Kingdom of Cambodia

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Kingdom of Cambodia Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei
Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister
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 His Excellency SOK An Deputy Prime
Minister, Minister in charge of the Office of the
Council of Ministers Chair Person National
Commission UNESCO
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H.E. SOK An Deputy Prime Minister, Co-Chair
person H.E. Deputy Prime Minister HOR Namhong,
Co-Chair High Committee in charge of the
inscription file of Preah Vihear on the UNESCO
World Heritage List
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Chronology of inscription of The Sacred Site of
the Temple of Preah Vihear ? Pre-Christchurch
? Post-Christchurch ? Progress Report
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March 25, 2004 Meeting H.E. SOK An Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister in Charge of the Office of
the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of
Cambodia and H.E. SURAKIAT Suthiarthai Minister
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Kingdom of Thailand
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Thai side agreed that the cooperation on the
restoration works of Preah Vihear Temple will be
undertaken only after the inscription of the
Sacred Site of the Preah Vihear Temple in the
World Heritage List.
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H.E. SURAKIAT Suthiarthai committed to instruct
to Royal Thai Embassy at UNESCO to fully support
the processing of inscription
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February 26, 2007 Consultative meeting at the
Office of the Council of Ministers Kingdom of
Cambodia between H.E. SOK An and H.E. Tej Bunnag
Special Adviser to the Royal Thai King's Cabinet
on Preah Vihear inscription issue.
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February 26, 2007 Consultative meeting at the
Office of the Council of Ministers Kingdom of
Cambodia between H.E. SOK An and H.E. Tej Bunnag
Special Adviser to the Royal Thai King's Cabinet
on Preah Vihear inscription issue.
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February 26, 2007 Consultative meeting at the
Office of the Council of Ministers Kingdom of
Cambodia between H.E. SOK An and H.E. Tej Bunnag
Special Adviser to the Royal Thai King's Cabinet
on Preah Vihear inscription issue.
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February 26, 2007 Consultative meeting at the
Office of the Council of Ministers Kingdom of
Cambodia between H.E. SOK An and H.E. Tej Bunnag
Special Adviser to the Royal Thai King's Cabinet
on Preah Vihear inscription issue.
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March 1st , 2007 H.E Taj Bunnag made a statement
"fully support the Cambodian efforts in issue of
Preah Vihear inscription in the World Heritage
List"
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SIEM REAP March 2nd 2007 Meeting between H.E. Hor
Namhong Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Kingdom of Cambodia and H.E. Nitya
Pibulsonggram Minister of Foreign Affairs Kingdom
of Thailand
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agreed and fully support the inscription process
of Sacred Site PreahVihear in the World Heritage
List. And fully support the result during the
meeting between H.E. SOK An and Tej Bunnag on
February 26th , 2007
H.E. Nitya Pibulsonggram Minister of Foreign
Affairs Kingdom of Thailand
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Site Visiting UNESCO Cultural Delegation at
Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple presided by
H.E. SOK An, before Christchurch meeting.
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Site Visiting UNESCO Cultural Delegation at
Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple presided by
H.E. SOK An, before Christchurch meeting.
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Site Visiting UNESCO Cultural Delegation at
Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple presided by
H.E. SOK An, before Christchurch meeting.
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Site Visiting UNESCO Cultural Delegation
(France) at Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple
presided by H.E. SOK An, before Christchurch
meeting.
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Site Visiting UNESCO Cultural Delegation at
Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple presided by
H.E. SOK An, before Christchurch meeting.
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The presidency of H.E. SOK An and H.E. Hor
Namhong in a meeting With Foreign Ambassadors in
Cambodia on the issue of the inscription of
Sacred Site Preah Vihear Temple in the World
Heritage List (before Christchurch meeting)
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Diplomat-briefing at Foreign Ministry
(Cambodia) on issue of inscription The Sacred
Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear.
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Deliberation of the H.E. SOK An, Head of
Cambodian Delegation, in the World Heritage
Thirty-First Session, Christchurch, New
Zealand 23 June 2 July 2007
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World Heritage Thirty-First Session Christchurch,
New Zealand
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July 24th, 2007 The first Sacred Site Visiting
by U.S Ambassador, U.S Experts and High ranking
Canadian Embassy Official. Lead by H.E. Var
Kimhong
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At the recent meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage
Committee in Christchurch, New Zealand, the
Committee recognized that "the Sacred Site of the
Temple of Preah Vihear is of great international
significance and has Outstanding Universal Value"
and agreed "in principle" that the temple should
be inscribed in the World Heritage List. The
Committee also requested that Cambodia strengthen
conservation and management at the site by
"making progress in developing an appropriate
management plan, which progress will enable its
formal inscription by the Committee at its 32nd
Session in 2008."
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The U.S. fully supports the inscription of Preah
Vihear on the World Heritage List, and at the
request of the Cambodian government, U.S.
Ambassador Joseph A. Mussomeli recently traveled
to Preah Vihear, along with a representative of
the U.S. State Department's Cultural Heritage
Center and other Embassy officials, to try to
determine how the U.S. Government might be able
to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in
its efforts to develop a management plan for
Preah Vihear. During the visit, Ambassador
Mussomeli expressed his appreciation for the
exceptional nature of the site and pledged to
discuss Preah Vihear with other U.S. Government
representatives during an upcoming trip to
Washington.
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Thai Delegation visited Cambodia (August 15-17th,
2007)
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Cambodia, August 16, 2007 Office of Council
Ministers hold a consultative meeting between
H.E SOK An Deputy Prime Minister and H.E Dr.
Manaspas Xuto .
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• Agreed
• Will provide information to Cambodia concerning
  Thai Expert.
• Thailand agreed to be member of the Preah Vihear
  International Coordinating Committee.
• Agreed that the physical works of restoration
  will be undertaken within the framework of
  international Cooperation and after the
  inscription.

