SA KAEW, 6 November 2013 Thai and Cambodia press have agreed to present the World Court ruling on the territorial dispute in the manner which will not escalate tension between their two peoples.
The Union Media of Asian (UMA) has hosted a meeting in Sa Kaew’s Arunyaprathet district between press members of Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to ensure objective and transparent reporting of the upcoming verdict.
Press members have reached a consensus that the coverage of the November 11 ruling will be focused on peace-building and will refrain from sensationalizing the event.
The union has urged members to avoid fanning the conflict with news reports so as to prevent the repeat of violence that took place in 2003, in which the Thai embassy was torched amid anti-Thai demonstrations in Phnom Penh.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will televise the ICJ’s ruling live this coming Monday (November 11) in both English and Thai through Modernine TV and the National Broadcasting Television, from 4 pm local time until the ruling ends.
