to “do a Cambodia” on this one? Another possibility of course might be for Thailand to reduce the nominated area to exclude the disputed sections - but that might be construed as either conceding territory to Myanmar and/or reducing the "natural integrity" of the nomination in the eyes of IUCN which has already suggested that Thailand should work "in partnership with the State Party of Myanmar, between the nominated property and neighbouring transnational protected areas within the Taninthaya Forest Corridor in Myanmar"

[Denim]

13 minutes ago, lungbing said:

Ah, so not Khon Kaen Football Club then.

 

Or Kentucky Fried Chicken

[londonthai]

Junta did nothing to prosecute murderers from the forestry department who killed Billy on 17.5.2014. He was karen activist who disappeared while at park custody. He was stopped for possessing wild honey. 

Ethnic groups in thailand don’t have citisenship, even if they live for many generations. So they don’t have any rights, including voting, travel, schooling, healthcare, social security. There are some 2 mln of them, living in border mountain areas, like kraeng krachai

[Bundooman]

17 hours ago, lungbing said:

Ah, so not Khon Kaen Football Club then.

Or, as I thought a new name for the Klu Klux <deleted> Clan either!