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November 25th, 2007 Second Visiting to the
Sacred Site of the Preah Vihear Temple by foreign
Ambassadors, Royal Thai Ambassador and H.E Mrs.
Louise Oliver, US Ambassador to UNESCO as well as
Cambodian Officials, Leaded by H.E. Mr. and Mrs.
SOK An.
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Explanation of H.E. CHUCH   Phoeurn  Secrétaire
d'Etat Archéologue to Her Excellency Annie SOK
An and H.E Mrs. Louise Oliver, US Ambassador to
UNESCO
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January 1st, 2008 The Visit of ICOMOS Thai to
Sacred Site of the Preah Vihear Temple
accompanied by H.E. Ty Yav, Vice President of
the Preah Vihear Authority.
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Siem Reap 11-13 January 2008Consultative
Meeting of International Expert TeamonProgress
Report ofSacred Site Preah Vihear(Representativ
e of Thai Experts Presented)
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Council of Ministers January 14th, 2008
International Meeting for finalize the progress
report of the management plan, presided over by
H.E. SOK An
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53 Participants H.E. Mr. Katsuhiro Shinohara,
Japanese Ambassador, H.E. Mrs. Zhang Jinfeng,
Chinese Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Aloke Sen, Indian
Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Jeff Daigle, Representative
of USA Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Laurent Lemarchand,
Representative of French Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Dan
Matthysen, Representative of Belgium Ambassador,
H.E. Mr. Teruo Jinnai, Representative of UNESCO
in Cambodia, H.E. Mr. Chalotorn Phaovibul,
Representative of Royal Thai Ambassador, Prof.
Azédine BESCHAOUCH, Special Advisor to Deputy
Director General of UNESCO in Paris, Foreign
Experts, Cambodian Task force for the inscription
of the Sacred Site Preah Vihear Temple and the
Cambodian Royal Government Senior officials
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Staircase from North
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5th Gopura of Prasat Preah Vihear
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Tour centrale écroulée
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Liste et qualite des experts 1. Experts
NationauxMinistère de la Culture et des
Beaux-arts- Chuch Phoeurn,Secrétaire d'Etat,
historien et Archéologue Autorité Nationale
APSARA - Hang Peou, Directeur du Département des
Eaux et Forets - Tan Boun Suy, Directeur du
Département du Développement - Heng Jeudi,
architecte Cambodian Mine Action Center - Heng
Ratana, Directeur General Adjoint
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II. Experts internationaux- Prof. Koenrad Van
Balen, Architecte, Directeur du Centre Raymond
Lemaire pour la Conservation, Belgium / Belgique
Prof. Liu Jiang, Architecte, Chef de projet,
Chinese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor,
China / Chine - Antoine Bruguerolle, Architecte
du patrimoine, France / France - Michel Verrot,
Architecte du patrimoine, Ministère de la Culture
France / France Eric Llopis, Archéologue,
Institut National pour la Recherche en
Archéologie Préventive (INRAP), France / France
Dr. Divay Gupta, Architecte en Chef, Evaluateur
du Patrimoine Mondial (ICOMOS), en activité au
sein de l'Indian National Trust for Ali and
Cultural Heritage, India /lnde
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- Dr. Shin'ichi Shimizu, Directeur, Centre
Japonais pour la Coopération Internationale en
Conservation Institut National de Recherche pour
la Propriété Culturelle, Tokyo, Japan / Japan -
