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Preah Vihear Temple Cambodia Thailand: 6 October 1959 [96] 15 June 1962 [97] Judgment on Merits 46: South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) Ethiopia South Africa: 4 November 1960 [98] [99] 18 July 1966 [100] [101] Judgment on Merits 47: South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) Liberia: 48: Northern Cameroons Cameroon United Kingdom: 30 ...
The temple was built at the top of Poy Tadi, a steep cliff in the Dângrêk Mountain range that is the natural border between Cambodia and Thailand. The site is listed by Cambodia as being in Svay Chrum village, Kan Tout commune, in Choam Khsant District of Preah Vihear Province.
The Cambodian–Thai border dispute began in June 2008 as part of a century-long dispute between Cambodia and the Thailand involving the area surrounding the 11th-century Preah Vihear Temple, in the Dângrêk Mountains between Choam Khsant District, Preah Vihear Province of northern Cambodia and the Kantharalak District, Sisaket Province of northeastern Thailand.
The International Court of Justice awarded the temple ruins to Cambodia in 1962, [3] but these are located in an area of 4.6 km² that Thailand still claims. [4] Nevertheless, in 2008 the World Heritage Committee's 32nd Session listed the Temple of Preah Vihear as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, [5] which prompted an armed dispute.
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On 6 February, the Cambodian government claimed that the temple had been damaged. Cambodia's military commander said: "A wing of our Preah Vihear temple has collapsed as a direct result of the Thai artillery bombardment". [15] However, Thai sources spoke only of minor damage, claiming that Cambodian soldiers had fired from within the temple. [16]
Preah Vihear Temple Cambodia v. Thailand: 15 June 1962 Advisory: Certain Expenses of the United Nations: 20 July 1962 Contentious: South West Africa Case Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa: 18 July 1966 Note: judgment on preliminary objections 21 December 1962 Contentious: Northern Cameroons Cambodia v. United Kingdom: 2 December ...
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