Thailand/Cambodia

  • 16 May 2011

    DPA Briefing on Emerging Issues

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    Tomorrow afternoon B. Lynn Pascoe, head of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), will brief the Council for the second time this month on a number of issues. It seems that tomorrow’s briefing is likely to include Yemen, Libya, Syria,...

  • 3 May 2011

    Insights on Thailand/Cambodia

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    While it seems that Cambodia has no intention of requesting a further meeting of the Security Council at this stage (the only Council meeting on this topic was held on 14 February 2011), Cambodia has applied to the International Court...

  • A conflict that was before the Council in early February has flared up once again. (On 14 February, the Council held a private meeting under the agenda item “Letter dated 6 February 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to...

  • 11 February 2011

    Insights on the Cambodian-Thai Border Situation

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    Council members are discussing the format for the Council’s meeting with the Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers and the foreign minister of Indonesia on Monday, 14 February. Thai foreign minister, Kasit Piromya , and Cambodian foriegn minister, Hor Namhong, are...

  • 9 February 2011

    Update Report No. 1: Thailand/Cambodia

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    Council members are taking seriously the clashes between the Thai and Cambodian military in the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple complex on the Thailand-Cambodia border. Unlike past Council responses to similar events on the Thai-Cambodian border, this time Council members have not been deterred from taking up the issue.

  • 8 February 2011

    Insights on the Cambodian-Thai Border Situation

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    Today, Council members agreed that on Monday, 14 February they would take up the Cambodian-Thai border situation. There will be a briefing by DPA, the ASEAN chair, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa of Indonesia, and the foreign ministers of Cambodia and...

  • 8 February 2011

    Insights on the Cambodian-Thai Border Situation

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    This afternoon Council members will be briefed by the Brazilian permanent representative in her capacity as Council president on her phone conversation with the Indonesian foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa, following his mediation efforts with Cambodia and Thailand over the last...

  • 7 February 2011

    Insights on the Cambodian-Thai Border Situation

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    Council members today discussed the situation on the Cambodian-Thai border. Hostilities between the Cambodian and Thai military have been ongoing since 4 February. At least five people have been killed and thousands displaced. This is not the first time the...