Yoko Futagami, Senior Researcher, Centre Japonais
pour la Coopération Internationale en
Conservation, Institut National de Recherche pour
la Propriété Culturelle, Tokyo, Japan / Japan -
Vasu Poshyanandana, Expert on the conservation of
stone monuments and Khmer architecture, Office of
Archaeology, Fine Arts Department, member of
ICOMOS - ISC Stone, Thailand / Tharlande -
Mongkol Visitstump, Cousellor, Division II,
Department of East Asian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Thailand / Thailande - Richard
Sussman, Chief, Planning and Compliance Division,
Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, United States of
America / Etats-Unis d 'Amérique
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The Value of Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple
1 Universal 2 - Exceptional
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1- Le site naturel témoigne de nombreux
contrastes un promontoire, des falaises
abruptes, une vaste plaine, un massif montagneux
et un environnement naturel sétendant à perdre
de vue. 2- La qualité de sa composition
architecturale est adaptée à la fois aux
contraintes du site et aux traditions
religieuses 3- Le bien a dexceptionnel la
qualité de ses ornementations de pierre
sculptée,qui reprennent soit des motifs végétaux
soit, parfois, des scènes de la mythologie
hindoue.
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PHOTOS P.VIHEAR POUR CPM ( JUIN 2007 )
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Bird view of Prasat Preah Vihear
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Vue axiale sud-nord de près d'un GOPURA de la 3e
enceinte
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Vue axiale Sud Nord d'un GOPURA de la 3e enceinte
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Main access from the north
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Sacred water reservoir of Prasat Preah Vihear
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Le 5ème Gopura en contre-bas du Temple
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Le 5ème gopura en contre-bas du Prasat Preah
Vihear vue du Sud
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Scène du barattage de la Mer de Lait et de Vishnu
couché en bas du linteau
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Scène de Krishna tuant le serpent Kalya
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Grille métallique
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Grille métallique, vue de près
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Les images prises du côté Thai
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Srah Trao du côté Thai
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Field Study by the Experts
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VALEUR UNIVERSELLE EXCEPTIONNELLECRITÈRES
POUR LÉVALUATION DE LA VALEUR UNIVERSELLE
EXCEPTIONNELLE
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• iNTÉGRITÉ ET AUTHENTICITÉ
• lE PLAN DORIGINE DU TEMPLE DE PREAH VIHEAR FUT
  DÉVELOPPÉ ENTRE LE IX ET LE XI eme siècle et tous
  ses éléments sont parvenus jusquà nous, de sorte
  quíl est possible den retracer lhistoire
  complexe. Le bien proposé pour inscription
  comprend tous les éléments qui expriment les
  valeurs du bien. Certaines parties, tel le
  sanctuaire, se sont effondrées à cause de
  phénomènes naturels, en particulier lérosion par
  leau, mais larchitecture a conservé toutes ses
  caractéristiques dorigine. Le panorama naturel
  que les ermites contemplaient il ya 1000 ans na
  pas changé.
• Le bien est sans changement et les conditions
  dintégrité sont remplies.
• Authenticité

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• Lévolution des bâtiments et des techniques
  utilisées pour leur construction se réflète dans
  les matériaux utilisés-bois,puis le grès, la
  brique et la latérite.Aucune restauration
  daucune sorte na été effectuée à Preah Vihear
  depuis les travaux de dégagement effectués par
  Henri Parmentier en 1929-1930.
• Lauthenticité est intacte.
• Justification de la valeur universelle
  exceptionnelle
• Le bien est dune valeur universelle
  exceptionnelle pour les raisons suivantes
• - Le site sacré du Temple de Preah Vihear se
  distingue par son environnement naturel
  exceptionnel qui est difficile daccès et éloigné
  des axes principaux de circulation. Ce qui a
  permis sa conservation naturelle jusqu à nos
  jours.

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- Cet emsemble sacré est un exemple rare de
relation étroite entre un monument et son
environement. Au IXème siècle, cétait un
ermitage qui occupait les grottes dune falaise
abrupte de 500m donnant sur la plaine du
Cambodge. A partir du début du XIème
siècle,époque à laquelle il devint un temple
royal jusquau XIIème siècle au moins , il se
développa progressivement en une longue série de
sanctuaires reliés par plus de 800m descaliers
et de chaussées.
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• Lensemble de Preah Vihear est exceptionnel pour
  3 raisons
• 1-Le site naturel témoigne de nombreux
  contrastes un promontoire, des falaises
  abruptes, une vaste plaine, un massif montagneux
  et un environnement naturel sétendant à perdre
  de vue.
• 2-La qualité de sa composition architecturale
  est adaptée à la fois aux contraintes du site et
  aux traditions religieuses
• 3-Le bien a dexceptionnel la qualité de ses
  ornementations de pierre sculptée,qui reprennent
  soit des motifs végétaux soit, parfois, des
  scènes de la mythologie hindoue.

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Critères pour lévaluation de la valeur
universelle exceptionnelle 77. Le comité
considère quun bien a une valeur universelle
exceptionnelle si ce bien répond au moins à lun
des critères suivants. En conséquence, les biens
proposés doivent (i) représenter un
chef-doeuvre du génie créateur humain(ii)
témoigner dun échange dinfluences considérable
pendant une période donnée ou dans une aire
culturelle déterminée, sur le développement de
larchitecture ou de la technologie, des arts
monumentaux, de la planification des villes ou de
la création de paysages(iii) apporter un
témoignage unique ou du moins exceptionnel sur
une tradition culturelle ou une civilisation
vivante ou disparue
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• (iv) offrir un exemple éminent dun type de
  construction ou densemble architectural ou
  technologique ou de paysage illustrant une
  période ou des périodes significative(s) de
  lhistoire humaine
• (v) être un exemple éminent détablissement
  humain traditionnel, de lutilisation
  traditionnelle du territoire ou de la mer, qui
  soit représentatif dune culture ( ou de cultures
  ), ou de lintéraction humaine avec
  lenvironnement, spécialement quand celui-ci est
  devenu vulnérable sous limpact dune mutation
  irréversible
• (vi ) être directement ou matériellement
  associé à des évennements ou des traditions
  vivantes, des idées, des croyances ou des oeuvres
  artistiques et littéraires ayant une
  signification universelle exceptionnelle ( le
  comité considère que ce critère doit de
  préférence être utilisé conjointement avec
  dautres critères )

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• Critères selon lesquels linscription est
  proposée i, ii et iv
• (i) représenter un chef-doeuvre du génie
  créateur humain critère I sur la base
  du fait que le temple de Preah Vihear est un
  emsemble architectural unique constitué dune
  serie de sanctuaires reliés par un système de
  voies pavées et descaliers répartis sur un axe
  denviron 800m de long.
• Le site du temple et son environnement
  aujourdhui un exemple particulièrement important
  du génie khmer en matière dadaptation des
  monuments à leur environnement.
• Du génie khmer en ce qui concerne la
  domestication de vastes territoires et
  ladaptation au paysage. Le bien offre aux
  visiteurs un point de vue de près de 360 degrés
  sur le paysage magnifique de la plaine en
  contrebas.Le Preah Vihear est un chef-doeuvre
  exceptionnel de larchitecture khmère, tant son
  plan que son ornementation, qui sont très purs
  .

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• (ii) témoigner dun échange dinfluences
  considérable pendant une période donnée ou dans
  une aire culturelle déterminée, sur le
  développement de larchitecture ou de la
  technologie, des arts monumentaux, de la
  planification des villes ou de la création de
  paysages
• (iii) apporter un témoignage unique ou du
  moins exceptionnel sur une tradition culturelle
  ou une civilisation vivante ou disparue
• Critère iii Létat partie justifie ce critère
  sur la base du fait que le promontoire dominant
  la plaine est un témoignage exceptionnel des
  traditions culturelles des ermitages. Les grottes
  de cette falaise permirent aux ermites de
  sinstaller à cet endroit. Leur présence suscita
  la fondation dun sanctuaire sur le promontoire
  au début du xième siècle, à partir duquel sest
  développé lensemble sacré visible aujourdhui.

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• Cet ensemble témoigne de manière exceptionnelle
  de la capacité de la civilisation khmère à
  utiliser dun site difficile comme site
  dinstallation et comme source de matériaux.
• De même PV témoigne dun échange important de
  valeurs humaines et des développements dans les
  domaines des arts, de larchitecture, de
  lurbanisme et de laménagement du paysage.

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• (iv) offrir un exemple éminent dun type de
  construction ou densemble architectural ou
  technologique ou de paysage illustrant une
  période ou des périodes significative(s) de
  lhistoire humaine
• Critère iv LEtat partie justifie ce critère
  sur la base du fait que lensemble de PV est
  constitué du temple et de son environnement
  associé un pasage naturel qui est exceptionnel
  en raison de sa topographie et du point de vue
  sans limite quil offre sur la plaine
  cambodgienne.Quelque soit le point daccès ou le
  point de vue adopté, le temple paraît
  indissociablement lié à la falaise sur laquelle
  il se dresse et dont il est lexpression.

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• Le bien doit être envisagé selon les différents
  niveaux de ses éléments le temple, son
  ornementation délicatement sculptée de motifs
  végétaux et de mythologie classique, la
  disposition du promontoire, la falaise et ses
  profils et le panorama de la plaine. Lensemble
  architectural est exceptionnel par sa
  représentation de la géométrie bouddhiste et son
  feng shui. Limplantation du temple au bord dune
  falaise est particulièrement importante.Les
  escaliers et les accès historiques témoignent de
  plus de 1000 ans dune expérience technologique
  sophistiquée.Lensemble de la structure
  historique démontre lapogée dune phase
  importante de lhistoire de lhumanité.
• LICOMOS considère la valeur universelle
  exceptionnelle a été démontrée et que le bien
  proposé répond aux critèrea i, iii et iv.

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Maps of the Sacred Site of Preah Vihear Temple
and a map produced by The Royal Thai Survey
Department (cf. Carte publiée par la Thailande ,
Echelle 150.000 séries L 7017).
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AIDE-MEMOIRE (English)
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A- REQUEST FOR INSCRIPTION OF THE SACRED SITE OF
THE TEMPLE OF PREAH VIHEAR IN THE UNESCO WORLD
HERITAGE LIST.
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I Background 1- The Sacred Site of the Temple
of Preah Vihear was built in the 9th -12th
centuries by successive Khmer kings. 2- The
monument is situated on a romontory of Dangrek
range (northern part of modern border between
Cambodia and Thailand), 547m above the Cambodian
plain.
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• 3- Characteristics
• The Site of Angkor is a series of cities
  symbolizing the apogee of the civilization of
  which it was the capital from the 9th to 14th
  century.
• The Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear
• - Differs from the Site of Angkor by virtue of
  way in which it is inextricably linked to its
  landscape.

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- Testifies the Khmer period for domesticating
vast territories and adapting to landscape
offering the visitor of magnificent 360 view of
the plain below (ICOMOS) - Has an axial plan of
500 meters long with gopuras (gateway towers) and
streets succeed one another on the way to the
temple.
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• II - Inscription Process
• 1- Started in 2001
• 2- Based on Outstanding Universal
  Value of the Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah
  Vihear, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at
  its 31st session has
• Agreed in principle that the Sacred Site of the
  Temple of Preah Vihear should be inscribed on the
  World Heritage list.
• Noted that the process for inscription is in
  progress.

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• Requested the State Party of Cambodia to
  strengthen conservation and management at the
  site by making progress in developing an
  appropriate management plan leading to its formal
  inscription by the committee at its 32nd session
  in 2008.
• Requested the State Party of Cambodia to submit a
  progress report to the World Heritage Centre by
  1st February 2008.

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• 3. The Decision 31 COM 8.24 REV Preah Vihear also
  includes the Chairpersons statement emphasizing
  that
• This decision means that the committee has
  agreed that the Sacred Site deserves to be
  included in the World Heritage List.
• Its formal listing will take place at its next
  session in 2008.

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• B- REASONS TO DISCARD THAI CLAIMS
• I Non-existent Border Dispute
• The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO is a
  forum of culture and not a forum to resolve
  border issue claims. The 31st WHC meeting in
  Christchurch rightly rejected the inclusion of
  this issue in its discussion agenda.Consequently,
  this border issue is irrelevant.
• Thailand, in its attempt to block the inscription
  of the Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear,
  has produced a UNILATERAL map (by the Royal Thai
  Survey Department) in lobbying different
  countries to rally theirsupports.

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• Thailand openly does not contest the sovereignty
  of Cambodia over the Sacred Site of the Temple of
  Preah Vihear. Yet, Thailand continues to raise
  the non-existent
• border dispute between the two countries. It is
  important to note that Article 11.3 of the
  Convention Concerning the Protection of the World
  Cultural and Natural Heritage stipulates that a
  property claimed by more
• than one State can be inscribed on the WHC List.

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It is very unfortunate that Thailand keeps its
attempt to object the inscription of the Sacred
Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear,
internationally recognized as part and parcel of
Cambodia. This action is in contradiction to a.
the Annex 1 Map of the ICJ,which is
internationally known as Dangrek Map. This map is
an integral part of ICJ decision on 15June
1962 b. Memorandum of Understanding between
Cambodia and Thailand on the survey and
demarcation of the land boundary (14 June 2000)
and c. Terms of Reference and master plan for the
joint survey and demarcation of land boundary (23
March 2003).
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II The Issue of Transboundary Inscription
There are many examples of a property under
the sovereignty of two different States being
inscribed separately on the World Heritage list.
Some of those are 1- Capital Cities and Tombs
of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (China and North
Korea). 2- Iguazu National Park (Argentina and
Brazil). 3- Belfris Towers (France and Belgium).
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Cambodias request to inscribe the Sacred Site
of the Temple of Preah Vihear is legitimate as
the monument is situated, according to the
decision of the ICJ on 15 June 1962, in the
territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia. This
inscription is a long process while the Sacred
Site needs urgent restoration work. We are at the
final stage of inscription. On the hand, if
Thailand wishes to inscribe its property (ies) in
line with the criteria of the World Heritage
Committee, Cambodia is ready to support it.
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• III Judgment of International Court of Justice
  (ICJ)
• Following Thais illegal occupation of the
  Temple of
• Preah Vihear in 1954, the ICJ decided on 15 June
  1962 to award theTemple of Preah Vihear to
  Cambodia.
• ? ICJ statute
• the judgment is final and without appeal
  (Article 60).
• no application for revision may be made after
  the lapse of ten years from the date of judgment
  (Article 61.5)
• UN Charter Each member of the United Nations
  undertakes to comply with the decision of the ICJ
  in any case to which it is a party (Article
  94.1)
• Thailands utilization of its NILATERAL map is
  in
• grossviolation of the ICJs judgment.

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C. PROGRESS MADE AFTER CHRISTCHURCH MEETING, NEW
ZEALAND I. Progress of Management Plan
After the Christchurch meeting, the State
Party of Cambodia has made efforts to comply with
the recommendations of the WHCs decision 31 COM
8.24 REV on 28 June 2007 in Christchurch. The
following activities have been taken -
Different missions to the Sacred Site of the
Temple of Preah Vihear to conduct field survey by
eminent experts from Belgium, China, France,
India, Japan, Thailand, and the United States
between September 2007 and early January 2008.
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• - Active participation from 16 countries and
  national and international institutions on
  elaboration of the progress report, an
  unprecedented numbers in the management plan
  process of any World Heritage Property, which
  shows strong international solidarity and
  interest on the
• importance of this inscription.
• At Cambodias invitation, Ambassadors, senior
  level officials and experts from some friendly
  countries participated in a high level mission to
  the Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear on
  26 November 2007.

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• As a result, a progress report on the management
  plan was elaborated by involved experts in a
  meeting in Siem Reap on 11-13 January 2008 and
  presented to the Royal Government of Cambodia,
  foreign diplomats and representatives of
  interested countries in Phnom Penh on 14 January
  2008.
• - This progress report will be handed over by the
  special envoy of the Royal Government of Cambodia
  to the World Heritage Centre,UNESCO, Paris,
  before the
• deadline of 1 February 2008.

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II. Good Cooperation with Thailand After
the Christchurch meeting,the close bilateral
cooperation between the State Party of Cambodia
and the State Party of Thailand has been further
promoted in the following areas - Exchange of
letters between the two Prime Ministers on
present and future cooperation between the two
Kingdoms in a spirit of good neighborliness.
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- Visit in Phnom Penh on 16 August 2007, by Thai
delegation headed by Dr. Manaspas Xuto at the
invitation of the Royal Government of Cambodia
for a meeting with Cambodian delegation headed by
H.E. Mr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister
in charge of the Office of the Council of
Ministers. At the end, a record of meeting on
mutual cooperation with the following points was
concluded 1- The two sides agreed that
Cambodia will send students or experts to
Thailand for training. 2- The two sides agreed
that Thailand will provide information to
Cambodia concerning their experts so that
Cambodia can coordinate the participation of the
experts tobe sent by other friendly countries.
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3- By invitation from Cambodia, Thailand agreed
to be member of the International Committee for
Coordination that will be created for the
preservation and sustainable development of the
Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear. 4-
The two sides agreed that the physical works of
restoration of the Sacred Site of the Temple of
Preah Vihear will be undertaken within the
framework of international cooperation and after
the inscription.
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• Field work by Thai experts to the Sacred Site of
  the Temple of Preah Vihear with full cooperation
  from the National Authority for Preah Vihear on
  03-04 January 2008.
• Participation by H.E. Dr. Viraphand Vacharathit,
  Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Cambodia
  in the visit of a high level delegation to the
  Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear on 27
  November 2007.
• At the invitation of the State Party of
  Cambodia, Thai experts joined actively in the
  meeting of technical working session in Siem Reap
  on 11-13 January 2008 and representatives of the
  Royal Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh and experts also
  participated in the closing session of synthesis
  report on the management plan
• strategy for the Sacred Site of the Temple of
  Preah Vihear in Phnom Penh on 14 January 2008.

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• III. Real Progress on the Ground
• An actively functional National Authority for
  Safeguarding and Protection of the Sacred Site of
  the Temple of Preah Vihear has been established.
• Feasibility study for access road to the Sacred
  Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear from the inner
  side of Cambodia has been carried out.
• Mine clearance, marking and survey activities
  have been conducted by the Cambodian Mine Action
  Centre (CMAC) and Halo Trust.
• Illegal logging and land grabbing activities in
  the protected areas have been combated by the
  Royal Government of Cambodia, resulting in a
  recent criminal case brought before the court.

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